Research Catalog

Title

Torre reforma / L. Benjamín Romano ; texts, Ali Malkawi, Francisco Serrano, Felipe Leal, L. Benjamín Romano ; photography, Iwan Baan, Alfonso Merchand ; English translations ..., Fionn Petch, Quentin Pope.

Publication

Mexico City : Arquine, 2019.

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Additional Authors

• Romano, L. Benjamin
• Baan, Iwan, 1975-
• Merchand, Alfonso
• Pope, Quentin
• Petch, Fionn
• Malkawi, Ali
• Serrano, Francisco, 1937-
• Leal, Felipe
• LBR&A Arquitectos (Firm). Torre reforma

Description

245 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans (some color), portraits; 32 cm +

Summary

LBR & A Arquitectos, founded in 1976 by L. Benjamín Romano, designs and builds architectural projects based on four main axes: sustainable architecture, architectural structuring, high technology and artistic integration. The Reforma Tower was recognized in 2018 as the best skyscraper in the world for the International Highrise Award. With 57 floors and 244 meters high, it was built on the corner of Paseo de la Reforma and Río Elba, it shares the site with a house dating from 1929 that was displaced from the land to build the foundation of the tower and then returned to Your original site. These are two large walls of apparent concrete, displaced in square and that open towards the Chapultepec Forest. The construction process of the tower was a fundamental part of the project, which has been expressed plastically. The structural and spatial complexity of the building is the key to understanding it.

Subject

• Romano, L. Benjamin
• Romano, L. Benjamin > Criticism and interpretation
• Torre Reforma (Mexico City, Mexico)
• LBR&A Arquitectos (Firm)
• 2000-2099
• Architecture > Mexico > History > 21st century
• Architecture, Modern > 21st century > Designs and plans
• Skyscrapers > Designs and plans > History > 21st century
• Skyscrapers > Mexico > Mexico City > Pictorial works
• Architecture > Mexico > Mexico City > Pictorial works
• Architecture
• Architecture, Modern
• Skyscrapers
• Mexico > Mexico City
• Mexico

Genre/Form

• Pictorial works.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.
• Architectural drawings.

Note

• Pages 45-59 comprise layers of plans on clear plastic sheets. Accompanied by loose paper sheet with base plan, for placing behind various overlay sheets.
• "2,000 copies were printed."--Page 248.

Contents

Foreword / Ali Malkawi -- Presentation / Francisco Serrano -- The renovation of Paseo de la Reforma, 2000-2004 / Felipe Leal -- Regulations / L. Benjamin Romano -- Sturcture / L. Benjamin Romano -- Flows / L. Benjamin Romano -- Plans -- Consruction process -- Completed project -- Anecdotes -- Appendix.

Call Number

JQG 21-28

ISBN

• 9786079489434
• 6079489430

OCLC

1057774756

Title

Torre reforma / L. Benjamín Romano ; texts, Ali Malkawi, Francisco Serrano, Felipe Leal, L. Benjamín Romano ; photography, Iwan Baan, Alfonso Merchand ; English translations ..., Fionn Petch, Quentin Pope.

Publisher

Mexico City : Arquine, 2019.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Romano, L. Benjamin. Torre reforma.

Baan, Iwan, 1975- photographer.

Merchand, Alfonso, photographer.

Pope, Quentin, translator.

Petch, Fionn, translator.

Malkawi, Ali, writer of supplementary textual content.

Serrano, Francisco, 1937- writer of supplementary textual content.

Leal, Felipe, writer of supplementary textual content.

LBR&A Arquitectos (Firm). Torre reforma.

Research Call Number

JQG 21-28