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'Offers exotic colours, unusual designs and a dazzling alternative to the norm.'
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Available again in an appealing new format, this lavish interiors book is an indispensable guide to modern Mexican style, from the world-class arbiter of cool interiors, Herbert Ypma. Featuring recent projects from the country's most noted architects and designers, from thatched huts on the Pacific coast to contemporary homes in Mexico City, there's also a source guide of colours and materials to help readers and designers track down the key elements of Mexican style, and re-create the look.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I got this book out of the library after a holiday to Mexico, I was looking for something to keep my memories going here in drably coloured England. It's one of those books you just get lost in looking at as the photo's are so vivid and beautiful. It has inspired me to paint my garden wall ultramarine, my hall golden and my chimney breast another shade of blue. The colour and style and the text are just very inspiring.
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
A bit low on content
14 July 2001
Format:Paperback
While this is a nice enough book, there isn't a whole lot here. Photos are lovely, but they don't show a lot. I should explain that, as a designer, I use books constantly to spur my own inspiration, so I prefer to see more images, more details, more graphics showing how spaces work and flow together.
While the color reproduction is excellent, and in fact the photos are beautiful, as an inspirational tool I would have to put it way behind many other books on the subject. "Mexican Color" and "Mexicolor" are both better, and showcase equally excellent photography and reproduction but with more images and more ideas. The best books I have ever seen on old and new Mexican architecture and gardens are in a series by Patricia O'Gorman ( I own two, "Patios & Gardens of Mexico, and "Tradition of Craftsmanship in Mexican Homes", but there are more in the series). These are great design source books, stuffed with ideas. Photography is black and white, though, so you miss out on the wonderful colors.
I find "Mexican Contemporary" a pretty book but rather a pretentious and superficial one; mostly the reader is given only vignette photos, close ups, highly mannered interior set ups, squeaky clean views into the homes of some of Mexico's super-wealthy. There are some contexural shots: a palm tree against a blue wall, black and white details of pyramics, a 2 page spread of sunflowers and bougainvillea, and a few nice photos of traditional azuelos.
For me, there's just not enough content here.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Mexican Contemporary--"sequel" to Casa Mexicana
30 Sep 1997
Format:Paperback
Another stunning pictorial of Mexican architecture, in the tradition of Casa Mexicana by Tim Street-Porter. The photography throughout this book is stunning, an inspirational source book of Mexican spaces, forms, colors and workmanship. Focusing on contemporary classics by Yturbe and Mestre, among others, Mexican Contemporary expands upon the contemporary chapters of Casa Mexicana. The only downside to this book is the repetition of much material already so well presented in Casa Mexicana (though the additional photographic glimpses into Mexican architecture are always welcome).
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Just magnificent!
10 Sep 1997
Format:Paperback
Never have I seen such incredible collection of unique architecture in Mexico. Not only was I inspired by the color, but it also provided me with a much better understanding of how significant the influence of Luis Barragan has been far reaching in today's modern world. Simply inspirational..
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