mexican modernism

The studies highlight a range of built environments in Mexico City, including schools, a university campus, a government ministry building, a workers' park, and individual houses.

They treat modernity in cultural and economic terms — for example, showing how goods and consumption signaled modernity during the Porfirio Díaz era — and trace how muralism engaged ideas of modernity across the Americas.

The studies concentrate on Guadalajara and Mexico City, often treating Guadalajara as a counterpoint to the capital.

They use historical and interpretive approaches, including essay collections by multiple generations of scholars, reinterpreted architectural histories, and case studies of houses and urban projects.