Abraham Zabludovsky and Housing Architecture Book - 1st Edition Fine Catalogue by Arquine 2000 | Modern Mexican Architecture Study, Collector's Item for Design Enthusiasts

Adria, Miguel  Mexico: Instituto Mexicano del Cemento y del Concreto; Arquine Ediciones, 2000

Fine, SIGNED, First Edition, one of 3000 copies, 4to, 10 3/4" x 8 1/4." Bilingual text in Spanish and English. Light blue paper wrappers with black lettering on front and spine. Black-and-white wrap-around illustration on covers and spine. Also includes a small illustration on front in blue metallic ink. Covers have minuscule wear to extremities, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Pages have light age toning, else pristine and intact. Replete with black-and-white illustrations. The English translations and some of the illustrations are printed in blue metallic ink. Printed on front copyright page: "Primera edicion: 3000 ejemplares." SIGNED in black pen on page facing copyright page, possibly by Miguel Adria: "For Oscar & Barbara Leidenfrost, Mexico, 21-XII-02 [December 21, 2002], Sincerely." 214 pp., including illustrations. Beautiful monograph about the work of Abraham Zabludovsky (1924-2003), a Polish-Mexican architect, who designed many projects in Mexico City in collaboration with architect Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon. Both Zabludovsky's and Gonzalez de Leon's styles feature geometric, linear designs, including residences, apartment buildings, towers, and housing complexes.