José Luis Cuevas
Illustration — Park median in Avenida Ámsterdam, the "grand avenue" of the Mexico City subdivision Colonia Hipódromo de la Condesa, designed in 1926 and inspired in part by Ebenzer's Garden City José Luis Cuevas Pietrasanta (1881–1952) was a Mexican architect and urban planner. He designed the Mexico City subdivisions, including the Lomas de Chapultepec (1922), and Colonia Hipódromo (1926, a.k.a. Hipódromo de la Condesa) in what is now known as the Condesa area, including its iconic parks Parque México and Parque España.
Also recorded as José Luis Cuevas Pietrasanta
José Luis Cuevas
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- Born
- José Luis Cuevas was born on 21 April 1881.
- Died
- José Luis Cuevas died on 1 January 1952.
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Occupation
- architect · painter
- Languages
- Spanish
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Illustration — Park median in Avenida Ámsterdam, the "grand avenue" of the Mexico City subdivision Colonia Hipódromo de la Condesa, designed in 1926 and inspired in part by Ebenzer's Garden City José Luis Cuevas Pietrasanta (1881–1952) was a Mexican architect and urban planner. He designed the Mexico City subdivisions, including the Lomas de Chapultepec (1922), and Colonia Hipódromo (1926, a.k.a. Hipódromo de la Condesa) in what is now known as the Condesa area, including its iconic parks Parque México and Parque España.
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The subdivisions were based on the principles of the Garden City as promoted by Ebenezer Howard, including ample parks and other open spaces, park islands in the middle of "grand avenues" such as Avenida Amsterdam in colonia Hipódromo. Cuevas was also responsible for the design of La Escuela de las Artes del Libro (The School of Book Arts) in Mexico City, from 1944 to 1946.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Manuel Sánchez de Carmona. El trazo de Las Lomas y de la Hipódromo Condesa.
- 2.Gabriel Garcia del Valle. el arquitecto josé luis cuevas pietrasanta (1881-1952). Cuadernos de Arquitectura Virreinal. UNAM. 18. 1997. 0185-8572.
- 3.Dorothee Brantz. Greening the City: Urban Landscapes in the Twentieth Century. University of Virginia Press. 41. 1 July 2011. 978-0-8139-3138-8.
- 4."Histoira de la Arquitectura Mexicana", Gabriela Piña Olivares, Autonomous University of Hidalgo
- 5.Burian, Edward R. Modernity and the Architecture of Mexico. University of Texas Press. 82. 2010-06-28. 978-0-292-79166-4.
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