José Vasconcelos Library of Mexico.
This article reports that in support of president Vicente Fox's ambitious national literacy program, the Mexican government sponsored a design competition in 2003 for a new library in Mexico City that would serve as the literal and symbolic headquarters for the endeavor. The proposed design by Eric...
| Publicado en: | Architectural Record Vol. 193; no. 3; pp. 164 - 166 |
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