Persistence and change

Amancio Williams and the architectural production modes after the post Second World War period

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https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v6i11.226

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Amancio Williams, Walter Gropius, architectural project, professional field

Abstract

Important changes took place in the organization and the way of managing the work in architects’ offices after the post Second World War period. While the tradition of the atelier focused on the figure of only one prestigious architect remained, a modality brought about by the corporate business environment began to emerge. The latter led companies to appeal to not only the constitution of work teams but also the involvement of other disciplines. In Argentina, the best example of the traditional case would be represented by Amancio Williams. The episode that linked him to Walter Gropius in order to carry out a joint project in the late 1960s, shows the way in which the professional field had been modified as well as the strong transformation signs that had already appeared in Argentina.

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Author Biography

Luis Müller, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina

Arquitecto, Magister en Ciencias Sociales (UNL) y Doctor en Arquitectura (UNR). Profesor titular e investigador en FADU-UNL en la que dirige la Maestría en Arquitectura. Es autor de artículos, capítulos y libros, entre ellos Wladimiro Acosta (IAA FADU UBA - AGEA, 2014). Ha sido profesor invitado en numerosas universidades argentinas y extranjeras.

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2019-12-06

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Müller, L. (2019). Persistence and change: Amancio Williams and the architectural production modes after the post Second World War period. A&P Continuidad, 6(11), 26–35. https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v6i11.226

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Vol. 6 No. 11 (2019): ARCHITECTS: PROFESSIONALS, EXPERTS AND AVANT-GARDISTS IN THE SOUTHERN CONE

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