Page & Stone
The printed and the built record. A press that arrived within decades of Gutenberg, a plan repeated for four centuries, and two ways of turning a wall against the sun.
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Section 06 of 06
Section 06 of 06
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The printed and the built record.- 021 The first pressesPrinted sheet · Mexico City Printing arrived in the Americas within decades of Gutenberg, and the earliest work out of it was bilingual by necessity.
- 022 The courtyard planCourtyard house · Across the region Rooms arranged around an open square: shade, cross-ventilation and privacy from one decision, repeated across the region for four centuries.
- 023 Tile as claddingTiled facade · Puebla, Mexico Glazed tile used structurally against weather rather than as ornament.
- 024 Concrete and the sunBrise-soleil · Brasília, Brazil Deep shading built into the facade because the sun is overhead, not low.