We have work by Latin American architects here, but not, thus far, an easily discernible Latin American architecture.
The works of the Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer and the Mexican Luis Barragán, among many other more recent examples, speak of the ideals Latin American architects search for when representing the mixed influences that make up our culture.
Bergdoll aims to show " the conversations between countries"and above all the integrity and innovation of the Latin American architects.
What we have here is a Latin American architect, steeped in the lessons of Curitiba, Medellín and Tijuana, embedded within the administration of a major US city.
Jimmy Sabater, a singer and timbales player who was one of the architects of the hybrid Latin style known as boogaloo in the 1960s and '70s, died on Feb. 8 at his home in the Bronx.
Page A16 Obituaries JIMMY SABATER, 75 A singer and timbales player, Jimmy Sabater was one of the architects of the hybrid Latin style known as boogaloo in the 1960s and '70s.
That name recalls not only the 16th-century Italian architect but also palladium, the Latin word for a sacred object that can safeguard an entire society.
The architect of this new presentation of Latin American art is Mari Carmen Ramírez, Wortham curator at the Houston museum.
Mr. Arteaga, a 43-year-old Mexican architect and art historian, added that Latin American art should be seen "as more than just a fragment" of Western art.
Mr. Bergdoll will continue on at the museum as a part-time curator in his department, where he will have a hand in coming exhibitions on Latin American architecture 1955-85 and on Lina Bo Bardi, a Brazilian modernist architect.
