When Cement Imitated Stone.

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https://doi.org/10.46661/atrio.11178

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Architecture, Block, Cement, Machinery, Advertising, 20th Century

Abstract

By the beginning of 19th Century, industrial cement production started. Soon after it was improved and applied to new constructions seeking economy. In the United States the production multiplied and expanded. At the same time, it appeared simple machines used to mold blocks imitating stones. This had a wide echo in the Antilles and later reached distant places such as Europe, Asia and Oceania, helped by various political and social situations. Today these blocks are found in South America, South Pacific, the Caribbean Islands and in many other places. Material, advertising and machinery came together to make this construction system succeed in the first half of 20th Century. In these times it can be considered architectural heritage. In Seville there are at least two examples, one of them very prominent.

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Graciela María Viñuales, CONICET. CEDODAL, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Buenos Aires, 1940. Architect from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. PhD in Architecture from the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Specialized in Restoration in the PER 39 Project, UNESCO. Work topics: History of Architecture, Conservation of Architectural Heritage, Earthen Architectures and Building Lexicon. Teaching at universities in Latin America and Europe. Residency in restoration projects in Peru, Venezuela and Argentina. More than fifty books and a hundred articles in periodical publications in America and Europe. Principal Investigator of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas of Argentina, CONICET (retired). Founder and Vice Director of the Centro de Documentación de Arquitectura Latinoamericana, CEDODAL, and Director of its Centro Barro. Member of PROTERRA and Protierra Argentina. “América” Prize -History Category- at the XVIII Seminar on Latin American Architecture, SAL.

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2025-05-12

How to Cite

Viñuales, G. M. (2025) “When Cement Imitated Stone. ”, Atrio. Revista de Historia del Arte. Sevilla, España, (31), pp. 232–253. doi: 10.46661/atrio.11178.

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