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Greetings! I was helping a student research Victor Horta's influence on architecture and in going through some images of other art nouveau buildings we stumbled upon the spectacular Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico, originally a mercantile center building between 1895 to 1899 but converted to a hotel in 1968. From the images we've found online, it is a stunning structure. We've mostly come across tourist/travel sites that report it has having been built by an Army engineer named David Garza under supervision of Frenchman Sebastian Roberts, with glass by Jacques Gruber (source: http://allmyfriendstravel.com/gran-hotel-ciudad-de-mexico/) We found one book on the architectural history of Mexico City that seems like it would address this era: Mexico City : historic center by Galindo (México, D.F. : Ediciones Nueva Guía : Telmex, 2002, ©1997.) but would be very happy to receive your recommendations. I found this very useful site about this Jacques Gruber but haven't determined if a catalogue accompanied this exhibition: http://www.claudinecolin.com/en/archives-653-jacques-gruber-and-art-nouveau-a-decorative-path I have searched Art Full Text but I don't have access to the Avery. Any recommendations for sources you can provide on the building or its architects/designers would be greatly appreciated! And if you haven't seen images of this amazing building and are in need of some Art Nouveau eye candy, treat yourself to this site: http://www.granhoteldelaciudaddemexico.com.mx/photo-en.html Field trip, anyone? Many thanks, Rebecca Rebecca Kohn Associate Librarian, San Jose State University Library Liaison to Art and Art History, Design, and Philosophy http://libguides.sjsu.edu/artdesignresources http://libguides.sjsu.edu/philosophy 408.808.2007 *California Libraries Association's 116th Annual Conference November 2014 #CLABeTheChange* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~