McGuirk, Justin, author.

Radical cities : across Latin America in search of a new architecture / Justin McGuirk.

©2014
London ; New York : Verso, 2014.

296 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

"In Radical Cities, Justin McGuirk travels across Latin America in search of activist architects, politicians and radical communities. From Chile to Brazil, and from Mexico to Argentina, McGuirk discovers people who have begun rebuilding and redesigning their environments in radically new ways. After decades of political and architectural failure, a new generation has returned to the problems of the city to address the poverty and inequality. This is a generation of activists, pragmatists and social idealists, and together they are testing new ideas that the rest of the world can learn from. An architect in Chile has designed a new form of social housing where only half of the house is built, allowing the owners to adapt the rest; Medellín, the murder capital of Colombia, has been transformed with innovative public architecture; squatters in Caracas have taken over a 45-story skyscraper, Torre David; and architect Jorge Mario Jáuregui has upgraded Rio's favelas in exciting new ways"-- Provided by publisher.

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Architecture and society Latin America History 21st century.
Cities and towns Latin America Growth.
City dwellers Political aspects Latin America.
Architecture et société Amérique latine Histoire 21e siècle.
Villes Amérique latine Croissance.
Citadins Aspect politique Amérique latine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy City Planning & Urban Development.
ARCHITECTURE Urban & Land Use Planning.
Architecture and society
Cities and towns Growth
Städtebau
Architektur
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtsoziologie
Städer.
Stadsbefolkning politiska aspekter.
Arkitektur och samhälle.
Latinamerika
Latin America
Lateinamerika

History
Books.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 287745
Cote: BIB 229111
Statut: Disponible