Justin Mcguirk: 3 books
Radical Cities
Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
What makes the city of the future? How do you heal a divided city?
In Radical Cities, Justin McGuirk travels across Latin America in search of the activist architects, maverick politicians and alternative communities already answering these questions. From Brazil to Venezuela, and from Mexico...
Ciudades radicales
Un viaje a la arquitectura latinoamericana
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Este viaje por lugares extremos en América Latina empieza en México, a la sombra de una inmensa barriada de viviendas sociales de la década de 1960, cuando las colmenas de pisos baratos parecían la solución a la escasez de vivienda. Sigue visitando las villas miseria de Buenos Aires, los cerros...
by Justin McGuirk
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2012
Exploring the edge condition of São Paulo, Justin McGuirk analyses the different forms of dwelling available to its would-be citizens, and meets some of the people carving a life for themselves on the verge of this unforgiving metropolis. Driving anti-clockwise, we take a journey backwards in time,...