{"product_id":"radical-cities-across-latin-america-in-search-of-a-new-architecture-paperback","title":"Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJustin McGuirk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes the city of the future? How do you heal a divided city? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRadical Cities, \u003c\/i\u003e 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 to Argentina, McGuirk discovers the people and ideas shaping the way cities are evolving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEver since the mid twentieth century, when the dream of modernist utopia went to Latin America to die, the continent has been a testing ground for exciting new conceptions of the city. An architect in Chile has designed a form of social housing where only half of the house is built, allowing the owners to adapt the rest; Medellín, formerly the world's murder capital, has been transformed with innovative public architecture; squatters in Caracas have taken over the forty-five-story Torre David skyscraper; and Rio is on a mission to incorporate its favelas into the rest of the city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, in the most urbanised continent on the planet, extreme cities have bred extreme conditions, from vast housing estates to sprawling slums. But after decades of social and political failure, a new generation has revitalised architecture and urban design in order to address persistent poverty and inequality. Together, these activists, pragmatists and social idealists are performing bold experiments that the rest of the world may learn from. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadical Cities\u003c\/i\u003e is a colorful journey through Latin America--a crucible of architectural and urban innovation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustin McGuirk\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and curator, and has worked as the Guardian's design columnist and the editor of Icon magazine. He is also the director of Strelka Press and the design consultant to \u003ci\u003eDomus\u003c\/i\u003e, and his writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDisegno\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCondé Nast Traveller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForm\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eArchitects Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArchitecture d'Aujourd'hui\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2012 he was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture for an exhibition he curated with Urban Think Tank. He is the incoming Chief Curator of the Design Museum in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167408439545,"sku":"9781781688687","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/CmWFxJbDlM9781781688687.webp?v=1781688618","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/radical-cities-across-latin-america-in-search-of-a-new-architecture-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}