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Completed in 2001 in Bogotá, Colombia. El Tintal Library is the result of reusing a former disused waste transfer plant and transforming the 5-hectare site into a park along Avenida Ciudad...

Explore the role of architects as stewards of building traditions and creators of beauty.

The Copan is a landmark in São Paulo. Even those who have never entered the building can identify, from afar, the curves that compose it.

The great architect Luis Barragán, at 80 years of age, and after almost 10 years of inactivity, carried out his last work on a plot of land measuring...

Built in 1948, this Mexican modern house, designed by Luis Barragán, is recognized for its international significance. The house-studio, inhabited by...

Located in Guaratinguetá, the 500 Club, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, was listed in 2023 as a heritage of the State of São Paulo.

Completed in 1938 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The building on the corner of Suipacha and Paraguay Streets in the city of Buenos Aires, designed by the Spanish architect Antonio Bonet, established...

Completed in 1962 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the central Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, in a large lot between Austria Street, Agüero Street, and Del Libertador Avenue, stands the...

Transversal Cross-section In order to provide the necessary offices, service facilities, cafeterias, and lecture halls laid out by the project, on a reduced lot no less, the planners had to add 8 floors worth of height to the structure. For the sake of functionality, the first three floors would house the cafeteria and administrative offices. This then resulted in the monumental task of figuring out the logistics behind getting thousands of students to class on the upper 5 floors.  Interior �...