Radical Cities : Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture
by Justin McGuirk
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- ISBN 10
- 1781682801
- ISBN 13
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London: Verso, 2015. Softcover. Good Condition. 21.6 x 13.8 x 2.7 cm. Minimal shelf-wear, otherwise in excellent condition. Contents mostly clean and bright, with uncreased pages. Bindings and spine firm and tight. Publisher's note: "In Radical Cities, Justin McGuirk treks across Latin America to discover the activist architects, maverick politicians and radical communities rethinking their cities for the twenty-first century. From Brazil to Venezuela, Mexico to Argentina, McGuirk finds new ways to address the issues of poverty, inequality, and the barrio"--Back cover Size: 21.6 x 13.8 x 2.7 cm. 296 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Architecture; Architecture and society -- Latin America; Cities and towns -- Latin America -- Growth; City dwellers -- Latin America; ISBN: 1781682801. ISBN/EAN: 9781781682807. Add. Inventory No: 240223NPT014061. . 9781781682807
Synopsis
Justin McGuirk 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 Domus , and his writing has appeared in the Observer , the Times , Disegno , Art Review , Condé Nast Traveller , Form , the Architects Journal , Architecture d'Aujourd'hui . In 2012 he was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture for an exhibition he curated with Urban Think Tank.
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- Barnaby (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240223NPT014061
- Title
- Radical Cities : Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture
- Author
- Justin McGuirk
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
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- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1781682801
- ISBN 13
- 9781781682807
- Publisher
- Verso
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 21.6 x 13.8 x 2.7 cm
- Keywords
- BZDB428 Architecture; Architecture and society -- Latin America; Cities and towns -- Latin America -- Growth; City dwellers -- Latin America; ISBN: 1781682801 EAN: 9781781682807 Justin McGuirk Radical Cities : Across Latin America in Search of a New Arc
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