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Review:Radical Cities | Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture by Justin McGuirk

United Kingdom Architecture News - Jul 11, 2014 - 12:47   2505 views

Review:Radical Cities | Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture by Justin McGuirk

La Torre de David, an abandoned skyscraper in Caracas, is now home to squatters. Photograph: Iwan Baan/Urban-Think Tank

"Considering ideal conditions is a waste of time," Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner write in their 2005 book, Informal City: "the point is to avoid catastrophe."...Continue Reading

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