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A stitch in time: the legacy of colonialism in the Americas

Fernando Luiz Lara

Brazil’s colonial past cleaved urban society yet nurtured a thriving Modernism

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‘Latin America was a place where Modernist dreams came true’

Just what is it that makes South American architecture so appealing?

São Paulo's Minhocão snakes through the neighbourhood of Santa Cecilia

Living with the Big Worm: the public functions of São Paulo’s Minhocão

Richard J Williams

A drone view shows the construction of the Avenida Liberdade road ahead of the COP30 climate summit, in Belem, Para state, Brazil

Outrage: the Amazonian road to COP30

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The floating annexe: river rooms in the Brazilian Amazon

Noelia Monteiro

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Brazil’s floodplain fields

Guilherme Wisnik

More essays about Latin America

‘Somehow we are trying to understand what our place is in the world’: Noelia Monteiro

Border sands: policing in the Sonoran Desert

Collective ownership against deforestation

Tsõrepré: demolition postcard

Río Piedras State Penitentiary (1933–2015): demolition postcard

Teatro Oficina (1984–): demolition postcard

Dicken Castro (1922–2016)

‘We need to work together in a horizontal way’: Viviana Pozzoli, Equipo de Arquitectura

Colonial constructs

Green myths of Curitiba

Redefining the Brazilian company town

Pillars of society: building Mexico City’s community centres

Participation as pedagogy

An Indigenous university

Decolonising Martinique: acts of resistance in France’s overseas territories

Bitcoin capital: El Salvador’s crypto dream

Reciprocal flows across the Mexico-US border

Indigenous tree knowledges in Amazonia

Interview with Sebastião Salgado

Rays of hope: transforming urban space in Medellín

War of the roses: the exploitation of the flower industry

Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994)

Retrospective: Jenaro Pindú

Coloniality in Colombian criticism

Building for the blind

Outrage: Argentinian Modernism lying in neglect

Retrospective: Lina Bo Bardi

Folio: Lina Bo Bardi

Troubles in paradise: the country of the eternal future

Reel life: Brazilian realities reflected in cinema

Rebels with a cause: insurgent practices in São Paulo’s abandoned spaces

Cais do Sertão museum, Recife, Brazil, by Brasil Arquitetura

Outrage: the Amazon rainforest under threat

Making an entrance: the next generation of Brazilian architects

Retrospective: Paulo Mendes da Rocha

Bossa nova beat: the symbiosis between Brazilian architecture and music

Dry flowers from the cerrado

Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012)

Building Brazil: from the Cariocas to the Paulistas to the now

Folio: Roberto Burle Marx

Editorial: Chega de saudade

From the jaws of disaster: social housing solutions in Mexico

Access all areas: the porosity of a hostile border

Clorindo Testa (1923-2013)

A law unto themselves: San Pedro prison in La Paz, Bolivia

Plug Architecture: ‘A building needs to be a piece rather than an object’

Plan Común: ‘architecture is a common field of knowledge’

Frida Escobedo: ‘Architecture encompasses a wider range of possibilities and scales than art’

Interview: Gabriela Etchegaray

Moving pictures: Housing in Ciudad Acuña by Tatiana Bilbao Estudio

Maria Carlota Costallat de Macedo Soares (1910-1967)

‘The current situation in Chile is exceptional’: Interview with Pezo von Ellrichshausen

Taller Síntesis: ‘In a society bombarded with images, architecture should be an opposing force’

Ctrl G estudio de arquitectura: ‘Colombian cities are in constant development’

Interview: Grupo TOMA

Venezuelan urban acupuncture: Spaces of Peace by PICO Estudio

New Andean: a new indigenous architecture

DRAA: ‘Collaboration in architecture is fundamental’

Juan O’Gorman (1905-1982)

Colombia’s infrastructure reclaimed as public space

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Casa 720° in Reserva Peñitas, Mexico by Fernanda Canales Arquitectura

This ring‑shaped weekend retreat by Fernanda Canales Arquitectura west of Mexico City provides shelter from – and views towards – the landscape

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Right to remain: Community stations in San Diego, US, and Tijuana, Mexico, by Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman

Working across both sides of the Mexico–US border, Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman is providing dignified neighbourhoods for migrants to live in

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Room for regrowth: Sian Ka’an reforestation nursery in Quintana Roo, Mexico, by Rodríguez + De Mitri

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Pillars of survival: University of Ancestral Knowledge, ceremonial centre and housing prototype in Acre, Brazil, by Rosenbaum

Guilherme Wisnik

A view of white buildings winding up a stepped cliff covered in green vegetation

Revisit: Ladeira da Misericórdia in Salvador, Brazil by Lina Bo Bardi

Francesco Perrotta-Bosch

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La Fábrica de Hielo in Mexico City, Mexico, by JSa

More buildings in Latin America

The road ahead: Control and operations centre in Bolombolo, Colombia, by El Equipo Mazzanti and ContraFuerte

After the flood: Malecón de Villahermosa in Villahermosa, Mexico, by Taller Mauricio Rocha, TaAU and Alejandro Castro

Pet project: veterinary clinic in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by Adamo Faiden

The great outdoors: Parque Realengo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Ecomimesis Soluções Ecológicas and collaborators

Portfolio: Marialuisa Borja, Al Borde

Portfolio: Ana María Gutiérrez, Organizmo

Revisit: Extendable post-earthquake housing in Mexico City, Mexico, by Carlos González Lobo, Campamentos Unidos and residents

Cultural surgery: El Agujero de Vysoka in Asunción, Paraguay by Lukas Fúster, Nicolás Berger, Sergio Ybarra, Guido Martínez, Javier Rodríguez, the Escuela Taller and students

Ocarina House by LCLA Office in Antioquia, Colombia

Casa Cosmos by S-AR in Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Post-hurricane houses by Manuel Cervantes Estudio in Acapulco, Mexico

Infraestudio, Cuba

Revisit: Sexto Panteón in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Regrowing roots: Chaki Wasi market hall in Zumbahua, Ecuador by La Cabina de la Curiosidad

Cultural centre and kindergarten in Tlatenchi, Mexico, by Taller CD

Railway Forest Park in Xalapa, Mexico by JSa

Revisit: Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Roberto Burle Marx

Border library and sports centre in Agua Prieta, Mexico by Fernanda Canales Arquitectura

Muelle de San Blas in San Blas, Mexico by Colectivo C733

Revisit: Parque Deportivo José Martí in Havana, Cuba by Octavio Buigas

Public property: Public infrastructure projects in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico by RZERO estudio

Portfolio: Noelia Monteiro, Estúdio Flume

Park life: Parque Prado in Medellín, Colombia by Edgar Mazo

Revisit: Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo in Mexico City, Mexico by Juan O’Gorman

Copas by Perez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados in Valle de Bravo, Mexico

Itu House by RADDAR in São Paulo, Brazil

Housing for rubber workers by Manuel Cervantes Estudio in Chiapas, Mexico

Grass+Batz, Chile

Desert flora: greenhouse in El Carmen, Peru by SalazarSequeroMedina

Running dry: Walirumana Educational Centre in La Guajira, Colombia by Salba Estudio

Another planet: sports hall at the ALMA observatory, Chile by Benjamín Murúa Arquitectos

Laguna México in Mexico City by Productora

The empty museum: Museo Nacional del Perú in Lima, Peru by Leon Marcial Arquitectos

Portfolio: Loreta Castro Reguera, Taller Capital

Portfolio: Viviana Pozzoli, Equipo de Arquitectura

PILARES Pedro Vélez (also known as PILARES Presidentes de México) in Mexico City, Mexico by Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura

PILARES Lomas de Becerra in Mexico City, Mexico by Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos and WorkAC

PILARES Flor de Azucena in Mexico City, Mexico by Fernanda Canales Arquitectura

Revisit: Casinha and Residência Vilanova Artigas II, São Paulo, Brazil

Brillhut in the Bahamas by Brillhart Architecture

Casa Eva in Ocuilan, Mexico by Fernanda Canales Arquitectura

Revisit: Ciudad Abierta in Ritoque, Chile

Control and operations centre in Jericó, Colombia by El Equipo Mazzanti

Estación Tapachula, Mexico by Colectivo C733

Museo Anahuacalli extension in Mexico City, Mexico by Taller Mauricio Rocha

Rain Harvest Home in Temascaltepec, Mexico by Robert Hutchison Architecture and JSa Arquitectura

Ballen House in Medellín, Colombia by LCLA Office with Clara Arango

Space for play in Mexico: Infonavit playgrounds

Going underground: metro station in Santiago, Chile by Beals Lyon Arquitectos

Material change: Nordeste Agroganadera offices in Curuguaty, Paraguay by Mínimo Común Arquitectura

Revisit: Quinta Monroy by Elemental

Casa Avándaro in Valle de Bravo by Manuel Cervantes Estudio

Silence is golden: Gabriela Carrillo

Community calling: Semillas, Peru

Border ecological: Taller Capital, Mexico

Centro de Invidentes y Débiles Visuales, Mexico City by Taller de Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha

Biblioteca para Ciegos y Débiles Visuales, Ciudadela, Mexico City by Taller de Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo

Come to light: Teatro Biobío in Concepción, Chile by Smiljan Radić

Setting the record straight: Galería OMR in Mexico City by Max von Werz, Mateo Riestra and José Arnaud-Bello

Pillar of the community: Comunal Taller de Arquitectura, Mexico

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New Andean architecture in El Alto, Bolivia

New Andean: a new indigenous architecture

Parque Novo Santo Amaro V by Vigliecca & Associados

From favela to gated community: Parque Novo Santo Amaro V