Laura Torres Roa

Lima: Architectural Guide

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ISBN: 9783869226484
Author : Laura Torres Roa
Published: 2023
Publisher: DOM Publishers
Number of pages: 408
Language: English
Format: Paperback

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Lima has many more sunny days than its inhabitants claim. The urban layout of its historic centre the famous checkerboard is the most perfect Cartesian grid in South America, yet the suburbs are the global capital of informality. Lima society lives in a permanent state of commercial frenzy, yet it has preserved the oldest traditions in the continent. The best-known works of architecture are viceregal and republican, yet pre-Columbian ruins are scattered around the city in a manner that can only be found elsewhere in Cairo. Its modern movement is more cheerful than that of the old continent, midway between Brazil and California. And the invasions, a heterodox and radical phenomenon, have generated an astonishing form of urban development.

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