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A Country Called Favela by Renato Meirelles and Celso Athayde [BOOK REVIEW]

By Andrea Cangialosi • October 7, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Um País Chamado Favela (in English, A Country Called Favela) by Renato Meirelles, president of Data Popular, and Celso Athayde, co-founder of CUFA, examines the accomplishments of favelas and their economic advancements, with analysis of informal housing and its economic power […]

*Highlight

Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture by Justin McGuirk [BOOK REVIEW]

By Sara McTarnaghan • September 27, 2014

Clique aqui para Português In his book Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture, art critic Justin McGuirk takes readers on a ride across the physical and social landscapes of urban Latin America, […]

*Highlight

Greenbuilding Brasil Conference Introduces LEED-UP: Favelas as Models of Urban Sustainability

By Jessica Goodenough • September 20, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Vale Encantado, a favela in the heart of the Tijuca forest, part of the largest urban forest system in the world in the middle of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, was […]

#GentrificationWatch

Arts, Culture & Integration at Hanging Garden Festival in Babilônia

By Ed Bentsi-Enchill • August 28, 2014

On Saturday August 23 over 4000 revelers gathered at the top of Morro da Babilônia in Rio’s South Zone for the Hanging Garden festival, an annual celebration which aims to promote the dissemination of inclusive arts and culture. […]

Favela Qualities

Favela as a Poverty Standard: How The Birmingham Mail Got It All Wrong

By Ed Bentsi-Enchill • July 27, 2014

Clique aqui para Português On July 22, one of the most read local newspapers in the United Kingdom published an article comparing overcrowded student accommodation in Birmingham to “Third World Shanty Towns.” Local politicians commented that one […]

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