Urnario Municipal, Cementerio del Norte

What is especially evident here is the preference of the Brazilian Escola Paulista for having enormous blocks of concrete appear suspended. A practice that is carried to extremes in this cemetery in the neighboring country.

Templo de la Patria

The “Temple of the Nation” is an urban landmark located at the base of the volcano Pichincha. Dumet tried to connect the mountainous setting with the architecture through large concrete ribs of girders with wide openings. Halls linked by nar…

Amal Lady Davis High School

The school complex is grouped around a central courtyard, from which the wings, each designed differently, radiate. The plan enables the simple extension of the segments and is meant to function as a small city, concentrated in a single building complex…

Casa Cate

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