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Article: 34 degrees south.(1998 International Biennial of Architecture in Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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The seventh International Biennial of Architecture took place in Buenos Aires at the end of November, attracting a pantheon of architects, theorists and critics eager to impart enlightenment and escape, albeit briefly, from winter in the northern hemisphere.
With its lushly planted squares and profusion of jacaranda trees, Buenos Aires lived up to its reputation as the 'Paris of South America' - though the 16-lane boulevard ('the widest in the world') that scythes through the urban grid and takes 15 minutes to cross, would give even Haussmann nightmares, and the towering offices and apartment blocks lining the edge of the River Plate have more in common with La ...