Author Archives: Tania Tovar Torres

Pillars of society: building Mexico City’s community centres

By Tania Tovar Torres 13 February 2023 Buildings

The PILARES programme in Mexico City realises opportunities for marginalised communities by exploiting architects’ labour

Luobei community centre in Zhejiang Province, China by Atelier Untitled Architects

14 July 2022 By Jacob Augustus Dreyer

The centre for older people by Atelier Untitled Architects in Zhejiang Province…

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Pockets of promise: community interventions in Cape Town’s Gugulethu neighbourhood

4 August 2022 By Kathryn Ewing

Those who hope to reclaim and upgrade spaces in Gugulethu, Cape Town,…

AR February 2023: Labour

30 January 2023 By AR Editors

Fernanda Canales Arquitectura | Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos | WorkAC | Rozana Montiel Estudio de…

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Together we build: organising architectural labour

2 February 2023 By Jess Myers

By being attuned to wider conversations about labour and organising, architects can…

Post‑industrial estate: Greenwich Design District in London, UK

6 February 2023 By Eleanor Beaumont

Enveloped by a landscape of London’s financialised economy, the Greenwich Design District…

Architects declare a climate and biodiversity emergency

Green Labour: Material Reform, and The Value of a Whale

7 February 2023 By George Kafka

Two books that make visible the complex and exploitative systems behind material…

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