ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1114300/valparaiso-city-port-and-heritage Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:59:00 +0000 Alberto Texido https://www.archdaily.com/1114300/valparaiso-city-port-and-heritage Originally published in the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio de Valparaíso, this column written by Alberto Texido, President of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile, addresses the current urban landscape of Valparaíso after the Chilean Supreme Court's ruling declared the building permit for a mega-mall —Mall Plaza Barón— on the waterfront of the Chilean port city illegal.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1078793/lessons-from-the-2024-megafires-in-chile Fri, 16 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000 Alberto Texido https://www.archdaily.com/1078793/lessons-from-the-2024-megafires-in-chile As of this writing, the death toll exceeds 130, with over 15,000 homes affected by the megafires in Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, and Quilpué, which struck Chile in early February 2024. Above all, this tragedy forces us to once again confront the lack of urban planning and to continue improving prevention, evacuation, and warning systems. These events also demand—once again—that we outline a diagnosis and concrete courses of action toward necessary adaptation.

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