Montevideo

+ 23

• Architects

  Cotignola - Staricco - Tobler

• Location

  Montevideo, Uruguay

• Area

  500.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Marcos Guiponi

• Architects

  MASS Arquitectos

• Location

  Montevideo, Uruguay

• Area

  120.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Federico Cairoli

There are a number of reasons to visit the architecture of Montevideo: the coastal city is the result of a complex interaction of historical factors that provided multiple trends and architectural styles, currently coexisting at par. Its streets and buildings tell the story of its past. 

The city´s architectural sites are easily found walking around Ciudad Vieja (Old Town) or in the renowned Rambla. Below is a list of 15 sites that every architect should know of and visit.

+ 18

• Architects

  Emilio Magnone, Marcos Guiponi

• Location

  Palermo, 11200 Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay

• Architect in Charge

  Emilio Magnone, Marcos Guiponi

• Area

  1400.0 m2

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Marcos Guiponi

+ 36

• Architects

  Fernando De Rossa, Virginia Miguel

• Location

  Montevideo, Uruguay

• Project Year

  2011

• Photographs

  Federico Cairoli

This article, written by Svetlana Kondratyeva and translated by Olga Baltsatu for Strelka Magazine, examines the most interesting cases of the role of culture in sustainable urban development based on the UNESCO report.

UNESCO published the Global Report on Culture for Sustainable Urban Development in the fall of 2016. Two UN events stimulated its creation: a document entitled Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which emphasizes seventeen global goals for future international collaboration, was signed in September of 2015 at the Summit in New York. Habitat III, the conference held once in twenty years and dedicated to housing and sustainable urban development, took place in Ecuador in October of 2016. The question of culture’s role in urban development, and what problems it can solve, was raised at both events. To answer it, UNESCO summarized global experience and included successful cases of landscaping, cultural politics, events, and initiatives from different corners of the world in the report.

+ 26

• Architect

  Pedro Livni, Karin Bia

• Location

  Montevideo, Uruguay

• Architect in Charge

  Adirah Mautner

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Federico Cairoli

+ 23

• Architects

  BVO ARQ

• Location

  Parque Batlle, 11600 Montevideo, Departamento de Montevideo, Uruguay

• Area

  1070.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Marcos Guiponi

+ 33

• Architects

  Pedro Livni

• Location

  Montevideo, Uruguay

• Architect in Charge

  Pedro Livni

• Area

  145.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Federico Cairoli

A new collection of five minute-long Tall Stories—developed by the team behind The Urbanist, Monocle 24's weekly "guide to making better cities—guide the listener through the condensed narratives of a series of architectural projects from around the globe, encompassing their conception, development, use and, in some cases, eventual demise. We've selected eight of our favorites from the ongoing series, ranging from London’s Casson Pavilion to Honolulu's Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial, and the Estadio Centenario stadium in Montevideo.

+ 24

• Architects

  Martin Mitropulos, Facundo Álvarez

• Location

  Montevideo, Uruguay

• Project Area

  110.0 m2

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Valentina Chozas, Elias Martinez

+ 28

• Architects

  FGM Arquitectos

• Location

  Montevideo, Uruguay

• Architects in Charge

  Diego Ferrando, Fernanda Goyos, Daniel Martirena.

• Area

  250.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2014

+ 36

• Architects

  Marcelo Roux, Gastón Cuña

• Location

  Zoológico Municipal Villa Dolores, Avenida General Fructuoso Rivera 3245, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay

• Coordination

  Secretaría para la Gestión de la Discapacidad Coordinator: Federico Lezama

• Client

  Intendencia de Montevideo, Intendenta: Ana Olivera

+ 28

• Architects

  Estudio UZ:AA

• Location

  Montevideo, Uruguay

• Project Architect

  Daniella Urrutia

• Project Area

  136.0 m2

• Photographs

  Federico Cairoli

+ 27

• Architects

  Rafael Alanis, Andres Bonino, Matias Coll, Diego Secco

• Location

  Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Avenida Tomas Giribaldi 2283, Montevideo 11300, Uruguay

• Area

  35.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Marcos Guiponi

• Architects

  Andrés Varela Cruces, Elías Martínez Ojeda, Ignacio de Souza López, Joaquín Mascheroni Fleitas

• Location

  Montevideo, Uruguay

• Architects Consultant Team

  Arq Alvaro Gentini, Arq Fernando García Amen

• Area

  215.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Elías Martinez Ojeda

+ 32

+ 16

• Architects

  Oreggioni Prieto

• Location

  Montevideo, Uruguay

• Project Team

  Lucho Oreggioni, Sonia Prieto, Fernanda Ríos

• Project Area

  172.0 m2

• Project Year

  2010

• Photography

  Leonardo Finotti