Concrete Dreams : Practice, Value, and Built Environments in Post-Crisis Buenos Aires /

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"In Concrete Dreams Nicholas D'Avella examines the changing social and economic lives of buildings in the context of a construction boom following Argentina's political and economic crisis of 2001. D'Avella tells the stories of small-scale investors who turned to real estate as a...

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Main Author: D'Avella, Nicholas, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Boom
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Soziale Situation
Bauwirtschaft
Construction industry > Social aspects.
Construction industry > Economic aspects.
Construction industry.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Construction > Industrie > Aspect economique > Argentine > Buenos Aires > 21e siecle.
Construction > Industrie > Aspect social > Argentine > Buenos Aires > 21e siecle.
Construction > Industrie > Argentine > Buenos Aires > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Construction industry > Economic aspects > Argentina > Buenos Aires > 21st century.
Construction industry > Social aspects > Argentina > Buenos Aires > 21st century.
Construction industry > Argentina > Buenos Aires > History > 21st century.
Buenos Aires
Argentina > Buenos Aires.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Concrete dreams
  • Crisis histories, brick futures: economic storytelling and investments in real estate
  • A market in square meters: numbers and narrative in real estate market analysis
  • Barrio ecologies: parks, patios, and the politics of articulation
  • Recoding the city: plans, codes, and the politics of voice
  • Architecture is for everyone: bodies, drawing, and the politics of care
  • Epilogue: Enduring values.

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