Knowing Lima is to know the City of Kings, as it was known at the time of the Viceroyalty of Peru when it was the largest city in South America, but to understand how this city works we have to go back to “Limaq” which was the Pre-Columbian term of this city and the word
When China opened up to capitalism and foreign investment in the late 70’s by the hand of Deng Xiaoping, it was decided to start with a small fishing village near Hong Kong, named Shenzhen. Since then this town of 30,000 people passed within a few decades to become an industrial and financial megacity with a
Beirut is a city full of contrasts. Not only because of its cultural diversity and political instability, but also in terms of architecture and urban planning because there are economic and historical influences that are responsible for how contemporary Beirut is and they help to keep discussions between planners, architects, politicians and citizens. It seems
