A Lineal City in the Pampas: Politics, Materialization and Revolution in Wladimiro Acosta's Vision for Buenos Aires

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Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 911-931

  Minuchin, Leandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buenos Aires; Materialization; Modern architecture; Urban politics; Wladimiro Acosta

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LANDSCAPE; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; PAMPAS;

EID: 84860782396     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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