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Tropical Babel (2014) (failedarchitecture.com)
24 points by labster on March 24, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



I had two takeaways: Venezuela was once a place where people would try to build modern experimental projects, like the helical strip mall El Helicoide.

The other is a reminder that for all of the monoliths we build with the best intentions, the government can seize them and use them for human rights abuses.




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