A GAGGLE OF ARCHITECTS

I have been meeting some incredible architects but, in the words of Roisin Murphy, it's never enough. Inevitably some slip through the net. So here's a round up of architects from different countries that I have not had a chance to meet in person for whatever reason.

Argentina
Lucio Morini, based in Cordoba. (new studios, below)


Chile
Beals Lyon
Grupo Talca

Colombia
Paisajes Emergentes
A landscape and architecture office working from Medellin. (new project, top)
plan b Arquitectos
Orquideorama project (below) by plan B and JPRCR (J. Paul Restrepo and Camilo Restrepo), also based in Medellin.

Grenada
COCOA - Caribbean Office of Co-Operative Architecture

Mexico
Tatiana Bilbao
Great portfolio of work including Estudio Explanada, 2008 (below)

COLOMBIA

A brief stopover in Colombia included a visit to Barranquilla and Cartegena, followed by an introduction to Bogota. My host on the coast was Juan Carlos Haag. Juan studied architecture, and now works as an artist in his grandparents' 50s farmhouse on the coast.






Juan Carlos HaagOne night in Cartegena at the house of filmmaker Toti Posse Emiliani.

My guides to Bogota, artist Juan Pablo Echeverri and arts producer Beatriz Lopez (below right).

A marketing campaign positioning the Continental in Bogota as an icon of architecture.




The Continental in all its glory...