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Salmona is considered in many respects a symbol for South American architecture, whose genius is best expressed in the works and projects he developed in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. Introduced by an interview with the architect, A+U documents 14 projects created over the entire span of his career, ranging from urban developments and apartment buildings, to public buildings and private houses. All are generously photographed and accompanied by plans and elevations.

Interview with Rogelio Salmona
4 April 2007, Bogotá, Colombia
Interviewers: Ken Tadashi Oshima and Oscar Arenales-Vergara

House at Rio Frio – Salmona’s Own Weekend House

Essay: The Work of Rogelio Salmona
Kenneth Frampton

The Fundacion Cristiana Apartments Blocks
The Park Towers Residential Project
Alto de Pinos Residential Project
The State Guest House in Cartagena

Essay: Salmona in Retrospect
Hiroshi Naito

The Nueva Santa Fe Residential Complex and Urban Development
The Community Center for the Nueva Santa Fe Residential Complex
The Gabriel García Márquez House
The National Archives of Colombia

Talks on Architecture and Cities
Rogelio Salmona

Postgraduate Building for the Human Sciences Faculty of the National University of Colombia
The Virgilio Barco Public Library
Altazor House
The Gimnasio Fontana School
Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center

Essay: Rogelio Salmona: The Architect and the Chaos
– Recitation of a journey in the name of user participation and environmental compatibility: Rogelio Salmona, architect from the Tropics, encounters the Nordic architect Ralph Erskine
Oscar Arenales-Vergara

Series: New Relationship between Landscape Architecture and Urban Design – Part 13
Land, air and water: the holistic world of English landscape architect, environmentalist Kim Wilkie
Lucy Bullivant