Pablo Reinoso, artist and designer (photos)
Former LVMH luxury brand design director Pablo Reinoso has returned to his roots in the fine art world. So why do his benches and frames crawl up walls?
View ArticleFor ex-Givenchy design guru, a return to fine art
BUENOS AIRES -- Former luxury brand design director Pablo Reinoso has returned to his roots in the fine art world. So why do his benches and frames crawl up walls?
View ArticleSustainable tourism vendors in Buenos Aires get grades
BUENOS AIRES -- A young network is bringing together government, NGOs, hotels and travel agencies to grade each other on sustainability and expand responsible tourism beyond the eco lodge.
View ArticleMarta Minujín, conceptual artist (photos)
For over 50 years, Argentine artist Marta Minujín has been creating memorable concept pieces with a little help from friends like Andy Warhol and Christo.
View ArticleIn Buenos Aires, art icon Marta Minujin 'marries' art on 70th birthday
BUENOS AIRES -- As she enters her eighth decade, art world icon and Warhol pal Marta Minujin marries art, plans her death, and explains why art isn't what it used to be.
View ArticleIn Buenos Aires, foldable housing for disaster relief
BUENOS AIRES -- Two Argentine architects aim to make disaster relief housing quick and easy with foldable modules.
View ArticleTrading pistols for pedals in Uruguay
BUENOS AIRES -- An upcoming firearms law in Uruguay will let gun owners trade their weapons for laptops and bikes. Will that be enough to lower the country's rising murder rate?
View ArticleWhy is Argentina's Internet so outrageously slow?
BUENOS AIRES -- Argentines have embraced broadband Internet usage, but infrastructure investment hasn't kept up. Will the local web creak to a halt?
View ArticleCan Buenos Aires be 'Copenhagenized'?
BUENOS AIRES -- The local city government wants to reclaim the city center for pedestrians and bicyclists. But can a formula that's been used in Europe and Asia work in this chaotic South American...
View ArticleTurning a murdered rancher's estancia into a national park
BUENOS AIRES -- Ecologists were having a hard enough time preserving Argentina's El Impenetrable forest before the owner of one of the last untouched parts was murdered. So how are they innovating to...
View ArticleClorindo Testa, Argentine architect (photos)
Known as the "Paris of South America" for its Belle Époque architecture, Argentina's capital Buenos Aires is also home to prime examples of Brutalist buildings designed by Clorindo Testa.
View ArticleThe legacy of Argentine architect Clorindo Testa, 1923-2013
BUENOS AIRES -- Known as the "Paris of South America" for its Belle Epoque architecture, Argentina's capital is also home to prime examples of Brutalist buildings designed by Clorindo Testa.
View ArticleWhy is Argentina so resistant to the e-book?
BUENOS AIRES -- Argentina's capital just held its 39th Book Fair, the largest in the Spanish speaking world. But largely missing was the item revolutionizing publishing everywhere else: the e-book.
View ArticleGlow, glow black sheep
BUENOS AIRES -- Scientists in Uruguay have engineered sheep that glow green under UV light. And no, they're not meant for Scottish raves.
View ArticleCan Argentina turn its art fans into collectors?
BUENOS AIRES -- Argentines love to look at art. They just don't like to buy it. ArteBA is trying to change that.
View ArticleA 'vaccine' for lung cancer?
BUENOS AIRES -- After 19 years of work, a joint team of Argentine and Cuban scientists just released a cure for cancer, of sorts. Will it be a medical -- and financial -- hit?
View ArticleThe upside of Buenos Aires' bike lanes? The boon to business
BUENOS AIRES -- Buenos Aires' 100-kilometer network of bike paths was meant to decongest the city and improve its citizens' health. But the initiative has also had less obvious benefits.
View ArticleWhat makes a city a creative mecca?
BUENOS AIRES -- Foreign designers and other creative professionals are flocking to Buenos Aires to learn cutting-edge advertising. Why?
View ArticleFewer calories, just as sweet? Argentina's natural, low-cal Coke
BUENOS AIRES -- Coke just introduced its first cola made with stevia, a natural zero-calorie sweetener, in Argentina. Is the world next?
View ArticleA thought-controlled wheelchair for quadriplegics
BUENOS AIRES -- Using off-the-shelf technology, Argentine entrepreneurs have designed a wheelchair that can be controlled by brain waves.
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