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Costa Rica’s best architecture firms are innovating in material sourcing and sustainable technologies while minimizing building footprints.
Costa Rica is a tropical land filled with rainforests, exotic beaches and volcanos, as well as many sustainable examples of buildings. Its traditional architecture originates from the country’s pre-Colombian era and Spanish colonial influence. Today, Costa Rica’s capital city, San José, is characterized by its modern, high-rise architecture, paired with small albeit luxurious traditional single-store houses preserved from the late 1800s. At that time, San José was the second most technologically advanced city in America, installing public city lights and electricity to its wider city fabric… Full article