Tag: Urbanisation

By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It's one of Rio's biggest challenges before the start of the World Cup of 2014 and the Olympic Games of 2016: the transformation and urbanization of the...

By Oliver Bazely, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Driving along Avenida das Américas in Barra da Tijuca, it is hard not to notice two lone, circular towers among the square apartment blocks and sprawling shopping malls. Located just opposite...