Condé Nast House & Garden – September 2019

photographs:

tatewaki nio

Up the

Andy

The striking

facades

bringing

colour to the

streets of

bolivia

They may look like sets for

a new Wes Anderson movie, but

the work of Bolivian architect

Freddy Mamani is rooted in a far

older visual tradition. To create

these fantastical facades in El

Alto, Freddy drew inspiration

from the lines and motifs of the

ruined city of Tiwanaku, as well

as the South American tradition

of weaving colourful textiles. His

work strives to bring modernity

• and just a bit of magic – to the
  otherwise adobe-red vernacular
  of the region. n

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