In 1992, Jamie Lerner designed Curitiba's opera house. The frame of Opera de Arame (arame means "wire") was built with inexpensive Plexiglas and metal tubing. The land surrounding the structure ...

While visiting Curitiba, I witnessed scenes of daily life that added greater dimension to the international model I read about back home. Seconds after a man tossed an empty can onto a dark street ...