Press and publications
Press coverage, magazines, books and social media posts that have featured LDB Arquitectura projects or ideas by Luis Diego Barahona since 2001. Each entry keeps the original title and links to the source, most of them in Spanish.
2026
Avenida Pococí, una obra que conecta nuestro pasado, presente y futuro
Municipal video for the canton’s anniversary that presents the avenue as a space for urban, family and cultural life.
Still from the Municipality of Pococí video
2025
La Piscina Municipal de Goicoechea abrirá nuevamente sus puertas
Video announcing the reopening of the renovated municipal pool under its new roof.
2023
Incofer recibe la Estación de Trenes de Turrialba restaurada
Incofer formally receives the restored railway station and commits to putting it to good use.
Avance de la restauración de la Estación del Ferrocarril de Turrialba
Post on the restoration works that cites the use proposal by Luis Diego Barahona, winner of the 2019 Salvemos Nuestro Patrimonio competition.
Nuevo libro de arquitectura se publica en Costa Rica
Announces the book with 59 works in 11 typologies and highlights Tirrases, Escalante and the Santa Ana and Pococí town halls.
Luis Diego Barahona: La arquitectura como arte y pasión en su libro
Presents the 256-page book with 59 works from 2001 to 2022 and a foreword by Josep Maria Montaner.
2022
Inauguración del Parque Jorge Debravo
Announces the opening of the park, one of the acupunctures of the Turrialba Renewal Plan designed by Luis Diego Barahona.
2021
Bono Comunal para el Parque Jorge Debravo en Turrialba
Celebrates the approval of the community grant from the Housing Ministry to build the park and shows the design.
2019
La renovación urbana. El camino para una ciudad viva
Feature on urban renewal in Costa Rica that quotes Luis Diego Barahona and several works by the office.
2018
Las Mercedes Park. An Urban Acupuncture System
Presents Las Mercedes Park in Curridabat as an urban acupuncture system by LDB Arquitectura.
Tirrases Human Development Center / Luis Diego Barahona
Publication of the Tirrases Human Development Center with photographs by Roberto D’Ambrosio, Oscar Abarca and Ingrid Johanning.
Centro de Desarrollo Humano de Tirrases / Luis Diego Barahona
Spanish edition of the ArchDaily publication.
Conjunto Tirrases
Project sheet on the human development center, the sports complex and Las Mercedes Park in Tirrases.
2017
La California aspira a ser un barrio artístico y seguro
Shop owners and residents of La California propose nine low-cost interventions with public art, lighting and public space.
Turrialba tendrá un nuevo ‘rostro’ en el 2020
The renewal plan proposes eight interventions in downtown Turrialba and a bike lane.
Turrialba se encamina a un cantón amigable con el ambiente
Article on Turrialba’s path toward an environmentally friendly canton and its renewal plan.
2016
Arq. Luis Diego Barahona, comprometido con la ciudad
Profile and interview on his career and his proposal for a denser city with five-storey mixed-use buildings.
2014
Luis Diego Barahona piensa una mejor ciudad para todos en su reciente libro
Review of the book Sistemas de Acupunturas Urbanas that values the gradual work in Los Yoses and Escalante and the urban palettes.
2013
Autoridades se unen para darle vida a Barrio Escalante
TV report on sidewalks, trees, lighting and the small plaza next to the Santa Teresita church.
Convierten a Barrio Escalante en destino gastronómico
Article on the Santa Teresita plaza and the dining boulevard on Calle 33.
Nueva plaza abre un espacio de recreo en barrio Escalante
Presents the 260 m² Santa Teresita plaza as a link between the church and the Calderón Guardia Museum.
Barrio Cuba mejora su rostro urbano con arquitectura
Describes the two courts, the CAI connector and the school access designed by LDB Arquitectura.
“Paletas urbanas” buscan renovar espacios públicos en la capital
Explains the first three urban palettes in the Hospital district and their participatory design with the community.
Donde vendían drogas ahora juegan niños
The El Pochote mini courts turn an abandoned lot into a place where the children of Barrio Cuba can play.
Empujón a barrio Cuba
Short piece on the mini court, the CAI bus stop and the access to the Omar Dengo school.
Esquina que era un basurero en Barrio Cuba ahora es una cancha para niños
Opening of the El Pochote mini court within UNICEF’s Safe Cities program.
Casa González Murillo
Publication of the house in Santo Domingo de Heredia, two boxes of natural light around three courtyards.
2012
Torres de condominios cambian San José con la vida en altura
Article on the residential towers of San José where Luis Diego Barahona notes that middle-class housing is also needed.
When Getting Directions, It Helps To Know Where the Fig Tree Was
Feature on street addresses in Costa Rica that mentions the Escalante street naming with the office.
2011
Luis Diego Barahona: «Hacia una crisis habitacional»
Interview that warns of a housing crisis and proposes protected housing in mixed-use buildings within commercial areas.
Arquitectura y crítica en Latinoamérica
The book highlights Luis Diego Barahona as editor of the Líneas collection and congresses and of Habitar magazine.
2010
Arquitectos abogan por integrar barrios a la ciudad
Report on the 7th Líneas Congress and on Luis Diego Barahona’s view of the neighborhoods of San José.
Pequeños ajustes pueden lograr grandes mejoras en una ciudad
Preview of the 7th Líneas Congress organized by LDB Arquitectura with Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Mesa and Jaume Barnada.
Las obras, en sintonía con sus habitantes
Report on the 7th Ibero-American Biennial in Medellín with Luis Diego Barahona as guest speaker.
Barrio Escalante avanza hacia una renovación que conserve su identidad
Presents the 2010 to 2015 Barrio Escalante Urban Renewal Plan led by Luis Diego Barahona.
Nueva cara para Escalante
Summarizes the five-year investment and the works planned for 2010 in Escalante.
325 árboles refrescarán el barrio Escalante
Planting 325 trees of nine species opens the implementation of the plan led by LDB Arquitectura.
Organización de vecinos promueve desarrollo
Explains the urban acupuncture system of the plan and the eight interventions planned for 2010.
¿Un nuevo sitio cultural?
Opinion piece on the cluster of cultural institutions in Escalante and the neighborhood’s renewal plan.
¡Viva el Barrio!
Column that praises the residents’ association of Escalante and its partnership with the office to renew the neighborhood.
Renovarán Barrio Escalante
Covers the public presentation of the five-year plan and its funding scheme with residents, businesses and the municipality.
Plantean renovación de Barrio Escalante
Details the 20 points of the plan in four blocks, from street naming to urbanism à la carte.
Hoy presentan plan de renovación para barrio Escalante
Announces the presentation of the plan at the Magaly cinema with ramps, sidewalks, street names and tree planting.
Vecinos sabían el qué, pero no sabían el cómo
How the residents’ association found in the urban acupuncture of Los Yoses a way to organize its plan for Escalante.
Atlas. Arquitecturas del siglo XXI. América
Roberto Segre’s essay cites Luis Diego Barahona and Miquel Adrià as scholars of Costa Rican architecture.
2009
Rehacer las ciudades a partir de lo común
Essay on public space in Latin American cities that cites the Los Yoses plan and its 25 urban acupunctures.
Vecinos se unen para cambiarle la cara al barrio Los Yoses
Presents the 25 urban acupuncture actions for Los Yoses, from micro plazas to bike lanes and street names.
Exponen proyecto para darle una nueva cara a Los Yoses
Announces the exhibition of the plan at the Mexican Institute with a 1 to 500 scale model and 25 boards.
La ciudad mixta y compacta. Gran protagonista del VI Congreso Líneas
Review of the 6th Líneas Congress.
Recuento del VI Congreso Líneas
Account of the talks by Schütte, Barahona, Jiménez, Mazzanti and Fernández-Galiano.
Arquitectos apuestan a ciudades compactas
Preview of the 6th Líneas Congress and its idea of a mixed-use city inspired by old neighborhoods.
Stylish Design in Latin America
Book that publishes the BLP Abogados offices in the Vía Lindora building.
2008
Colegio de Arquitectos promueve cambios en las ciudades
Announcement of the 6th Líneas Congress, Ciudad mixta y compacta.
La vivienda como esencia. Quinto Congreso Líneas
Review of the 5th Líneas Congress, La vivienda como esencia.
Vivienda es la esencia de la ciudad
Report on the 5th Líneas Congress with Peñalosa, Roca, Cañas, Fuster and Crousse.
V Congreso Líneas. Especialistas buscarán redefinir escenario habitacional tico
Announces the 5th Líneas Congress on housing as the essence of the city with Enrique Peñalosa, Jaume Barnada and Miguel Ángel Roca.
2007
Universidad Hispanoamericana celebra III Semana de Arquitectura
Short note on the 3rd Architecture Week with Luis Diego Barahona among the participants.
2006
Costa Rica y la arquitectura prodigiosa de lo verde
Special AAA issue on Costa Rican architecture with Luis Diego Barahona as guest co-editor.
Talento urbano a prueba
Announces the 8th Architecture Biennial with Luis Diego Barahona among the speakers.
Libros, revistas y programas
Reviews the literature on Costa Rican architecture and singles out the Líneas collection as a pioneer.
4to. Congreso Líneas
Short review of the fourth congress and of the launch of the book Nuevas líneas de la arquitectura contemporánea costarricense.
Congreso trae a cuatro arquitectos
Announces the 4th Líneas Congress with Solano Benítez, Carlos Campuzano, Josep Llinàs and Fernando Romero.
Gran respeto por el medio caracteriza a arquitectura tica
Review of the book Nuevas líneas de la arquitectura contemporánea costarricense, with 24 works from 2000 to 2005.
2005
3.er Congreso Líneas. El espacio como gran protagonista
Review of the 3rd Líneas Congress, La informalidad del espacio.
Líneas de vanguardia
Announces the 3rd Líneas Congress on the informality of space with Felipe Assadi, Rafael Iglesia, Carlos Mijares and Francisco Serrano.
2004
Historia de luz y arquitectura
Article on the 2nd Líneas Congress, El placer de la luz.
La luz desde ojos expertos
Presents the 2nd Líneas Congress on the pleasure of light with Alejandro Aravena, Bernardo Gómez-Pimienta, Josep Maria Montaner and Jorge Rigamonti.
Arquitectura viva
Feature on vertical living, apartments and lofts with Luis Diego Barahona among the architects consulted.
2003
Ciudades seductoras
Announces the 1st Líneas Congress with Teodoro González de León, Carlos Jiménez, Víctor Cañas, Isaac Broid, Jaime Rouillón and Mauricio Pinilla.
2002
Unas primeras líneas
Reviews the first volume of the Líneas collection, devoted to Víctor Cañas and edited by Luis Diego Barahona.
Aula de cómputo para un convento
Publishes the 28 m² computer room designed by Luis Diego Barahona for the convent of the Bethlemite Sisters in Escazú.
2001
Arquitectura contemporánea costarricense
Review of Luis Diego Barahona’s book that portrays the country’s contemporary architecture through twelve architects.
Texts by Luis Diego Barahona
Concreto conciliado
Text by Luis Diego Barahona on Alberto Linner’s Fátima Church in Los Yoses.
Vacío irradiado. Casa Altamira
Text by Luis Diego Barahona on Joan Puigcorbé’s Casa Altamira in Ciudad Colón.
Plan de Renovación del Barrio Los Yoses
Text by Luis Diego Barahona that describes the plan and its 25 urban acupunctures.
Architecture column in Áncora, La Nación
From 2007 Luis Diego Barahona was in charge of the architecture page of the Sunday supplement Áncora. Those columns are listed in Texts.
The PDFs reproduce articles published by each outlet and are shared as part of the office archive. Copyright in the texts belongs to their authors and publishers.