Bogotá, officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santafé/Santa Fé de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, although often erroneously thought of as part of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, industrial, artistic, cultural, and sports center of the country.
José María Córdova International Airport is the second largest airport in Colombia after El Dorado International Airport of Bogotá in terms of infrastructure and passenger service. It is located in the city of Rionegro, 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Medellín.
The Universidad Nacional de Colombia is a public, national, coeducational, research university, located primarily in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, Colombia. Established in 1867 by an act of the Congress of Colombia, the university is the largest higher education institution of the country with more than 44,000 students, the largest number of graduated professionals per year, and number of academic programmes at undergraduate and graduate levels, with 430 academic programmes, which includes 96 graduate diplomas, 67 academic specializations, 39 medical specialties, 161 master's degrees, and 58 doctorates. It is also one of the few universities that employs post-doctorate fellows in the country. Approximately 40,000 students are studying for an undergraduate degree and 4,000 for a graduate degree. The National University of Colombia is one of the best universities in Colombia and Latin America, for its high degree of education and research achievement in several rankings of universities in Latin America and around the globe.
The University City of Bogotá, also known as the White City, is the flagship campus of the National University of Colombia, located near Teusaquillo, in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the largest university campus in Colombia, with an overall area of 1,200,000 m2 and a constructed area of 308,541 m2, giving it ample green areas, open spaces, and pedestrian paths. Amongst its buildings are seventeen that have been declared national monuments; these constitute a cross section of the last 60 years of Colombian architecture.
Banco de Bogotá is the first commercial bank established in Colombia.
Colombia's architectural heritage includes Spanish colonial architecture including Catholic churches. Its modern architecture represents various International Style architecture. In the postmodern architecture era a wave of innovate and striking buildings have been designed.
Rogelio Salmona was a Colombian architect. He was noted for his extensive use of red brick in his buildings and for using natural shapes like spirals, radial geometry and curves in his designs. During the latter part of his life, Salmona gained renown thanks to awards like the first prize at the 1986, 1988, and 1990 Colombian Architecture Biennials, and the Alvar Aalto Medal in 2003. His works are highly representative of Colombian architecture at the end of the twentieth century.
Paola Turbay Gómez is a Colombian-American actress, model, beauty queen, and television presenter.
Avianca Building is a 161 meter-tall office skyscraper located at the intersection of 16th street and Seventh Avenue, next to Santander Park in the city of Bogotá, Colombia.
Plan B architects is a Colombian architecture firm. The firm designed the towering Orchidiarium at the Medellin Botanical Garden with JPRCR Architects. Plan B also designed the V House in Bogotá The firm also assisted Mazzanti in designing the Medellín Sports Coliseum.
Giancarlo Mazzanti is a Colombian architect based in Bogota.
Rafael Esguerra García (q.e.p.d.) is the principal architect with Colombian architecture firm Esguerra Saenz Urdaneta Samper. His work includes Avianca headquarters building and the Centro Urbano Antonio Nariño. He was also involved in the design of Banco Central Hipotecario building and the Ciudadela Colsubsidio. He founded the Aeroclub de Colombia and logged 15,000 hours of flight.
Ricardo La Rotta Caballero is an architect in Bogotá, Colombia and the principal at the La Rotta Arquitectos firm. His work includes La Quintana Library, a library park named after Tomás Carrasquilla in Medellín, Colombia. Along with Juan Manuel López (architect) and Ramón Quevedo, Rotta was selected as an architect for an ecological redevelopment project north of Bogotá. In 2006, Rotta's work on the project with Quevedo and López on Edifício Compensar in Bogotá was selected as one of the 10 "projects of the year" by the publication Semana. Rotta was also involved in the project of the Plaza of Zipaquirá. Rotta won a design competition for a new faculty building at Javeriana University.
ArtNexus is the leading magazine to cover the contemporary art of Latin America. From its documentation center in Bogota, the magazine covers visual art and architecture. By publishing in both Spanish and English, the magazine fulfilled its goal to be "The Nexus Between Latin America and the Rest of the World."
Juan Gabriel Moreno is a Colombian/American architect. He is president and founder of Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects (JGMA), which operates from Chicago, Illinois. Moreno has worked on projects in many countries, and is known for his experimental socially-conscious designs.
Emesé Ijjasz de Murcia is a Hungarian-born Colombian architect and educator. She studied architecture in Argentina, at the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile and at the National University of Colombia at Medellín.
Luz Amorocho Carreño was the first Colombian woman to graduate as an architect. She presented one of the first urban plans for Bogotá and worked on both public and private buildings in Bogotá throughout her career. Between 1966 and 1988, she served as the Director of the Planning Department of the National University of Colombia and spent a decade documenting the history of the buildings on the campus of the university.
La Florida is a wetland and park known as the Parque Metropolitano La Florida. La Florida is located across the Bogotá River from Jaboque wetland in the municipality Funza, Cundinamarca, close to Cota. La Florida does not belong to the protected wetlands of Bogotá.
