Hotel Empanada

This advertisement for a Barcelona snack bar franchise contains an image of a local landmark building by the late Ricardo…

Public Property

[Originally published in The Architectural Review in April 2022] Before the arrival of steel and concrete, the most widely used…

[Originally published in Bauwelt March 2022] Since the emergence of the pandemic, outdoor private space has come to be newly…

[Originally published in Baumeister December 2021] Older buildings are no longer what they used to be. Until recently, the argument…

Are windows really necessary in buildings? Is an LED panel that simulates a window an acceptable substitute? Some seem to…

The other day, I was preparing a dinner party when I realized my pepper mill was empty. I ran to…

[Originally published in The Architectural Review July-August 2021] It has now been more than 20 years since Enric Miralles died…

[Originally published in The Architectural Review May 2021] One of the first alterations that pupils of the Imagine Montessori Primary…

[Originally published in DETAIL magazine 5.2021] There is no mistaking old from new in this adaptive reuse project by Baas…

[Originally published in Bauwelt 8.2021] The adaptive reuse of L’Escorxador del Cabanyal, a former slaughterhouse in Valencia, Spain, as a…