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One Permanent Exhibition / Theme Park Inside Another

How many architects have an exhibition of their work permanently on display at a cultural institution, replete with nearly full-scale…

CaixaForum, Enric Ruíz Geli, exhibition, greenwashing, Santiago Calatrava, theming, Valencia

Statistical Error

In 2018, a study was published that situated “Europe’s most densely inhabited square kilometer” in the working-class town of L’Hospitalet…

Raval, statistics, urban density

Hotel Empanada

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

advertising, analogy, form, metaphor, Ricardo Bofill

Public Property

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

housing, IBAVI, Mallorca, stone, structure, vault

Open House

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

architecture, Arquitectura-G, Barcelona, courtyard, flexibility, house, inside-outside

Archaeological Building

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

adaptive re-use, archaeology, homelessness, Josep Ferrando, prison, Reus, shelter, Tarragona

Presenting the E-Window®

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

developers, e-window, fakery, fenestration, housing, simulation, window

The Anti-Circular Pepper Mill Scandal

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

consumerism, product design, recycling, reuse, sustainability, throw-away society

Enric Miralles, 1955-2000

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

Benedetta Tagliabue, Carme Pinós, EMBT, Enric Miralles

Hide and Seek

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

education, Gradolí & Sanz Arquitectes, Montessori School, Open-ended architecture, The Architectural Review, Valencia

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Criticalista collects Rafael Gomez-Moriana's writings on architecture and the built environment. All photographs by the author unless indicated otherwise.

©2014 Rafael Gomez-Moriana. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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