Archaeological Building

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

Presenting the E-Window®

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…

In the field of research, plagiarism is unacceptable and denounced. Here begins a post denouncing UNStudio’s shameless plagiarism of over…

Dear Ben, To have a design idea copied by you, a global starchitect with offices all over the world, is…

Here we are, in the ninth month of coronavirus crisis, eagerly awaiting the birth, any day now, of a new…

Dear Ms Colau, internationally esteemed mayor of Barcelona. I write this letter in English because many citizens of Barcelona are…

Welcome to Carrer Príncep de Viana in the Raval neighbourhood of Barcelona, a small, normally quiet street lined with trees…