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 … More

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 … More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the field of research, plagiarism is unacceptable. This is a post denouncing UNStudio’s shameless plagiarism of over a decade’s … More

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

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

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

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

As an architect who is blessed with having double citizenship –Spanish as well as Canadian– I was quite amused, while … More

Barcelona is known around the world today as a city of design. Its urban grid, buildings, parks, squares, streets, benches, … More

As Covid 19 spreads its way around the world, a fear of urban density is similarly catching on, with suburbs, … More