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Destination Architecture

[Originally published in Mark Magazine #68] Barcelona may be well known today as an urban tourism destination, but it was … More

architectural tourism, architecture, Barcelona, Mark Magazine, modernity, tourism, touristic architecture, urbanism

Everyday Camouflage in the City

[Originally published in Lotus International # 126. Earlier versions published in proceedings of Second Savannah Symposium “Authenticity in Architecture” (2001) and in On … More

authenticity, camouflage, cultural identity, facadism, infrastructure, Lotus magazine, modernity, semiotics, social class, strategy, theory, urbanism

The Valparaiso School and the Construct(ion) of Regional Identity

[Originally published in Hispanic Studies vol. 23] The School of Architecture at the Catholic University of Valparaiso is an important … More

authenticity, Chile, cultural identity, education, Hispanic Studies Journal, manifesto, Open city, poetry, Valparaiso

Relationship of Convenience: The Polarization of Theory and Practice in Architecture

[Originally published in Proceedings of The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture West Central 1997 Regional Conference, Faculty of Architecture, … More

architecture, pragmatism, theory

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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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