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Under Water

[Originally published in Canadian Architect March 1999] The swimming pool is an icon of modernism, a veritable symbol of the health and…

leisure, spectacle, sport, swimming pool, The Canadian Architect Magazine, Vancouver

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,…

architecture, pragmatism, theory

Straightforward

“Architecture, whether it is a work of art or not, must be utilitarian or else fail completely.Art is not utilitarian.”…

architecture, drawing, housing, pragmatism, strategy, VMX

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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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