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Tag: Azure

Inner Space

[Originally published in Azure Magazine November 2017] For an up-and-coming advertising agency called The Keenfolks, following the rules is not necessarily top … More

art, Azure, Barcelona, design, design-build, Guillermo Santomà, interior design

At Home: Santa Clara 1728

[Originally published in Azure Magazine, June 2017] Nestled within a labyrinth of narrow streets, small squares and gracefully aged buildings … More

Aires Mateus, Azure, craftsmanship, detail, hotel, Lisbon, materiality, rehabilitation

Rem Koolhaas, Mythologized on the Big Screen

[Originally published in Azure Magazine Nov. / Dec. 2016] Filmed, produced, directed and edited by Tomas Koolhaas over the course of … More

Azure, film, globalization, OMA, REM documentary, Rem Koolhaas, Tomas Koolhaas

Dis-fru-tar

[Originally published in Azure, November-December 2015] Disfrutar means “to enjoy” in Spanish. It’s an appropriate name for a restaurant that encapsulates … More

Azure, Barcelona, Disfrutar Restaurant, El Equipo Creativo, interior design

Destination: Barcelona’s Renaissance Fira Hotel

[Originally published in Azure, May 2014] The elevator soars up the Hotel Renaissance Fira Barcelona, and my knees buckle beneath … More

Azure, Barcelona, courtyard, garden, highrise, hotel, Jean Nouvel, landscape

Spanish Steps

[Originally published in Azure, Nov/Dec 2013] One thing becomes immediately apparent when approaching MediaLab-Prado. There is no confusing old with … More

adaptive re-use, architecture, Azure, Langarita Navarro, Madrid, media

Sociability Generator

[Originally published in Azure, October 2013] Gràcia, with its narrow streets and the atmosphere of the former village still intact, … More

adaptive re-use, Azure, Barcelona, Design Agency, hostel, hotel

A Barcelona Hotel gets Graphic

[Originally published in Azure, September 2013] For Pau, its new hotel in Barcelona, the Room Mate group sought an interior … More

Azure, Barcelona, design narrative, hotel, Teresa Sapey

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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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