Initiated by Architects: Two Very Different Housing Models

Two radically different apartment buildings are currently being completed only meters apart in Barcelona’s Poble Sec neighborhood. What makes them … More

Revisit: Casa Batlló

[Originally published in The Architectural Review December / January 2026] The year 2026 marks 100 years since the death of … More

United We Stand

Demonstrations are a weekly occurence in Barcelona. Usually, they are organized well in advance, as permits must be issued by … More

Two-Timing Tower

[Originally published in Bauwelt 15.2025] The new training tower recently completed at Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron fire station, designed by local … More

The Mediterranean Corridor

Spain’s much-lauded high-speed rail network is based on a hub-and-spoke model with Madrid, the Spanish capital, at its very centre. … More

Shady Initiative

Barcelona City Council has initiated a city-wide program to shade public spaces. The reason: it is getting hotter every year. … More

The Rise and Fall of Barcelona: From Architectural Tourism to Touristic Architecture

[Originally published in OnSite Review 46] Has anyone ever noticed how often the word visitor is used by architecture students … More

Outrage: MACBA goes massive and public space suffers

[Originally published in The Architectural Review online. Versión en castellano sigue a continuación.] The multicultural working-class neighbourhood of El Raval, … More

Espacios ambiguos

Espacios versátiles, flexibles e indefinidos, hacia una arquitectura doméstica sostenible y resiliente. [Publicado originalmente en Poch, Marta, editora: Vivienda en … More

Ambiguous Spaces

Versatile, flexible, undefined spaces: towards a sustainable and resilient domestic architecture [Originally published in Marta Poch, ed.: Housing in the … More

A Conversation with Bajet Giramé

[Originally published in Bauwelt 24.2024] This year’s Manifesta is being held for the first time throughout a large metropolitan area. … More

The Barcelona Pavilion-Crematorium

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can give to greatness.” -Oscar Wilde. From the outside, the Crematorium … More

Which Way, Barcelona?

Gaudí must be rolling over in his grave. A Formula 1 race car burning rubber and making noise before one … More

Failing the Test of Time

The famed Sant Antoni Library by RCR Arquitectes, Catalonia’s only Pritzker Prize-winner, has been undergoing a complete renovation since September … More

Greetings from Barcelona

[Last December, Bauwelt Magazine asked their contributors to send them a postcard from their hometown along with a new year’s greeting addressing … More

A Highly Contested Urban Space in Barcelona

It’s finally happening. A commercial thoroughfare in my neighborhood that is much too narrow, traffic-laden, and overcrowded with shoppers is … More

The Post-Olympic Transformation of Barcelona

[Originally published in Heide Wessely and Sandra Hofmeister, editors: Barcelona: Urban Architecture and Community Since 2010. Munich: Edition DETAIL, 2023] … More