[Originally published in Baumeister 3/2020] The number of rooms contained in a building is not the way most young architects … More
Tag: building typology
Notes from a Recent Construction Site Visit
I was recently fortunate enough to be shown a truly interesting work of architecture currently under construction in Barcelona: La … More
Vernacular Precedent?
When I first saw an image of De Rotterdam, by OMA, I knew I had seen something vaguely similar before … More
Architecture Without ‘Parti’: Erwin Broner’s House and Studio in Ibiza
One of the first lessons every student learns in architecture school is that an architectural design must always be based on a … More
Pure Shit
I couldn’t agree more, Frank.
La Grande Motte Revisited
I first saw La Grande Motte in the summer of 1978, more than a decade before I would graduate from … More
Garden and Gaffe: A Hotel by Jean Nouvel
Leon Battista Alberti famously wrote: “The city is like some large house and the house in turn like some small … More
Pool Typology
We’ve all seen that famous aerial photograph of an American Southwest suburb in which each and every house has a … More