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110 Rooms, 22 Flats, and One Good Idea

[Originally published in Baumeister 3/2020] The number of rooms contained in a building is not the way most young architects … More

Barcelona, building typology, Eixample, enfilade, housing system, Maio Architects, room

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

activism, atrium, Barcelona, building industry, building typology, CLT, co-operative, courtyard, housing, Lacol, urban infill, wood

Vernacular Precedent?

When I first saw an image of De Rotterdam, by OMA, I knew I had seen something vaguely similar before … More

architecture, Brazil, building typology, multiple discovery, OMA, vernacular

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

architecture, building typology, Casa Erwin Broner, house, Ibiza, parti, seashore, small town, studio, vernacular

Pure Shit

I couldn’t agree more, Frank.

building industry, building typology, crap, Frank Gehry

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

beach, building typology, concrete, france, Jean Balladur, master plan, resort, seashore, tourism, urbanism, waterfront

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

Barcelona, building typology, garden, highrise, hotel, Jean Nouvel, landscape, piranesi, tourism, window

Pool Typology

We’ve all seen that famous aerial photograph of an American Southwest suburb in which each and every house has a … More

building typology, housing, suburbia, swimming pool, Terrace houses

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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.

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