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Rafael Gómez-Moriana's architecture blog

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Strange Bedfellows

Left: Construction of Instant City, Ibiza, in 1971 (photo domusweb.it) Right: Hotel Algarrobico, Carboneras, Almería, 2010. The image at left … More

activism, Almería, beach, coast, corruption, crap, hotel, Ibiza, politics, resort, seashore, tourism, utopia

Cedar Island, Lebanon: Learning from Dubai?

In my earlier posting “Hotel Barcelona”  I mention a coastal high-rise hotel that resembles the Burj al Arab Hotel in … More

coast, cultural identity, landscape, urbanization, war

The pursuit of pleasure by the most efficient available means: the urbanism of Benidorm, Spain

[originally published in Onsite Review # 14] Benidorm is a city in southeastern Spain with an urban morphology that is highly unusual … More

Benidorm, coast, cultural identity, highrise, leisure, Onsite Review, popular culture, pragmatism, strategy, theory, tourism, urbanism

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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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