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Disappearing Act: Empúries Visitor Reception Centre by Fuses-Viader Arquitectes

[Originally published in Baumeister 9/2017] As the place where Ancient Greeks first set foot on the Iberian peninsula, the archaeological … More

archaeology, Baumeister, camouflage, concrete, countryside, Empúries, garden, land art, landscape, ruin, tourism

Monolith of Memory

[Text originally published in Mark Magazine #61] The Camp de Rivesaltes, a sprawling military base built in 1938 near Perpignan, … More

communication, concrete, countryside, detention, france, history, Mark Magazine, materiality, Mémorial de Rivesaltes, memory, monolith, Perpignan, Rudy Ricciotti

The Art Studio-Museum

[Originally published in Oris Magazine #92] Situated on the distant side of the forested hillcrest that overlooks Barcelona, the Arranz-Bravo Studio … More

art, Barcelona, concrete, countryside, gallery, Garcés - de Seta - Bonet, house, museum, Oris magazine, studio

Some Reflections on Concrete Formwork

Every building material symbolizes something, and the most modern building materials are no exception. Glass, we have been told, is representative … More

architecture, building industry, building materials, concrete, politics

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

A Whimsical Water Tower in…Barcelona?

I spotted this fantastic water tower the other day while walking around Poble Nou, Barcelona’s industrial graveyard. Claes Oldenburg and … More

Barcelona, concrete, monument, popular culture, tower, water

Jurisprudence: The City of Justice by David Chipperfield Architects and b720 Arquitectura

[originally published in Art 4D Magazine] Courts of justice are steeped in protocol and decorum, not merely because of tradition, but … More

Art 4 D magazine, b720 Arquitectos, Barcelona, Brutalism, concrete, David Chipperfield, Justice

Monument Ahead: CajaGranada Cultural Centre by Alberto Campo Baeza

[Originally published in Mark Magazine #22] The CajaGranada complex and Genil River seen from beneath the Sierra Nevada highway The … More

Alberto Campo Baeza, concrete, cultural identity, Granada, Mark Magazine, monument, museum, strategy, suburbia

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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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