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Contemporary Ruins

As is well-known, Spain’s recent building boom-turned-bust has left behind a legacy of halted construction projects that are now in … More

Alvaro Siza, architecture, Balneario de Panticosa, countryside, crisis, mountains, ruin, Spain, wilderness

Everyday Camouflage in the Countryside

The building above looks like a military installation of some sort, right? After all, it’s got a camouflage pattern on … More

camouflage, countryside, industry, landscape, nature, Spain

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

Design and Decadence in Sabiñanigo

The land-scars of Spain’s construction boom-gone-bust have been documented photographically to great extent. More typically than not, these images portray a landscape of newly built … More

Bernabad Arquitectura, countryside, crisis, failed development, landscape, mountains, ruin, small town, Spain, tourism, urbanism, urbanization

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

The School in the Forest

Els Xiprers –The Cypresses in Catalan– is the name of a Barcelona primary school situated in a very special setting: a forested … More

countryside, Els Xiprers, forest, nature, school, wilderness

Radical Architecture at its Most Subversive

This house near Barcelona ranks among the most radical and subversive works of architecture of 2014, and yet it’s not by … More

activism, adaptive re-use, agriculture, countryside, embodied energy, Marcel Fontanillas, oligarchy, politics, radicalism, sustainable design

Seeing Things

Mountain architecture is very different from its flatland counterpart. (I know this may be stating the obvious, but I’m referring … More

architecture, art, countryside, hut, landscape, mountains, refuge, shelter, wilderness

Perspective is Everything

  Same place seen from different viewpoints (Pas de la Casa, Andorra). Neon duty-free stores selling discounted liquor and cigarettes … More

architecture, countryside, infrastructure, landscape, mountains, perspective, politics, small town, tax haven, urbanism

Going Slowly: Cadaval and Solà-Morales

[Originally published in Mark Magazine #39] X House, near Barcelona. Photo credit: Iwan Baan. Lounge in Tepoztlán, Mexico. Photo credit: Sandra … More

Barcelona, Cadaval and Solà-Morales, countryside, landscape, Mark Magazine, Mexico, parametric design, Spain

Energy Monument Crisis

Gemasolar concentrated solar power plant, near Fuentes de Andalucía Nuclear power plant in Bavaria The very brightly glowing tower of the upper … More

Concentrated Solar Power, countryside, Energy, infrastructure, monument

Strike a Pose: Assisted Living Facility near Lisbon by Aires Mateus Architects

Photography: Fernando Guerra Photography: Fernando Guerra [Originally published in Mark Magazine #32] What is it that makes these architectural images … More

Aires Mateus, Assisted living facility, Barcelona Pavilion, countryside, Lisbon, Mark Magazine, photography, Portugal, small town

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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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