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La crítica arquitectónica y la imagen del arquitecto / Architectural Criticism and the Public Image of the Architect

[English text follows below] [una versión previa de este texto ha sido presentada en un simposio de la ETSAB y publicada … More

architects, branding, celebrity, criticism, fame, history, magazines, media, Palimpsesto journal, photography, public image, theory

A conversation with Ricardo Devesa

[Originally published in Mark Magazine #58] Ricardo Devesa is editor in chief of Actar, a Barcelona-based publisher known for books … More

criticism, interview, Mark Magazine, media, Ricardo Devesa, theory, writing

Criticism 2.0, or Nobody Likes a Critic when Everyone’s a Critic

[This text originated as a talk at the CICA Critical Juncture symposium session “Architectural Criticism Now” in February 2014 at the … More

architecture, blogosphere, CICA, Critical Junction, criticism, interactivity, internet, Joseph Rykwert, media, theory, web 2.0

Guerilla Architect

Al Jazeera is currently airing a series of architectural documentaries in six parts titled “Rebel Architects“, the first of which is … More

activism, alternative architecture, criticism, DIY, politics, Recetas Urbanas, Santiago Cirugeda, Spain

Reality Check: Spain

[Text originally published in Mark Magazine #50] Revisiting architecture is always a good thing to do, especially when the work … More

architecture, Cloud 9, criticism, history, Jürgen Mayer H., Jean Nouvel, Mark Magazine, media, Peter Eisenman, politics, post-occupancy, Spain, theory

Criticism as Reality Check

As my article titled “Reality Check: Spain” in the current (at time of post) 50th issue of Mark Magazine hopefully makes clear, architecture … More

criticism, Ferrater, politics, Spain, train station, Zaragoza

Critical Juncture: the Work of Joseph Rykwert, critic

CICA, AA and V&A organise events to mark the occasion of the RIBA Royal Gold Medal awarded to CICA President … More

AA, CICA, criticism, event, Joseph Rykwert, London, V&A

Paragraphs on Architectural Criticism

Architectural criticism is what distinguishes architecture from building, inasmuch as those two terms are distinguishable. Buildings exist perfectly well without … More

criticism, media, theory

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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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