[Text originally commissioned in 2011 for the catalogue of an international traveling exhibition on museums of the 21st century that … More
Tag: cultural identity
Collective Intelligence, or Collective Stupidity?
The above image is circulating on the internet accompanied by all sorts of captions of all sorts of cities on … More
City as Landscape: City of Culture of Galicia by Eisenman Architects
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #27] Monte Gaiás Library Is the pleasure of architecture intellectual or sensual? Of the mind … More
Ugh Canada
An architect is, by definition, a designer of buildings, right? Well, the government of Canada, a nation whose credo is … More
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
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
Gaudí in Red Alert
“Gaudí en alerta roja” is the title of an online petition currently the source of much debate in Barcelona. Its … More
Everyday Camouflage in the City
[Originally published in Lotus International # 126. Earlier versions published in proceedings of Second Savannah Symposium “Authenticity in Architecture” (2001) and in On … More
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
Winnipeg: One Great Situation-Normal (1)
[Originally published in Winnipeg Art Gallery exhibition publication Sit(e)ings: Trajectories for a Future] “Incredible…one can actually order ‘a cup of coffee’ … More
The Valparaiso School and the Construct(ion) of Regional Identity
[Originally published in Hispanic Studies vol. 23] The School of Architecture at the Catholic University of Valparaiso is an important … More
