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Tag: Gaudí

Gaudí’s Essential Hut

El Xalet de Catllaràs is a mountain refuge by Antoni Gaudí completed in 1905 for workers of the Asland cement … More

architecture, Catalonia, countryside, Gaudí, geometry, mountains, refuge, wilderness

Hyperbolic Holiday Greetings…

…and may the funicular be with you in 2017

Gaudí, sketch

Selfie Scene

With the invention of the ‘selfie’, the traditional comic foreground or carnival cutout is rendered obsolete, along with the profession of carnival portrait photographer. … More

Barcelona, carnival cutouts, comic background, comic foreground, Gaudí, Jujol, photography, scenography, selfie, trencadís

Sagrada Familia Doubt

A recent video illustrating “the final stages of Gaudí’s masterpiece”  represents, we are led to believe, La Sagrada Familia completed. However, … More

Barcelona, Gaudí, Sagrada Familia

Gaudí’s hanging chain models: parametric design avant la lettre?

It is known that Gaudí preferred modelling architecture over drawing it; especially models made of chains hung from a ceiling, or strings … More

architecture, Barcelona, catenary arch, funicular, Gaudí, generative design, geometry, parametric design, polyfunicular

Architourism

Tourism is the only ‘industry’ in Spain that is not downsizing in the current (well, actually it’s been five years … More

Barcelona Pavilion, capitalism, Gaudí, Mies, tourism

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

authenticity, Barcelona, cultural identity, ethics, fundamentalism, Gaudí, heritage, manifesto, monument

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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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