Why is it that, in places where nothing is needed, there is often nevertheless a nagging architectural compulsion to add something … More
Tag: landscape
Garden and Gaffe: A Hotel by Jean Nouvel
Leon Battista Alberti famously wrote: “The city is like some large house and the house in turn like some small … More
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
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
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