[Originally published in Mark Magazine #69] Solo Houses is the name of a project that’s intended to include more than … More
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Destination Architecture
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #68] Barcelona may be well known today as an urban tourism destination, but it was … More
Interview with Daniel Mòdol, Architect and Politician
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #68] In Barcelona, architect and independent politician Daniel Mòdol was recently appointed city councillor for … More
Out-of-Doors House
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #67] This remarkable house cost under €900 per m2 to build. Admittedly, mentioning the cost … More
The Venetian Front
[Review of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition originally published in Mark Magazine #63. Photos by Sergio Pirrone.] Reporting From the … More
Monolith of Memory
[Text originally published in Mark Magazine #61] The Camp de Rivesaltes, a sprawling military base built in 1938 near Perpignan, … More
Avoid the Void
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #60] In recent decades, architecture commemorating violent death has typically relied on a dark, austere and … More
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
Size Isn’t Everything
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #57] It’s been said that the most difficult thing to design in architecture is a … More
Brutal Underground
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #54] Barcelona has a problem: too many motor vehicles occupy too much space and fill … More
Carme Pinós Honours the Pillar
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #52] Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza’s 17th-century baroque basilica, is dedicated to the Virgin … More
Groupies
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #51] We’ve all heard of ‘selfies’. What about ‘groupies’? During the opening of the 14th … More
Reality Check: Spain
[Text originally published in Mark Magazine #50] Revisiting architecture is always a good thing to do, especially when the work … More
Groupies: A Mark Magazine project at the Venice Architecture Biennale
We’ve all heard of ‘selfies’, perhaps even taken a few ourselves. So why not ‘groupies’? During the opening of the … More
B720 Corners the Flea Market
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #48] With its beginnings dating back to the 14th century, Barcelona’s flea market La Fira de Bellcaire (also known … More
Learned from Las Vegas: DHUB Design Museum, Barcelona, by MBM
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #45] This building is important. It occupies a prominent site at the intersection of three of … More
Going Slowly: Cadaval and Solà-Morales
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #39] “Young architects” is a culturally loaded term, often conjuring notions of rebellion, utopian idealism, … More
Quietly Brilliant: Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #35] Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano are truly architects’ architects. They may not be a … More
Experimenting in Public is not a Crime
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #33] Seville’s public squares come in all shapes and sizes. Some are large and officious, others small … More
Strike a Pose
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #32] What is it that makes these architectural images so seductive? To be sure, there … More
Blackwash
You wouldn’t know it from looking at photographs such as these. You wouldn’t even know it if you were standing … More
Power to the People
[originally published in Mark Magazine #29] The office of Andrés Jaque Arquitectos Still on the shy side of 40, Andrés … More
Top-Down Tower
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #27] Social housing is among the most regulated–and least glamorous–areas of architecture. While all housing … More
City as Landscape
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #27] Library Is the pleasure of architecture intellectual or sensual? Of the mind or … More
Triumph of the Shell
[originally published in Mark Magazine #26] In cinema, there is a common type of architectural scene: a building … More
Building as Research
Truss space Two facades with different pillow systems: ETFE fog configuration and ETFE diaphragm configuration. The range of building … More
Monument Ahead
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #22] Granada, the medieval seat of the Nasrid dynasty, whose rulers built the Alhambra, is … More
Team Play
As any sports fan can confirm, the architecture of elite sporting venues is the forefront of technologically inventive design these … More
Integrated Highrise
Barcelona is a city without very many tall buildings. Not only that: the few tall buildings that do exist are … More
Water Tower and Bridge Pavilion
[originally published in Mark Magazine #16] Water TowerOne of the ironies of world expositions is that while they apparently act … More
Punch and Play
Any voyage from an airport to a city centre proves that urban peripheries the world over relate more to each … More
Exquisite Corpse
A large sculpture next to a mega monochrome painting – at first glance and from a distance, that’s what the … More