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Loop the Loop: A Solo House by KGDVS

[Originally published in Mark Magazine #69] Solo Houses is the name of a project that’s intended to include more than … More

countryside, development, leisure, loop building, Mark Magazine, Office KGDVS, Solo Houses, Solo Office, tourism, wilderness

Destination Architecture

[Originally published in Mark Magazine #68] Barcelona may be well known today as an urban tourism destination, but it was … More

architectural tourism, architecture, Barcelona, Mark Magazine, modernity, tourism, touristic architecture, urbanism

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

Barcelona, Daniel Mòdol, heritage, Mark Magazine, politics, tourism, urbanism

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

affordable architecture, architettura povera, Calders, countryside, house, Mark Magazine, Narch, sliding doors, small town

The Venetian Front

[Review of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition originally published in Mark Magazine #63. Photos by Sergio Pirrone.] Reporting From the … More

Alejandro Aravena, ephemeral architecture, exhibition, Mark Magazine, politics, problem solving, social justice, Venice Biennale

Monolith of Memory

[Text originally published in Mark Magazine #61] The Camp de Rivesaltes, a sprawling military base built in 1938 near Perpignan, … More

communication, concrete, countryside, detention, france, history, Mark Magazine, materiality, Mémorial de Rivesaltes, memory, monolith, Perpignan, Rudy Ricciotti

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

Federico García Lorca, Granada, light, Mark Magazine, museum, MX_SI, Spain

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, Interviews, Mark Magazine, media, Ricardo Devesa, theory, writing

Size Isn’t Everything: A House Inside a House by Josep Ferrando

[Originally published in Mark Magazine #57] It’s been said that the most difficult thing to design in architecture is a … More

architecture, Barcelona, house, Josep Ferrando, Mark Magazine, renovation, small town

Brutal Underground: Three Metro Stations in Barcelona by Garcés – de Seta – Bonet

[Originally published in Mark Magazine #54] Barcelona has a problem: too many motor vehicles occupy too much space and fill … More

Barcelona, Brutalism, civil engineering, Garcés - de Seta - Bonet, infrastructure, Mark Magazine, Metro system, museology, public transportation

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

CaixaForum, cantilever, Carme Pinós, column, cultural centre, Mark Magazine, pillar, Zaragoza

Groupies

[Originally published in Mark Magazine #51] We’ve all heard of ‘selfies’. What about ‘groupies’? During the opening of the 14th … More

advertising, architects, architecture, gossip, leisure, Mark Magazine, media, people, photography, Venice Biennale

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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.

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