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Tag: pragmatism

Benidorm: The Pursuit of Pleasure by the Most Efficient Available Means

Benidorm is a city in southeastern Spain with an urban morphology that is highly unusual for Europe: it is a … More

Benidorm, coast, cultural identity, highrise, leisure, Onsite Review, popular culture, pragmatism, strategy, theory, tourism, urbanism

Relationship of Convenience: The Polarization of Theory and Practice in Architecture

[Originally published in Proceedings of The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture West Central 1997 Regional Conference, Faculty of Architecture, … More

architecture, pragmatism, theory

Straightforward

“Architecture, whether it is a work of art or not, must be utilitarian or else fail completely.Art is not utilitarian.” … More

architecture, drawing, housing, pragmatism, strategy, VMX

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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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