[Originally published in Mark Magazine #39] “Young architects” is a culturally loaded term, often conjuring notions of rebellion, utopian idealism, … More
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Ill-Fitting: The Balenciaga Museum
Fashion, Architecture, Politics: Image is Everything The inauguration of a cultural institution is normally a cause for widespread celebration; even … More
Park, Shop, and Pray
Churches are architecture whereas supermarkets and parking garages are not. At least, that’s what we’ve been taught by Nikolaus Pevsner. What, then, … 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
Criticalista 