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Canadà Park: Barcelona’s Maple Leaf Themed Suburb

As an architect who is blessed with having double citizenship–Spanish as well as Canadian– I was quite amused, while on … More

Barcelona, branding, Canada, Catalonia, cultural hybridity, landscape, suburbia, urbanization

Built-In Obsolescence

The other day, out of the blue, my printer suddenly stalled, even though it had been working perfectly for once. Strange warning … More

automobile, infrastructure, obsolescence, suburbia, technology, urbanism

Twisted Logic: Turning Torso as ‘Innovative’ Housing?

I recently had the pleasure of visiting Malmö, Sweden; best known –in terms of contemporary architecture– for its Santiago Caltrava-designed … More

housing, icon, landmark, Malmö, Santiago Calatrava, skyscraper, suburbia, technology transfer, Turning Torso

Pool Typology

We’ve all seen that famous aerial photograph of an American Southwest suburb in which each and every house has a … More

building typology, housing, suburbia, swimming pool, Terrace houses

Monument Ahead: CajaGranada Cultural Centre by Alberto Campo Baeza

[Originally published in Mark Magazine #22] The CajaGranada complex and Genil River seen from beneath the Sierra Nevada highway The … More

Alberto Campo Baeza, concrete, cultural identity, Granada, Mark Magazine, monument, museum, strategy, suburbia

Punch and Play: Palmeritas Healthcare Center, Seville, by CHS Arquitectos

[originally published in Mark Magazine #14] [versión en castellano sigue a continuación] Any voyage from an airport to a city … More

CHS Arquitectos, healthcare, Mark Magazine, Seville, Spain, suburbia

From White Cube to Big Box: Three Exurban Themes in the Work of Kim Adams

[originally published in 2002 Biennale of Sydney: (the world may be) fantastic] Kim Adams, Minnow Lure “Non-places are the real … More

adhocism, agriculture, art, automobile, Biennale of Sydney, countryside, D.I.Y., exurbia, installation, Kim Adams, popular culture, sculpture, suburbia, urbanism

Go With the Flow

[originally published in The Canadian Architect, August 1999] The World Waterpark at West Edmonton Mall is a vast steel and … More

chaos, complexity, leisure, Malls, prefab, suburbia, The Canadian Architect Magazine, theming, water, West Edmonton Mall

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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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