[Originally published in Kuroishi, Izumi, ed. Post-War Public Housing and Well-Being: Modernity, Economic Recovery, and Social Change. New York: Routledge, … More
Tag: sustainability
Just another earth brick in the wall
[Originally published in the September 2024 issue of The Architectural Review] Comfort is the reason we construct most buildings. The … More
Failing the Test of Time
The famed Sant Antoni Library by RCR Arquitectes, Catalonia’s only Pritzker Prize-winner, has been undergoing a complete renovation since September … More
The Anti-Circular Pepper Mill Scandal
The other day, I was preparing a dinner party when I realized my pepper mill was empty. I ran to … More
Circle of Life
[Originally published in The Architectural Review December 2019/January 2020] Article 12 of the 1964 Venice Charter of the International Council on … More
For Greener Cities
[Originally published in RocaGallery.com. Versión en castellano sigue a continuación] Urban mobility is becoming ever more diverse: electric cars, trucks, … More
Why Be Normal
Recently, I visited two buildings that provoked me to seriously question everything I learned in school. One is a student residence … More
Reporting From the Affront
[Text published in art4d magazine #238] The Venice Biennale is a huge event; architecture’s biggest. It’s so big, if we … More
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