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Tag: The Architectural Review

Revisit: Casa Batlló

[Originally published in The Architectural Review December / January 2026] The year 2026 marks 100 years since the death of … More

architectural tourism, Barcelona, Casa Batlló, Gaudí, Revisit, The Architectural Review

Revisit: La Fábrica

[Originally published in The Architectural Review August 2025] Ricardo Bofill lived and worked in La Fábrica until his death in … More

adaptive re-use, La Fábrica, politics, Ricardo Bofill, Taller de Arquitectura, The Architectural Review

Radiotherapy and Hemodialysis Center

[Originally published in The Architectural Review, April 2025] While hospitals naturally require particular sanitary conditions, they must also accommodate people … More

Baas Arquitectura, brick, Casa SOLO, Catalonia, healthcare, The Architectural Review

Outrage: MACBA goes massive and public space suffers

[Originally published in The Architectural Review online. Versión en castellano sigue a continuación.] The multicultural working-class neighbourhood of El Raval, … More

Barcelona, macba, outrage, politics, privatization, public space, The Architectural Review, urbanism, zoning

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

architecture, bioclimatic, climate change, construction, Eivissa, housing, Ibiza, Peris+Toral, renewable-energy, sustainability, The Architectural Review

Form Follows Footwear

[Originally published in The Architectural Review April 2024] Plaza Gomila, a small urban square in Palma on the Mediterranean island … More

Camper, El Terreno, GRAS Reynés Arquitectos, MVRDV, Palma de Mallorca, Plaza Gomila, The Architectural Review

Public Property

[Originally published in The Architectural Review in April 2022] Before the arrival of steel and concrete, the most widely used … More

housing, IBAVI, Mallorca, stone, structure, The Architectural Review, vault

Enric Miralles, 1955-2000

[Originally published in The Architectural Review July-August 2021] It has now been more than 20 years since Enric Miralles died … More

Benedetta Tagliabue, Carme Pinós, EMBT, Enric Miralles, The Architectural Review

Hide and Seek

[Originally published in The Architectural Review May 2021] One of the first alterations that pupils of the Imagine Montessori Primary … More

education, Gradolí & Sanz Arquitectes, Montessori School, Open-ended architecture, The Architectural Review, Valencia

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

adaptive re-use, Barcelona, Flores & Prats, materiality, renewed old, Sala Beckett, sustainability, The Architectural Review, theatre

The Poseidon Adventure

[Originally published in The Architectural Review July-August 2019] The small, idyllic Mediterranean island of Formentera, Spain, isn’t the first place … More

building materials, civil servant architecture, countryside, experimental prototype, housing, IBAVI, low carbon footprint, resource map, small town, sustainable design, The Architectural Review

Overarching Craft

[Originally published in The Architectural Review July/August 2018] Matola, a hamlet in the semi-desert of the southeastern Spanish province of … More

brick, countryside, garden, house, landscape, Mesura, pavilion, small town, The Architectural Review, vault

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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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