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Tag: tower

Down with High-Rise, Up with Mid-Rise

From 2005 to 2013, I taught a seminar in the Metropolis Masters Program in Architecture and Urban Culture titled “LandSpec” … More

affordability, highrise, housing, mid-rise, suburbia, tower

Two-Timing Tower

The new training tower recently completed at Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron fire station, designed by local architect Carles Enrich, plays a … More

Barcelona, Bauwelt, brick, Carles Enrich, concrete, tower, training facility

The Tall Building Politically Reconsidered

The tall building has been an expression of machista one-upmanship since its earliest beginnings. San Gimignano’s stone towers are a built testament … More

Benidorm, politics, tourism, tower, Vals

A Whimsical Water Tower in…Barcelona?

I spotted this fantastic water tower the other day while walking around Poble Nou, Barcelona’s industrial graveyard. Claes Oldenburg and … More

Barcelona, concrete, monument, popular culture, tower, water

Top-Down Tower

[Originally published in Mark Magazine #27] Social housing is among the most regulated–and least glamorous–areas of architecture. While all housing … More

Barcelona, building envelope, housing, Mark Magazine, R+B Arquitectes, tower

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

bridge, Enrique de Teresa, Expo Zaragoza, infrastructure, Mark Magazine, Spain, tower, Zaha

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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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