El Xalet de Catllaràs is a mountain refuge by Antoni Gaudí completed in 1905 for workers of the Asland cement … More
Tag: wilderness
Dialectical Destinations: Two Solo Houses
[A version of this text was originally published in Baumeister December 2017] Contemporary architecture has become such an intrinsic component … More
Loop the Loop
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #69] Solo Houses is the name of a project that’s intended to include more than … More
Contemporary Ruins
As is well-known, Spain’s recent building boom-turned-bust has left behind a legacy of halted construction projects that are now in … More
The School in the Forest
Els Xiprers –The Cypresses in Catalan– is the name of a Barcelona primary school situated in a very special setting: a forested … More
Seeing Things
Mountain architecture is very different from its flatland counterpart. This may be stating the obvious, but I’m referring here to … More
Rocket Architecture
[Originally published in Canadian Architect, February 2001] The ensemble of structures illustrated here could easily be mistaken for recent work by … More
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