Man Made Landscapes

I often rejoice with beautiful images from natural landscapes and think how amazing the Planet Earth is, the best architect of all… Now and then, however, I find photographs that reveal the immense… Continue reading →

The New Dynamic Trio: architecture | rendering | photography

Zaha Hadid | Galaxy Soho | Beijing, China I must admit that even if Im not a huge fan of this extreme Formalism that has invaded contemporary architecture spirits, Zaha Hadid keeps surprising… Continue reading →

Transit City: common ground or virtual space – DXB Dubai International Airport

Boarding at Dubai International Airport TRANSIT CITY HAS NO TIME Its 8:00 am, I’m sitting at Paul, a franchise proud of being a Maison de Qualité Foundée en 1889, while sweeping a hot… Continue reading →

when is white too white – part 2

Isbjerget housing project in Aarhus, Denmark by seARCH, CEBRA, JDS + Louis Paillard I wonder if this Danish people leave in fairyland and what will happen to all this beautiful white mass over… Continue reading →

When is white too white?

Extension Chalet 7, Bad Gastein, Austria by Kuehn Malvezzi I seriously keep wondering why Northern countries keep insisting in using shear white interiors over a shear white (at least half the year) background…Don’t… Continue reading →

Practice vs Theory

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast. Leonardo da Vinci …I would add that the… Continue reading →

2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,500 times… Continue reading →

Task of the day…

One of my partners asks me to make a bad preliminary architectural sketch in order to get a client! Not in a million years I would have imagined this possible…Architecture works in mysterious… Continue reading →

I wonder…

Cervantes Theater by Ensamble Studio, public square of Plaza Carso in Mexico City Is the new barbecue grill to the cook the giant mushroom?

In between…

Venice, Italy, February 2012