Observations
This platform features articles, essays, interviews, reviews, and photo essays about the built environment and the people and conditions that shape it. Since 2022, Observations has also included a monthly column by architectural historian Elizabeth Blasius.
Exhibition
Exhibition on the work of Jacob Comerci, Matīss Groskaufmanis, and Eduardo Mediero
Essay
Geographies of the Lockdown in Barcelona: Mapping the City from Home
Text and maps by 300.000 km/s
Exhibition
Chilean House: Domestic Images
Text by Pablo Brugnoli, Francisco Díaz, and Amarí Peliowski
Exhibition
Re-enactment: Lilly Reich’s Work Occupies the Barcelona Pavilion
Essay by Laura Martínez de Guereñu
Exhibition
Poured Architecture: Sergio Prego on Miguel Fisac
Text by Carlos Copertonee, Patxi Eguiluz, and Iker Gil
Exhibition
Off the Grid: Belgian Graphic Design from the 1960s and 1970s as Seen by Sara De Bondt
Text by Sara De Bondt
Interview
Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)
Essay
Memories of La Ricarda: The Gomis Bertrand and Bonet Families Reflect on a Historic House
The Gomis Bertrand family and Victoria Bonet, daughter of the architect Antonio Bonet Castellana, share their memories about the Casa Gomis
Interview
Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side
Iker Gil interviews Lee Bey
Essay
José Miguel de Prada Poole and the Perishable Architecture of Soap Bubbles
Essay by Antonio Cobo