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
Essay
Groundscraper City: Touring the Subterranean Structures of Minneapolis-St. Paul 1978–1983
Essay by Andy Sturdevant
