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.

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Exhibition

Shameless Copy

Texts by LIGA curators and Abilio Guerra

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Exhibition

Chilean House: Domestic Images

Text by Pablo Brugnoli, Francisco Díaz, and Amarí Peliowski

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Exhibition

Re-enactment: Lilly Reich’s Work Occupies the Barcelona Pavilion

Essay by Laura Martínez de Guereñu

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Remembrance

Without Michael

Jonathan Solomon remembers Michael Sorkin

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Exhibition

El Jinete Amarillo

Text by Tamara Crespo and photography by Fidel Raso

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Essay

Food With A Face

Essay by Kathryn Clarke Albright

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Exhibition

Nivola in New York | Figure in Field

Text by Steven Hillyer and Roger Broome

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Exhibition

Twelve Cautionary Urban Tales

Text by Ethel Baraona Pohl

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Exhibition

Poured Architecture: Sergio Prego on Miguel Fisac

Text by Carlos Copertonee, Patxi Eguiluz, and Iker Gil

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Essay

On the Precious Work of Brinda Somaya

Text and projects by Brinda Somaya

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Interview

En-Medio: Casa Cueva

Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)

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Interview

The MIES Project

Michelangelo Sabatino interviews Arina Dähnick

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Essay

La Ricarda: A Work in Progress

Essay by Fernando Alvarez and Jordi Roig

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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

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Interview

No Compromise: An Interview with Stanley Tigerman

Fresh Meat interviews Stanley Tigerman

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Project

Chinese Communal Graphic Standards

Text and project by Raven Xu

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Interview

A Career in Five Projects: Carlos Ferrater

Iker Gil interviews Carlos Ferrater

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Remembrance

Stanley Tigerman (1930–2019)

Architects remember Stanley Tigerman

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Interview

Memory Card Sea Power

Iker Gil interviews David Southwood