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Refugio para Artistas en Pittugala. Obra publicada en El Croquis 212 Palinda Kannangara 2005 2022. Fot.: Jesús Granada. The Visceral Qualities of ArchitectureA Conversation with Palinda Kannangara by Richard Murphy Text published in El Croquis 212 Palinda Kannangara 2005 2022   Richard Murphy: I want to inevitably start off with your origins. As you know, some very interesting architects don’t necessarily start off wanting to be architects. I read in Anura Ratnavibhushana’s essay for this issue of El Croquis that you were a maths-inclined boy at school. And I know Geoffrey (Bawa) went to law school. First of all, how relevant has...

 Stiva da Mors - Vrin Communitry Mourning Place. Work published in El Croquis 210/211 Gion A. Caminada 1995 2021. Ph.: Jesús Granada. ConceptsInterview with Gion A. Caminada by Robert M. Veneri (in colaboration with Gabriella Taylor and Annika Hofschen) Text published in El Croquis 210/211 Gion A. Caminada 1995 2021The difficulty of transcribing the 'meaning' of something into another language is described and illustrated poetically in Sofia Coppola’s film Lost in Translation. At the same time, however, this difficulty is an opportunity, a curious, fantastic challenge even, for the generation of a narrative. The prospect of delving into the true meaning of such a...

Hybrid SystemsA Conversation with Roger Boltshauser by Jonathan Sergison   JS: I don’t really want to structure this interview chronologically. I would rather discuss themes that I feel are pertinent to your work. Nevertheless, it would be interesting to hear about your background. How did you arrive at the door of architecture school?RB: In fact, it was not always clear to me that I wanted to be an architect. I started painting at the age of fourteen, and for a long time I wanted to become an artist. When I was 21 years old, I decided to study architecture, which...

A Conversation with Gustavo Utrabo Amin Taha COMPLETE PDF TEXT HERE Amin Taha: Gustavo, we first met in 2018 when I visited your Children’s Village in Canuanã as a member of the RIBA jury, which awarded you the international prize that year. That was my first visit to Brazil, and perhaps inevitably, I wanted to understand your country’s architectural and broader culture, in particular, your work in that context. I was helped by my conversations with you and your friends. I remember that during one of them, I was fascinated to learn that the wife of one of your friends...

Tres Buenas Preguntas. Una Entrevista con Anne Holtrop Noura Al Sayeh Holtrop ENTREVISTA COMPLETA EN PDF AQUÍ Cuando empezamos a plantear esta entrevista, me sugeriste que debería hacerte, sencillamente, tres buenas preguntas que de algún modo resumieran el enfoque con el que, desde tu obra, diriges la atención hacia la edición y la búsqueda de la esencia. Como no puedo resumir todo lo que quisiera abordar en tres preguntas, te propongo tres temas en torno a los cuales articular un conjunto de preguntas. EL ARTE COMO PRÁCTICA Cuando escuché hablar de ti y de tu trabajo por primera vez, a...