Barcelona 1992-2004

Essays on how the author, and architect, combines his architecture practice with his passion for reading reflected in the evolution of his private library and the influence on his practice. Many examples of his use of the books in his practice. His library includes the major books in classic and contemporary architecture.

An architecture school celebrates its 10th anniversary by publishing representative student work, but concerned with how readers often fail to acknowledge and ultimately disregard the relevance of student ideas, reducing them to mere image-making. Instead of listing projects by type or name, it was decided they would be presented in question format (bilingually), underlining the importance of inquiry over image. Question entries numbered from 1 to 100 (grouped by theme) predetermined the books format. Elegance (it is about architecture) and informality (but also about students) had to be...

A major study and analysis of historic architecture and architectural styles in Puerto Rico from the colonial to modern.

Introducción: ¿Estás preparado para diseñar el futuro? Muchos de nosotros sentimos que, para preparar nuestro futuro, basta con pensar, actuar y aprender usando los métodos y valores presentes; nada más lejos de la realidad—especialmente en el mundo cambiante de hoy. Un niño recién nacido entra a un mundo que no ha sido construido por él o ella. Cada generación ha heredado los valores, logros, esperanzas, éxitos y fracasos de las generaciones predecesoras. Heredamos los resultados de las decisiones tomadas por generaciones anteriores. Durante los cientos de miles de años de...