Dual role of wood in human history: a blessing & a curse by Nicolás Boullosa on May 30, 2024 Old wood-clad houses know how to age, drawing inspiration from ancient woodworking. But why does modernity feel uneasy with weathered …
Embracing a third culture: our family’s journey from Europe to the US by Nicolás Boullosa on May 22, 2024 A reader asks how our acclimatization to life in America is going. Here’s an account of how we navigate education, …
Designing homes that age well & adapt to life’s different stages by Nicolás Boullosa on May 15, 2024 From the sandwich generation to the boomerang generation, homes undergo makeovers that don’t seem aligned with life’s events. This can …
Utopian progress & architecture of collapse: Bayocean, Futurism & The Line by Nicolás Boullosa on May 9, 2024 If there’s one thing shared by intense poets, self-made magnates, and big dignitaries, it’s their ambition to try to reach …
Why a lack of porosity in homes and urbanism is making people sick (studies) by Nicolás Boullosa on May 1, 2024 We like to think of ourselves as independent entities capable of forging our own paths. But we are born into …
North of the Sun: outdoors culture & remote communities in Norway by Nicolás Boullosa on April 24, 2024 When traveling across Scandinavia a few years ago, we most appreciated the casual sense of caring about the outdoors. The …
Better experiences online & offline? Internet rewilding vs “inferno of the same” by Nicolás Boullosa on April 17, 2024 After having a great conversation with Texan designer Ryan Rhodes from LAND, I felt compelled to write a piece on …
Sense of place vs. non-places. Our relation with the things surrounding us by Nicolás Boullosa on April 9, 2024 Being interested in urbanism, I’ve seen one type of meme popping up repeatedly. It shows a rather conventional picture of …
Gaudí’s Sagrada Família: tribute to Nature of a modern anti-modern by Nicolás Boullosa on March 27, 2024 Lack of meaning, short attention span, atomization… The modern world can feel senseless. With an endeavor spanning several generations, Barcelonians …
Does an increase in social housing keep cities affordable? Not always by Nicolás Boullosa on March 20, 2024 In Vienna, a large social housing stock keeps overall housing costs down. In Paris, not so much. The year of …
