ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1044315/architecture-in-words-joy-and-melancholy Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:47:00 +0000 Rubén Muñoz Rodríguez https://www.archdaily.com/1044315/architecture-in-words-joy-and-melancholy The thesis implicit in this book posits that it is still possible to find material of interest in the written word, not only to understand architecture and the city, but also to conceive and design them. Dissecting a series of cases from contemporary literature, Enric Bou, María Fernanda de Abreu, Thomas Harris, Juan López, Rubén Muñoz, José Joaquín Parra, and Sebastián Schoennenbeck develop a critical reflection on architecture and the city, drawing from the experiences—both joyful and painful, of delight and melancholy—of the inhabitants in works envisioned by Charles Baudelaire, Jorge Luis Borges, Rubén Darío, José

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