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Stories by name
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Text by Albert Moya
Xavier Corberó
The measure of all things Barcelona: A few months ago Ricardo Bofill told me about one of the last of Barcelona’s crazy bohemians. When I met him, I understood that definition. It came from a certain nostalgia for a specific generation, in which art and architecture were disciplines going at full throttle without yet knowing what their…
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Text by Durga Chew-Bose
Xavier Dolan
Montreal: Catty-corner to Carré Saint-Louis, the historic public square with a cast-iron Victorian fountain located in Montreal’s Plateau neighbourhood, is a 200-year-old home with west-facing windows and a bee’s nest problem. I don’t see the bees or the nest, but when I’m greeted at the front door, I’m told to rush inside. Instantly, grace. A…