link: Arquitectura en Bici

A blog that brings together two passions in the simplest, most direct and at the same time most complete way possible - as its title suggests: Arquitectura En Bici. Technical and linguistic barriers aside, it is a blog that covers the specificity of its topic by employing readily accessible language, which its author commands to perfection in describing buildings, just as much as coffees, patios, bicycles, friends and meals - often in the same post. All of the above in an exquisite fashion, por cierto.

Yet the strong point of Arquitectura En Bici, to this reader's modest and un-researched opinion, is the ability with which buildings are brought apart into their constitutive architectural elements, to show the beauty of some particular choice of style, material, or orientation.

Seen under this light buildings become books, and the author of 'Arquitectura' reads them to perfection. If buildings are books, then, they tell stories and are the permanent witnesses of history - the story of mankind. What wonders the mind and kidnaps the attention of the reader is the way in which history mixes with architecture, thus creating an intricate narrative of architectural styles, statesmen, folk culture, economic cycles, artistic patters, political crises and the periods of restoration that follow them.

When buildings tell our history, its good to have someone listen to them and tell the rest of us about it. Now its happening here. Enjoy Arquitectura en Bici, those of you who are lucky enough to read the language properly. A link to it is now up in the column on the right hand side of your screen.