Recent Publications
‘The first rearguard battle’: an analysis of the autarkic (re)planning for Spanish grain agriculture, 1937–1959
Isabel Rodríguez de la Rosa
Planning Perspectives: A Journal of History, Planning and the Environment, vol. 39, no. 5 (2024).
In Spain, after 1939, an important process of autarkic industrialization took place, which defined vast territorial structures. This paper analyzes the relationship between autarky and raw materials, and examines the case of water use in several case studies.
“The Beauty of Homes Beautiful Collectively”: The Olmsted Firm and the View from the Suburban House
Nicolás Mariné
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 83, no. 1 (2024).
The landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and his sons John Charles and Frederick Jr. changed the prevailing understanding of the view from the suburban home.
Adaptive reuse and heritage practice: Origins, meanings and strategies in contemporary architectural debate
Graziella Trovato
VAD. Veredes, Arquitectura Y divulgación, no. 13 (2025).
While restoration refers to a specialised technical sector, adaptative reuse calls for a responsible professional practice committed to the heritage values intrinsic to all periods.