{"id":3004,"date":"2009-05-22T00:16:27","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T22:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=3004"},"modified":"2009-05-22T00:16:27","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T22:16:27","slug":"enric-miralles-and-benedetta-tagliabue-shockingly-beautiful-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=3004","title":{"rendered":"Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue: shockingly beautiful architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I was in Barcelona, going from meeting to meeting.  And totally by chance I saw the Gas Natural Building.  I had to stop.  I took these pictures.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"700\" height=\"525\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&#038;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmartinvars%2Fsets%2F72157618504274071%2Fshow%2F&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmartinvars%2Fsets%2F72157618504274071%2F&#038;set_id=72157618504274071&#038;jump_to=\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&#038;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmartinvars%2Fsets%2F72157618504274071%2Fshow%2F&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmartinvars%2Fsets%2F72157618504274071%2F&#038;set_id=72157618504274071&#038;jump_to=\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Later on, at home, doing research I found out that one of the architects.  Benedetta Tagliabue was a friend of mine from the 80s in NYC.  I was pleasantly surprised.  It is interesting that before anyone of us did well in life, we all new each other.  And I don\u00b4t mean Benedetta alone.  There are many people who I know from when I was at school in NYC in the 80s who have done extremely well in life.  This is something that never seizes to surprise me.   But in any case there aren\u00b4t many who have done such beautiful work.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirallestagliabue.com\/5min.asp?id=6&#038;idp=49\">This is their web site<\/a>  I recommend you spend some time looking at it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=3004\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I was in Barcelona, going from meeting to meeting. And totally by chance I saw the Gas Natural Building. I had to stop. I took these pictures. Later on, at home, doing research I found out that one of the architects. Benedetta Tagliabue was a friend of mine from the 80s in NYC. 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