Francesc Gasch
Founder & Editor, Mainifesto
Founder and Editor of Mainifesto. Barcelona-based designer writing about architecture, design, technology and culture, with responsibility for the publication’s editorial direction and standards.
Articles by Francesc Gasch
From oligarch mansions to storybook estates, castle imagery turns wealth into romance just as inequality comes under fire.
Hunstanton School’s renewal asks how Brutalist landmarks can evolve without betraying their authorship, budgets or safeguarding needs.
Gensler’s Utah hyperscale project raises a provocative question: should data centers be designed like public institutions?
A Burning Man tower asks whether architecture can translate collective voice into light, form, and responsive media.
Boutique cruise ships are reshaping travel with intimacy, locality and restraint—less floating resort, more architectural hotel at sea.
The dogtrot house shows how vernacular spatial logic could power climate-smart housing—if architects avoid nostalgia.
The Bowie exhibition shows why immersive displays work best when they build atmosphere, narrative and memory—not just digital spectacle.
Studio Gang’s Hudson Valley Shakespeare theater raises the question: is mass timber a climate strategy or just sustainable theatre?
On’s spray-on shoe robot points to a future of material deposition, customization, and a harder question: is it sustainability or spectacle?
Heritage interiors now preserve memory and absorb new uses—where authenticity means lived continuity, not frozen perfection.
