Founded in 2004 by Fabrizio Barozzi (Rovereto, Italy, 1976) and Alberto Veiga (Santiago de Compostela, 1973), the Barcelona-based studio Barozzi Veiga has become one of the most prominent Spanish firms on the international scene. Since then, along wi

Luis Fernández-Galiano   We usually think about classicism as a figurative language, but the work of Fabrizio Barozzi and Alberto Veiga shows how classicism and abstraction can reconcile. If the classic is not associated to columns and pediments but to consistency between th

Philip Ursprung   Monumental and material, bold and abstract, the work of Barozzi Veiga combines the autonomy of the building’s form with the specific dialogue with the context.

Barozzi Veiga   Spain   This new building, which goes up in Águilas, a town in southern Murcia that is very close to Andalusia, is one of the last fruits of the decade of prosperity that Spain experienced prior to the financial crisis. It rests on the ground as if it were a

Barozzi Veiga   Spain   Perched over a hill by the Duero River, the town of Roa has a strategic position over the Burgos plateau, which turned it into a fortress during the expansion of the Christian kingdoms towards the south in medieval times. This vantage position howeve

Barozzi Veiga   Poland   Like a glacier splinter trapped in the heart of the city, the building gives character to an area that was much destroyed by bombings of the Allied air forces during World War II.

Barozzi Veiga   China   Located in Ordos, an area of extraordinary beauty in Inner Mongolia, the commission brought on the challenge of building a house that, on one hand would embrace the scenic landscape while facing the extreme climate of the place. The natural features

Barozzi Veiga   Switzerland   The commission involved the extension of the old home of the Bündner Kunstmuseum in Chur, an eclectic Palladian-style building raised in 1876, known as Villa Planta. The design is a double exercise in maximum integration within an urban ensemble, mak

Barozzi Veiga   Switzerland   The new art district of Lausanne is an urban regeneration plan that includes the construction of venues for the city’s most important museum institutions and the regeneration of a run-down area by the train station. The new cultural facilities are or

Barozzi Veiga   Italy   The historic center of bruneck, a small town in the Bolzano province of the Italian Alps is a unique urban agglomeration composed of a series of aristocratic villas featuring a large garden enclosed by walls. One of these former aristocratic villas

Barozzi Veiga   Switzerland   Located along the river Limmat, on the spot occupied by old building, destroyed by fire in 2012, the Tanzhaus Zürich stands as an important cultural institution, a school of dance that has become the symbolic center of the neighborhood. The project a

Barozzi Veiga   Spain   In the natural context of Los Puertos de Beceite, in the comarca of Matarraña (Teruel), art gallerists Christian Bourdais and Eva Albarrán promoted the Solo Houses initiative: a collection of architecture projects that invites visitors to embark on a

Barozzi Veiga   United Kingdom   The Design District on the Greenwich Peninsula is a one-hectare riverside site with 16 new buildings that will provide an affordable base for creative businesses. Eight emerging architectural practices from across Europe were each given a pair of bui

Barozzi Veiga   Italy   The project is the outcome of a private commission of Guerrieri Rizzardi – a family-owned estate producer of wine and olive oil. The client asked for an extension of their current winery, along with a museum, a small auditorium, a point of sale, and

Barozzi Veiga   Italy   As a complement to the activities of this well-known winery in the municipality of Bardolino, the Guerrieri Rizzardi family commissioned a project to add a small guest house for overnight visitors, along with a space for winetasting. The chosen site

Barozzi Veiga   France   The proposal for the museum preserves the special industrial-maritime atmosphere of its privileged location in relation to the historic centre of Saint-Malo. Certain elements of the landscape resonate in the project: the large volumes of the fishing

Barozzi Veiga   Germany   The proposal for the central headquarters for the sports equipment company Dynafit in Kiefersfelden adopts the essence of the Inn Valley landscape as main design reference. Playing on the profile of the nearby mountains, two clear pyramidal forms, vi

Barozzi Veiga   Denmark   For several years now, the city of Aalborg is immersed in a transition from an industrial economy to one based on knowledge and culture. As part of that process, the project consists in transforming the Spritfabrikken, an old aquavit factory that ha

Barozzi Veiga   Belgium   The Jewish Museum of Belgium is located in the historic Sablon district of Brussels, in a 19th-century academic-style building that has undergone several transformations over the years. The project for its renovation provides new facilities in a clea

Barozzi Veiga   Belgium   Focused on a broad interpretation of the theme of identity, the project extends and transforms the historically significant complex of Groeninge Abbey into an arts space for site-specific temporary exhibitions and public events. The programmatic aim

Barozzi Veiga   Spain   The Barcelona Ciutadella del Coneixement initiative aims to transform the area around Ciutadella Park into a southern European hub for innovation in biomedicine, biodiversity, and planetary well-being. The BIST, which will be the first piece in the d