For decades the bank of the river Guadalete as it passes through the municipality of El Puerto de Santa María, in the province of Cádiz, was a chaotic degrading space. But an ambitious urban and landscaping project sought to reverse the situation and
Located in the Scientific-Technological Park of Almería (PITA in Spanish), to the northeast of the city, the new Financial Center of the Banco de Crédito Cooperativo-Grupo Cajamar is the result of a competition, celebrated in 2019, which proposed the
The spatial configuration of these facilities seeks to create a ‘city’ for abandoned or stray dogs and cats. Run by Ahgtinsa, this new municipal service in Granada offers protection and accommodation for animals to be subsequently given up for adopti
A few meters from its current headquarters in Granada, Red Cross decided to expand its facilities on the ground floor of a residential block, at the end of the centrally located Paseo del Salón. The decision addressed two needs: a regrouping of all t
The previous square had major accessibility deficiencies and an excessive division of the spaces due to steep slopes, not to mention that the plaza turned its back on the Cathedral-University of Huelva, which is listed as an Asset of Cultural Interes
The idea was to free up space in the Europa school’s original building, which was completed in 1972 as part of the P.U.A., an Andalusian plan for educational centers characterized by rhomboidal floor plans. The old construction would take in the elem
This is a 30-kilometer-long infrastracture that connects the towns of Huelva, Aljaraque, and Gibraleón, bringing them closer to the great environmental, scenic, botanical, zoological, and built wealth that encompasses the vast protected natural space
The route acknowledges the writer Antonio Muñoz Molina’s close ties to the city of his birth, Úbeda, which in 2003 was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It goes through architectural pieces and outdoor places that form a backdrop for his literat
At kilometer 2 along the Pipeline Road in Gamboa, in the Panama Canal zone, this pavilion engages in dialogue with the rainforest. It is part of a campus run by the Eugene Eisenmann Avifauna Foundation, which offers ecotourism amenities including tra
Declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1978, the Chruch of Santa Ana de Carmona is part of a group of 16th-century religious buildings. In 1975, the single-nave temple with a Latin cross plan fell into disuse and its two roofs (Mudejar and Baroque
The former headquarters of Banco Mercantil takes up a whole urban block of Santander’s gridded expansion area. The building is a 1900 project by the architect Casimiro Pérez de la Riva (1851-1934). The building is horizontally divided into three part
Located on the outskirts of Granada, in the Almanjáyar neighborhood, this church presents a jagged profile with seven skylights on a sawtooth roof projecting a play of lights and colors inside. Developed over a span of fourteen years, the project aim
This landscape intervention by the Granada-based firm KAUH – Vincent Morales Garoffolo and Juan Antonio Sánchez Muñoz – reclaims the unique heritage site of La Hoya for the city of Almería. La Hoya is a gorge located on the edge of the historic quart
The new logistical center of Mayoral, a children’s clothing brand, rises on its corporate campus, on the site of the old company Interhorce (Industrial Textiles del Guadalhorce) in the city of Málaga, beside the listed building by Ramón Vázquez Molez
This three-floor residence rises on a flat, square-shaped plot in the Limonar neighborhood of Málaga. A work of Marina Uno Arquitectos (Juan Manuel Sánchez La Chica and Adolfo de la Torre Prieto), it is organized by a system of parallel bands running
The dwelling can be said to have two different degrees of intensity: that of everyday living, and that of the less used spaces, which do not need as many direct connections. Fragmented but linked by exterior spaces, the single-floor house spreads out
On a plot that is more deep than wide, the house is designed to differentiate work space from the domestic realm. The voids, concatenated on section, provide the different degrees of privacy requested, with extendable spaces for the interior rooms –
The outcome of an international competition, this telecommunications tower in the city of Çanakkale includes a public space with viewing platforms, a visitor center, an área for exhibitions…
The transport Complex (CIT) is the result of a competition called by Metro de Madrid in 2016. The project has a double objective: on one side the urban regeneration through an existing plot, containing an obsolete Metro facility, and on the other ha
The town of Fuentes is nestled in the Sevillian countryside, in the Guadalquivir valley. Settlements from different periods have left a rich cultural and monumental heritage, further enhanced by its landscape and agricultural history. Within the Prog
In Arahal, a municipality in the province of Seville that takes its name from the Arabic term Ar-rahal, meaning a place along a path where one stops to rest, stands this 1920s house which José Luis Daroca Bruño and Jaime Daroca Guerrero have refurbis
Since pre-Roman times, the Gulf of Cádiz has been a center for Almadraba tuna fishing, in accordance with a technique that has barely changed since then. To oversee exploitation in the waters of the mouth of the river Piedras, from 1929 to 1963 there
In the heart of Madrid, the Ateneo comprises three buildings: Prado 19, Prado 21, and Santa Catalina 10. Together they form a BIC (Asset of Cultural Interest), in the Monuments category. A work of Enrique Fort and Luis de Landecho, with Arturo Mélida
The long narrow site of the house is the result of old farm plots in the municipality of Castelleja de la Cuesta, in the Sevillian comarca of Aljarafe. These proportions define a continuous space paced by the repetition of equidistant porticoes, wher
Thirty years after its creation, the Technology Park of Andalusia – now simply called Málaga TechPark to satisfy the whims of marketing – is a concentration of half a thousand companies, including many of the promising startup firms that have been tu
Se me hace un poco raro que me leas. Siempre te leo yo a ti, Luis. Se hará lo que se pueda. Sobre el tema que me pides: me resulta difícil y un tanto cansino hablar sobre el momento actual de la arquitectura, y no te digo nada sobre hacia dónde podrí
It is a sure sign of the times we are living that the most recent editions of the world’s most important biennials of architecture and art have been characterized by an indisguisable political agenda, or at the least by a marked sensitivity to social
Since its creation in 2007, the Swiss Architectural Award of the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio has made a niche for itself among the profession’s top prizes by biennially highlighting architects on the rise who have at least three major proj
Red and White
En Albolote, un pueblo de la Vega de Granada, se levantan los volúmenes blancos y abstractos de la nueva escuela infantil de la localidad (ver AV Monografías 147-148), un edificio diseñado por el granadino Alejandro Muñoz Miranda. El programa se dist
Cuatro años ha durado el proceso de rehabilitación y ampliación del Museo San Telmo, que se acaba de inaugurar en San Sebastián. La intervención, de los madrileños Fuensanta Nieto y Enrique Sobejano, recupera el edificio original, un convento dominic
Tras un largo proceso, después de que las obras se hayan desarrollado a lo largo de seis años en los que el presupuesto original ha sufrido desviaciones constantes —pasando de los 51 millones de euros originalmente presupuestados a un coste final est
Situado en el acceso al Parque Natural de Sierra Nevada, en Granada, junto al río Lanjarón, el Museo del Agua de Juan Domingo Santos adapta como museo las naves del antiguo matadero e incorpora láminas de agua conectadas y abastecidas por la acequia
Arquillos, población fundada en 1775 como núcleo del proceso de colonización de Sierra Morena encargada por Carlos III, ha estrenado un centro de interpretación de su historia sobre los terrenos de las antiguas casas de los maestros, que ha recibido
Un revestimiento de planchas de acero cortén perforadas con láser distingue el primer hotel de cinco estrellas de la ciudad califal, firmado por el equipo de Alfonso Casares en colaboración con el estudio Isasi y Pieltain, sobre el solar del antiguo
La arquitecta Elisa Valero ha construido un nuevo espacio para albergar la colección de arte del empresario, mecenas y presidente del Patronato del Museo del Prado, Plácido Arango. En la sierra de Madrid, en una finca cercana a El Escorial, una const
Some irregular forms define the perimeter of the roof of what at first sight looks like a huge shed. Viewed from afar it is a rather anonymous construction, a bit coarse perhaps in outline and almost offhandedly rendered. Broken and exact perimeters
En los años transcurridos desde la Expo de 1992, Sevilla ha consolidado su posición como el tercero de los principales centros de arquitectura contemporánea española. Las figuras más destacadas del 92 disfrutan ahora de una presencia a escala naciona
En la Expo se confunden el silicio y la silicona. La isla de La Cartuja albergará durante seis meses un circo mágico que mezcla la tecnología de la imagen con la imagen de la tecnología, desdibujando los límites entre el conocimiento y la apariencia,
