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 apartments are grouped in two slender bays, separated transversally and disaligned longitudinally to form accessways to the units. These corridors are hollowed out in crossing double heights, giving an impression of weightlessness. They are clad
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
As part of the first TAC! Urban Architecture Festival, this temporary pavilion made of sackcloth rises inside a scaffolding on the Plaza del Humilladero in Granada. P+S estudio de arquitectura (Francisco Javier Parada and Laura R. Salvador) built an
The architecture practice of Juan Antonio Serrano and Paloma Baquero was commissioned to build a house that would evoke the owners’ childhood memories of the Vega de Granada, the comarca where the town of Albolote is located. Different elements of lo
The christian conquest of the Alhambra in 1492 led to the transformation of some of its buildings into private houses. In the case of the Baño de la Mezquita (Bath of the Mosque), the Islamic construction was radically converted into a courtyard hous
The Cartagena-based practice of Martín Lejarraga has turned a couple of palatial 19th-century buildings at Calle Duquesa 21, in Granada, into a university dormitory. All the while respecting heritage and pursuing an image of continuity, the intervent
Bordering with Albacete, Murcia, and Almeria bot located within Granada province, the municipality of Puebla de Don Fadrique belongs to the comarca of Huéscar, at the foot of La Sagra peak. The Granada-based GRX Arquitectos – Álvaro Gor, Carlos Gor,
The dwellings are located in Realejo, an old Jewish ‘arrabal’ (a group of houses outside the city center) and one of the most emblematic quarters of Granada. This area, at the foot of the Alhambra, has a steep topography, and some of its urban blocks
The Granada Metro construction works, which began in 2007, involved building a single rail line crossing the city, connecting it with several towns in the metropolitan area and linking many of its key activity hubs and sites. This infrastructure cove
The project for an architectural studio at Calle San Jerónimo 17, just a few meters from the church of the same name, in the city of Granada, involved a radical transformation of a commercial space that had served different purposes in the course of
The continuous urban transformation of the city center of Granada during the last decades has created a rich urban fabric where different styles and periods are superposed. Located in the northern end of a long urban block, the plot had three buildin
Located in Realejo, on the southeast end of Granada’s historic quarter, the new School of Architecture goes up in an architectural complex that was once a Military Hospital. This large block, which took shape throughout a long period of urban transfo
‘Granatum,’ is the motto of this project, designed in collaboration with AH Asociados. The project reflects a desire to become a distinct landmark in the city thanks to the hexagonal grid that structures its glass facade. The design relies on structu
THIS NEW primary school goes up under the harsh sun of Albolote, a town in the Vega de Granada county. Its white and abstract volumes stand out in the neighborhood of El Chaparral, a resettlement housing town built in the 1950s under Franco’s regime
La torre del homenaje de la desaparecida alcazaba de Huéscar, un cubo de gruesas paredes de fábrica, fue puesto de observación militar en la época de la Reconquista; tras la conquista cristiana de la ciudad, en 1434, fue desmochada, perdiendo su func
Because of the scarce means available, this project in a town of Granada consists in recycling and reusing elements from the environment. The slaughterhouse sheds become a museum, and the water courses have been kept with a system of interconnected l
The Arab baths of the city of Baza, in the province of Granada, are one of the most valuable examples of Almohad architecture in the Peninsula. The restoration of the monument is based on four aspects:?the scale of the object, on its own and in relat
On an artificial valley that takes advantage of the terrain’s uneven surface are the swimming pools and recreational zone, while under the slope-simulating planes are the service areas and changing rooms.
The exhibition space has been set into an old granary attached to the city ramparts through the restoration of the wooden structure that is held up by four columns and several pillars built into the walls.
La intervención se sitúa en el barrio de Ribera del Beiro, al norte de la ciudad de Granada. Una alta fila de chopos marca el recorrido ligeramente curvo del río, que discurre un par de metros por debajo de la calzada. Un antigua propiedad militar co
Located next to the central headquarters of the Caja Granada Savings Bank, a building by the same architect, right at the point where the River Genil and the Granada beltway meet, rises the new cultural complex of the financial institution. It is a c
The project for the extension of the Science Park of Granada, a commission assigned after a call for ideas held in the year 2003, conceives the intervention from the outset as an opportunity to address urban distribution issues that go beyond the pre
A posthumous work of the architect Antonio Jiménez Torrecilla, who passed away in 2015, has been inaugurated: the Alcázar Genil station of the Metro of Granada. Characterized by the particular povera and at the same time minimalist image that its aut
This promenade through Córdoba, Seville, and Granada is also a walk through the intellectual journey of its author. Rafael Moneo brings together three texts, written in successive decades, that examine three monumental works built in the period betwe
After a long illness, Antonio Jiménez Torrecillas died in Granada at the age of 52. A graduate of the Sevilla School of Architecture, where he became a professor, Jiménez Torrecillas began his career in 1987 with Juan Domingo Santos, and together the
La geometría, el ritmo y la luz son los componentes esenciales del trabajo de Sean Scully, y también los que configuran los espacios de la Alhambra, escenario que sirve de telón de fondo a una exposición dedicada a su obra.
Influido por el romanticismo orientalista, Owen Jones fue uno de los teóricos del ornamento más destacados del siglo XIX; una muestra en Granada recoge sus bellos dibujos e influyentes libros sobre la Alhambra.
Partiendo de la relación de los escritores, filósofos y artistas con los lugares que escogieron para trabajar y desarrollar su proceso creativo, nace la exposición ‘Cabañas para pensar’ que se muestra hasta el 22 de enero de 2012 en el Centro José Gu
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
La recientemente inaugurada Biblioteca Municipal María Lejárraga, situada en la localidad de Ogíjares y diseñada por el estudio granadino M57 —liderado por el tinerfeño Rubens Cortés—, se levanta sobre una antiguo secadero de tabaco declarado Bien de
Una pieza silente que evoca los juegos de luces, sombras y agua de los jardines nazaríes. Así ha definido Álvaro Siza su propuesta para el edificio de acceso a la Alhambra —diseñada junto al granadino Juan Domingo Santos— que ha resultado ganadora de
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
Hasta el 2 de mayo, en el centro José Guerrero de Granada, se puede visitar ‘Cromocronías’, una muestra colectiva que reúne exploraciones diversas entorno al color y la imagen en movimiento. A través de una selección de obras de catorce artistas, se
La localidad granadina de Huéscar cuenta con una muralla cuya Torre del Homenaje fue revalorizada mediante una intervención de Antonio Jiménez Torrecillas, que la convirtió en espacio público. Poco después se descubrió el antiguo pósito de la ciudad,
Con el lema ‘Granatum’, el proyecto del equipo formado por los estudios Kengo Kuma y Alonso Hernández ha resultado ganador del concurso convocado por la Junta de Andalucía para la construcción del Gran Espacio Escénico de Granada. El nuevo edificio,
En octubre de 1952, un grupo de arquitectos españoles —Aburto, Bidagor, Cabrero, Chueca, Fisac y Zuazo entre otros— partieron a la Alhambra para una estancia de tres días, con la seria intención de meditar sobre las bases de una nueva arquitectura en
The tower of a former sugar refinery, converted into his own studio, is an example of one of the ‘discoveries’ that seem to lie behind every project of Juan Domingo Santos (1961). A graduate of Seville’s architecture school and a professor in Granada
En Granada, una tierra de orografía abrupta y severa, de pueblos casi inaccesibles y dispersos, se ha llevado a cabo recientemente el proyecto de edificación rural protegida por la gestión y los créditos oficiales más ambicioso de los últimos tiempos
El regionalismo en arquitectura adquiere en nuestros días un interés nuevo. Los condicionantes económicos, los sistemas constructivos tradicionales, la morfología urbana y las permanencias tipológicas, aspectos, todos ellos, desarrollados por la cult
