The core of Olot has the same problem that many historical towns have to contend with: the indiscriminate demolitions that result in empty lots going abandoned, disfiguring the street and ultimately destroying the urban decorum of public space. In th
The historic center of Schijndel suffered bombings during World War II, which left voids in its urban tissue. In one of these voids, located between the church, the town hall, and the main street, is the Glass Farm, a building with public amenities s
The new market in the historic center of Rotterdam, characterized by its roof which is a horseshoe arch of 40 meters in height, offers a mixture of different programs aimed at revitalizing the Laurenskwartier district where it goes up. Aside from the
Flanked by party walls on a lot that stretches deep inward from the front border, this house is composed of a succession of volumes that have been deliberately set back to obtain the best possible light and views, and are arranged amid small courtyar
The project is located on the northern end of the historic center of Pamplona, at the edge of the plateau on which it rests, next to Paseo de Ronda, the border of the city wall. It is a project promoted by the public administration aiming to regenera
Included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1985, the Historic Center of Salvador, Bahia, gathered a series of unique urban and architectural features, inherited from its past as colonial capital. When the commissioned Lina Bo Bardi to develop
As a result of a competition held in 2004, the Market Hall is part of a larger plan that aims to regenerate the city center of Rotterdam. Located where the city was founded, the building is a new mixed-use type that interrelates public and residentia
Across the Platerías facade of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, and nestled in the shadow of the Berenguela Tower, stands the new Museum of Pilgrimages. A part of it is incorporated into the stone facade of the Banco de España building, erected
Walking through the Vegueta quarter one can easily see the original urban structure of a city – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – which has undergone several transformations in its later expansions. Going through its narrow streets and passing by the trad
An old house on Recoletas street was chosen to accommodate the new headquarters of theInstitute of Architects (‘colegio’), in Gijón. Among the main asssets of the old building was its thick perimetral wall, which effectively spans the unevenness of t
Debido a la estrechez de las calles del casco histórico de Granada, la mayoría de las fachadas de las viviendas sólo se perciben de forma oblicua. La situación estratégica de esta vivienda, telón de fondo de la calle San Juan Baja, la dota de cierta
La tradición reciente de la construcción de viviendas de promoción pública en España ha sido la de la formación de los grandes barrios periféricos de nuestras ciudades, normalmente mal conectados, faltos de puntos singulares y de una trama bien const
A menudo, cuando hablamos de arquitectura vieja, pretendemos encontrar en la arquitectura una muy precisa circunstancia de los seres vivos —la vejez— otorgando al tiempo la categoría clasificatoria y catalogando así la arquitectura según los tiempos
Pocas disciplinas se han visto sometidas en los últimos años a un proceso de revisión tan profundo como la arquitectura, tanto en lo referente a los aspectos lingüísticos o los relativos al diseño objetual como en sus relaciones con la ciudad, es dec
¿No estábamos de acuerdo en que Córdoba era una de las ciudades más bellas de España, con un casco antiguo admirable en el que sabían convivir los grandes monumentos con la recoleta estructura residencial, el espacio público con la discreta privatiza
