Located in Isla Chamartín, by the extension of the Paseo de la Castellana, this residential project is part of a special plan, designed by the same architects, which opts for high-rise construction to free up as much surface as possible for garden sp
Los bloques de vivienda se disponen liberando un amplio espacio en el interior de la parcela que permite la existencia de espacios cubiertos en planta baja. Una fachada transventilada compuesta por una lámina de vidrio serigrafiado y una cámara de ai
Situado cerca a la intersección entre la avenida Ciudad de Barcelona y la calle Doctor Esquerdo a su paso sobre las vías férreas de acceso a la capital por el sur, en dirección Atocha, el solar de la actuación se presenta como un vacío donde la ciuda
A finales del siglo XIX, Madrid llegó a contar con once circos, de los cuales nueve eran permanentes y dos provisionales. Entre los estables, el Circo Price de la plaza del Rey funcionó de manera continuada hasta 1970. El proyecto de recuperación de
The proximity to the airport and to the fairground area have made of the northeast stretch of the M-40 – Madrid’s second beltway –one of the most coveted sites for the construction of corporate headquarters from the capital. Attracted by the characte
En 1998 la Universidad de León convocó tres concursos independientes para la construcción de sendos edificios del campus del Bierzo en Ponferrada: la biblioteca central, la cafetería y el centro de servicios generales. La propuesta ganadora integraba
Al norte de Santander, entre el Sardinero y el futuro parque de la Vaguada de Las Llamas, se encuentran las instalaciones deportivas más importantes de la ciudad: el campo municipal, sede del Racing de Santander, y el nuevo palacio de deportes que se
La edificación existente se componía de un bloque de siete plantas construido en los años sesenta como archivo de documentos bursátiles, más una pequeña nave. Las ordenanzas al uso, nada respetuosas con el entorno, propiciaron la construcción de un e
Bilbao ría 2000 ha cumplido su décimo aniversario. Creada con participación de las administraciones estatal, autónoma y local para recuperar con otros usos los enclaves de la capital vizcaína y Baracaldo obsoletos tras la reconversión industrial, est
The decision to extend the Estudio school goes back to 1993, when the new management plan drew up a program to improve the existing spaces and incorporate classrooms, laboratories, staff rooms and a covered gymnasium. Taking up the parcel right
Half-way between the historic center and the periphery, in a blurred residential environment where repetition replaces hierarchy, it was difficult to find an external reference for the project. And the new auditorium does not look for one; it materia
As many other small towns of Spain’s geography, Valdemaqueda shows a small and scattered housing whose urban hierarchy can only be intuited through the clear volumes of buildings such as the town hall or the church. In the higher level of town, a lar
Hasta su rehabilitación en 1996, el carácter de este edificio se había desvirtuado a lo largo de cinco siglos de continuas intervenciones. Entre sus elementos más representativos destaca el patio trapezoidal —de finales del siglo XV—, con excelente l
Volumetrically emphatic and silent, this convention center forms part of the base which maintains the monumental profile of the city. A solid body and an airy one give shape to the project. The first of them, a box inside another box, opens with grea
This spiral-shaped beehive, commonly known as ‘the bullring,’ is counted among the most polemical projects of a mature and monumental Oíza, who performs as an eloquent and uninhibited master. The program of the relocation of more than three hundred s
The new terminal is a first-class land-air transport center on account of the high-technology equipment it contains, the breadth of its installations, and its capacity and speed in the handling of cargo. Its architecture builds on criteria normally r
The solution adopted for this health center addresses the desire to simplify routes and optimize the use of space. Two criteria governed the functional layout of the program: the best orientation, and the degree of accessibility deemed adequate to ea
Blascosancho es un pequeño pueblo de la meseta castellana en el que, para construir esta casa en un solar entre medianeras, la normativa obligaba a mantener el plano de fachada alineado con las edificaciones colindantes. El primer objetivo del proyec
Two long volumes - each one slightly shifted with respect to the other, following the slope of the hill - and a third one, in turn comprising several smaller, interlocking boxes and perpendicularly penetrating the first two through its middle part, a
The site of this educational building is significant, located as it is along the M-30 highway and at the edge of the Ciudad Universitaria, an area of a generally high architectural quality, both on account of the historic buildings that dot Madrid's
This cultural center, which underwent a slow and fractioned building process in several phases, is situated in a poorly consolidated town, as is typical in the dispersed rural habitats of Galicia, and was thought out as an element that would at the s
The Casa de las Conchas (House of Shells) is a building that dates back to the 15th century; its original masonry corresponding to a Gothic house with a trapezoidal courtyard and small doors and windows on the facade. In the course of history and for
To understand this particular project, it is important to consider the overall design of the Puerta de Toledo complex. An obvious intention of the architect, which at the same time serves to explain the shape of both library and social services cent
One of the initial criteria in the elaboration of this project for an electric power control unit was that it should be a non-conventional building with an image able to stand out in an area full of singular architectures. Another was that all the fu
Creada para reconocer a ‘personas e instituciones que, en su trayectoria, ensalzan y ennoblecen el quehacer arquitectónico’, la Medalla de Oro del Consejo Superior de Arquitectos de España de 2010 ha sido otorgada a Manuel Gallego Jorreto (O Carballi
Hasta los inicios de este siglo, el conocimiento técnico en el campo de la arquitectura formaba un cuerpo de lentísima evolución, casi inamovible. Tan lenta que cada generación apenas percibía esos cambios y ese tesoro de conocimientos se transmitía
Madrid today is Europe’s third city, after London and Paris; and the second in terms of building initiative, tailing Berlin but ahead of London. No city on the continent can currently compete with Germany’s capital, but many will be surprised to lear
El Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, construido en Santiago de Compostela por el maestro portugués, abre sus puertas en vísperas electorales.
