Mérida, the old colony of Emerita Augusta, is an inexhaustible quarry of remains from its glorious past, and even more so since the Renaissance, when the interest in classical antiquity bloomed. The purpose of the first Roman Museum in the city, set
The new circular skylight is a unique addition that transforms an old and dark space into an atmosphere filled with natural light. Concentrating the program at the corners generates an open-plan space of squared proportions and symmetrical in section
If the French Impressionists immortalized refined petite bourgeoisie luncheons on the grass, many Spaniards followed suit with a more folksy flavor. The Catalan artists Ramón Casas and Santiago Rusiñol painted merry get-togethers with food and frolic
The pavilion casts shade on the garden of an old house built in 1927 by Mankichi Yamaguchi and Tacchu Naito – designer of the plans of Tokyo Tower. The timber structure is charred using the yakisugi technique, making holes that filter sunlight throug
Heaven on Earth. That is how I have more than once described my intention when designing the houses I have built, every single one of them. This is the latest. All the more reason to make it a piece of Heaven on Earth. In Venice. It is an honor for a
This building, with its striking white facade looking seaward, is conceived as a continuation of the long, extensive walls of the old ‘maritime’ cemetery of Cádiz. The project works on the full volume, which mends the urban fabric within the limits m
Water – its different states, the reflections of light and shadows on its surface, and the humid atmosphere it creates – is the guiding thread of this proposal that doesn’t intend to create just one object, but an experience in the form of landscape,
Within the ‘Sensing Spaces’ exhibition held in 2014 at the Royal Academy of Arts, this pavilion wanted to generate the maximum effect on visitors with a minimum amount of material, through light and aroma.
Around the pool of water is an inscription of text from the Magna Carta, and this is the only literal allusion in a monument of abstract forms built with rammed earth and illuminated by a powerful overhead oculus.
Located three hours by road from Mexico City, the Terreno House simultaneously addresses two theoretically contradictory demands: shelter in the extreme climate of a region where there can be thermal drops and rises of more than thirty degrees in the
Devoted to preserving the legacy of the Hakka community, an ethnic and linguistic minority in China, the museum is located in a small rural enclave whose population, according to tradition, renounced agriculture to develop expertise in constructing w
Oliver Wainwright Hovering above the sandy shores of Saadiyat Island like an upturned colander washed up on the beach, the metal-domed roof of the Louvre Abu Dhabi doesn't give much away from the outside. A cluster of white blocks spreads out from be
The architects Yoon Gyoo Jang and Chang Hoon Shin both studied at Seoul National University. After completing their training in different Korean studios, the team founded its own office, UnSangDONG Architects Cooperation, in the year 2001. Influenced
Alrededor del concéntrico y bien conservado casco histórico de Vitoria —una de las ciudades con más alto nivel de vida del país— han surgido urbanizaciones de lujo que aprovechan la ventaja del emplazamiento en pleno campo a muy corta distancia de la
Ibaraki, a residential district defined by a generic suburban pattern, is located within the metropolitan area formed by the cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. The commission for the design and construction of this church for Ibaraki was determined by
El interés municipal por recuperar el barrio histórico de San Matías, en el centro de Granada, ha hecho posible intervenir sobre una pequeña casa con planta en forma de L, rodeada de cinco muros medianeros y de una estrecha calle que, por su proporci
At the end of Steinenvorstadt, Basel’s ‘movie street’, the new cinemas beside the Heuwaage viaduct mark the transition between the city and the green belt that accompanies the Birsig River down to its mouth in the Rhine River. Their insertion in the
Santa Marta de Tormes is a municipality that arose in Salamanca’s outskirts after the city expanded beyond the natural barrier that was the river. Situated in one of various new sectors of the city, this building inscribes itself in a rural environme
The intervention rehabilitates the old palace of Montehermoso for use as a cultural center, recuperates an adjacent old water tank, connects this subterraneously to the rest of the premises, and renovates an adjoining garden. The building dates back
The San Fernando de Henares Swimming Center completes a municipal sports facility composed of different constructions meshed by the passage of time. The complex, set outside of the urban center, northeast of the city, is developed along Pine Promenad
By dint of capitalizing on the view of the sea, as the project brief prepared by the architect insistently reminds us, the house is a window. This is surely its greatest merit, but also the source of some of its defects. Built on a low plinth, the co
Since its founding in 1954, MBM has produced a wide repertory of work related to housing. The firm has been a leader in Barcelona, due to both the didactic nature of their work at large and the fact that in the course of forty years a good number of
In the Balearic Isles, the meeting of foreign influences with an architecture of strong autochthonous roots generally produced eclectic or merely mimetic results. Erwin Broner’s coherent synthesis of tradition and the avant-garde is an isolated case.
Material austerity, importance of light, and connection with nature are key aspects of the existentialist work of the Japanese master.
“I am a Spaniard, and thus a realist (…) The other day I entered a Gothic Cathedral… If I have lost my calm, I blame it on this.” The Ortega y Gassett quote is evidence of a well-known fact: the history of architecture is the history of the search fo
The evolution of the glass envelope goes along with the evolution of architecture as one of the most representative components of contemporaneity, and is the architectural element that most significantly expresses the cultural values of society, and
Twenty years ago now, the MoMA in New York – and later the MACBA in Barcelona – hosted a magnificent architecture exhibition titled ‘Light Construction.’ Architects of the caliber of Nouvel, Herzog & de Meuron, Tschumi, Zumthor, Holl, Ito, Sejima
Beyond architectural documentation, Hélène Binet’s work reinterprets the buildings she photographs transcending the representation of reality to be exhibited as a work of art proper. Born in Switzerland and currently living in London, it was during h
Toyo Ito ha sido siempre un arquitecto inclasificable, alejado de las veleidades de la moda y ajeno a los criterios comerciales. Desde la histórica casa White U a la Mediateca de Sendai, sus arquitecturas son siempre sensuales, sinuosas, fluidas, lig
Stansted airport (1981-1991) takes from Renault the modular forest of masts, and from Hong Kong the shafts of four cylindrical steel pillars; but the exposed fan of cables of the distribution centre is here a knot of braces that hold together the bra
Built in 1971-1975 as headquarters for an insurance company that had decided to move out of London, the futuristic, sinuous, dark glass skin of Willis Faber & Dumas fitted with astonishing ease into the medieval core of Ipswich, a small town in t
Architecture is made in two rooms. One does not exist in reality, yet a major part of the work occurs within it. In the other room, projects are carried out according to pertinent physical considerations. A work of architecture is a fusion or superpo
Dobles y encontrados sentimientos, los que provienen de la necesidad de mantener una imborrable memoria y del deseo de alcanzar un balsámico olvido, parecen darse cita en la convocatoria para el Concurso cuando en ella se nos describe cuál ha de ser
Veamos, para empezar, lo que afirma un anuncio reciente aparecido en la prensa nacional: «MARBELLA HOUSE» es un oasis de tranquilidad y belleza junto al mar» (...) «Un paraíso privado donde la belleza del diseño, la calidad de la construcción y la se
