An ornamental fountain – enclosed smack at the center of a rotary – has been turned into a small spa, in a statement on how wheeled traffic causes the sacrifice of public space. Beside the basin, which provides a cold bath, is a changing room and a s
Located in downtown Logroño, this public secondary school was thoroughly revaped to create sports facilities, exhibition halls, an auditorium, and a multipurpose classroom that all citizens would have access to. The original building was characterize
The building takes advantage of its location in Logroño, at the point where the pilgrim route to Santiago enters the city, to create a public staircase connecting the street to a garden roof that serves as a deck for views of La Rioja's capital and t
The plot that the City Council had reserved for its new hall was that of the former barracks of Alfonso XII, raised – in part at least – on the grounds of the old convent of the Carmelites. It would have been hard to find a more appropriate site in L
The team formed by Pereira-Royo and Estudio Seguí, in collaboration with the consulting firm García Diéguez, has won the competition to enlarge the Bretón de los Herreros Theater in Logroño, capital of La Rioja region, giving it new staging facilitie
As part of Concéntrico festival, the project stacks ceramic blocks to transform a long, narrow corridor in the old Tobacco Factory complex into a built-up space that takes visitors on a promenade through different spatial experiences...
The result of a competition won in 2006, the intermodal station of Logroño was part of a much larger urban plan to bury the railway line as it traversed the capital of La Rioja region, and which also involved creating a large linear park and five res
The new Palace of Justice goes up as a building open to citizens, functional, transparent, and accessible. If furthermore brings together all the law courts services of La Rioja, up to now scattered in different buildings, while at the same time cont
The competition for the construction of Logroño’s new Transportation Hub was called in 2006, a scheme comprised within a larger urban plan to bury the railway tracks as they go through the capital of La Rioja, and that also includes the construction
Consolidado en la primera mitad del siglo XVI para defender la ciudad del asedio francés, el Cubo del Revellín albergó en su día un polvorín; hoy cuenta con una sala de exposiciones en forma de pabellón estrellado de plomo y madera. La segunda interv
The Complex is sited on the outskirts of Logroño, on an esplanade by the RivermIregua, in a beautiful spot that the Government of La Rioja currently uses as a tree farm and as a natural reserve of local species in danger of extinction. This area will
This publication revisits ten years of architectural and urban experimentation in Logroño, whose festival Concéntrico has put La Rioja’s capital on the map of contemporary debate. Instead of just documenting the 150+ projects exhibited, the book is a
From 19 to 24 June the city of Logroño is the scene of a special edition of Concéntrico, its International Festival of Architecture and Design, celebrating its now ten years of exploring public space. Since its founding in 2015, the event has for a f
The 10th edition of Concentric, the International Festival of Architecture and Design held yearly in Logroño, took place from 25 April to 1 May. Through installations temporarily scattered around the capital of La Rioja, the annual event triggers ref
With great success Logroño’s International Festival of Architecture and Design, aka Concéntrico, has for nine years now filled the northern Spanish city with imaginative ephemeral installations aimed at rethinking the urban environment and public spa
The 9th edition of Concentric, the International Festival of Architecture and Design held yearly in Logroño, took place from 27 April to 2 May. Through installations temporarily scattered around the capital of La Rioja, the annual event triggers refl
El Festival Internacional de Arquitectura y Diseño de Logroño, que propone reflexionar sobre el ámbito urbano y la ciudad, celebró su última edición entre el 3 y el 6 de septiembre de 2020.
Las estaciones de ferrocarril en superficie rasgan dramáticamente las ciudades, de ahí que, en las últimas décadas, una de las prioridades en la gestión de las infraestructuras españolas haya sido recuperar la continuidad urbana perdida de tantas ciu
¿Cómo compatibilizar utilidad con representación, economía con significación, en un edificio destinado a la admistración de justicia? Tal es la pregunta planteada en la propuesta del equipo liderado por Jesús Ulargui y Eduardo Pesquera, que ha result
(1949-1993) An architect and professor at Madrid's School of Architecture, Mario Bernedo combined his professional practice and teaching activities with stage set design. In 1985 he won the Spanish Theater Award for his work in El amor enamorado, by
