The old building of the Mariñamasa School Home – a student residence in Ourense, built in 1970 by the architects Emma Ojea and Walter Lewin – was turned into a center for research and innovation in vocational training. After an analysis of the abando
This art school stands on what historical maps say was taken up by the food gardens of Valladolid's Convent of Discalced Carmelites. This marked the design from the start, through a play of opposites. The exterior shows an architecture of black brick
This project in Madrid’s Carabanchel district creates an 85-square-meter unfinished space that the inhabitants can renovate on a limited budget, saving on construction costs. The bareness allows future interventions where expensive finishes are unnec
On land previously occupied by the Cornes train station in Santiago de Compostela now rise three linear blocks harboring 125 apartments – in 22 different typologies and as both flats and duplexes – plus garages, storage rooms, and communal spaces, ou
“Majorca is paradise, if you can stand it!” This warning pronounced by Gertrude Stein, directed at Robert Graves when he told her about his plans of leaving cold England, echoes in a house that harnesses traditional wisdom to create an agreeable redo
The Mallorca firm isla architects (Marta Colón de Carvajal & Juan Palencia de Sarriá) won the bid to build the Basel Pavilion in the inaugural edition of Architekturwoche Basel, held from 9 to 15 May. It is located in the old Dreispitz industrial are
A former industrial warehouse within a block courtyard is now the home and atelier of a photographer, and to guarantee maximum comfort it underwent a painstaking refurbishment...
The dwelling refrains from adopting a pre-set layout, instead organizing itself in four isotropic rooms, which are spatially and visually connected by large centered openings...
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...
Subtle interventions enhance a necessary cleaning job in the project of reconstructing a deteriorated port facility and then fitting it out as home to an institution’s collection of artworks.
A farmhouse located on the outskirts of Bilbao has undergone a thorough transformation job to accommodate independent dwellings for two generations of one same family. While the ground story follows an open scheme with large, floor-to-ceiling windows
Located on the outskirts of Palma de Mallorca, the building pursues two fundamental objectives: on the one hand to go unnoticed, and on the other to tie up with the island’s vernacular architectures. The first addresses the topography of the site, wh
On a hill that offers panoramic views of the surrounding landscape, the new agricultural school building presents a volume of compact geometries and a hipped roof...
A work of the firm of Paula Caballero and Diego Colón, which runs offices in Madrid and Palma, this one-family residence sits on a steep rocky slope in Cañamel, in the Majorcan municipality of Capdepera, surrounded by vegetation. The 240-square-meter
Globalization also affects urban planning by imposing on it too a loss of the contextual and social values that are transferred to plans and buildings. In this way, the spaces let go of their referential qualities, traditions, landscapes or memory to
The Galician practice of Juan Creus and Covadonga Carrasco has transformed an old jail into a cultural center. The separate units of the prison facilities are compartmentalized with varying degrees of openness, giving importance to the concept of the
The refurbishment of Matadero is one of the most ambitious cultural projects launched in the city over the last years. Converted into a contemporary art center, it develops a stable activity since 2007. Its comprehensive program and varied activities
La Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) es un evento musical de carácter nómada que, desde hace catorce años, se celebra en una ciudad del mundo, acogiendo a los sesenta participantes seleccionados y a otros músicos y productores para intercambiar experienc
Focusing on the body and the presence of collective memory, the work of the Barcelona-born artist Jaume Plensa will be viewable firsthand through an exhibition and an urban piece in Madrid. The Reina Sofía Museum will until 3 March 2019 present at th
Based in Palma de Mallorca, the young studio TEd’A arquitectes – headed by Jaume Mayol and Irene Pérez, recent recipient of the FAD Award for Interiors – has finished a school in the small Swiss locality of Orsonnens, fifty kilometers from Bern. The
Una pareja de recién casados a punto de jubilarse desea construirse una casa en un pequeño pueblo de la provincia de Zaragoza y pide a los arquitectos dos cosas disímiles: por un lado, que la nueva vivienda siga cumpliendo las funciones de su antiguo
