The project, situated on a plot in the Poblenou district of Barcelona formerly part of the extensive jute works popularly known as El Cànem, preserves the original facade on Doctor Trueta street, which is listed in the Architectural Heritage Protecti
The radical transformation of this 1950’s office building is primarily aimed at improving its usage and thoroughly updating its features. The original anodyne building – set between party walls, with serious structural issues – is renovated by means
This slender office block for Indra, an information technology corporation, is located in Barcelona’s 22@ sector. It contains 13 above-grade floors and two basement levels. The first three levels form a plinth-like base, above which a ten-storey rhom
This excess of formal and volumetric resources of the houses in the area – a luxury housing estate north-west of Madrid – and the owner’s discretion propitiated the proposal of a simple geometry and a limited number of building materials. Only a draw
The Germina Foundation is a non-profit institution dedicated to integration and complementary learning experiences for children at risk of social exclusion. Since its creation in the year 2004, the institution has grown and extended its activity, and
The project stems from the idea that the best neighborhood needn’t be made up of unique pieces, but rather that specific elements such as systematicity, homogeneity and expressive moderation are essential in residential buildings. In this way, the bl
El rascacielos, bautizado con el nombre de Torre de Cristal, evoca un obelisco que hubiera sido tallado en un gigantesco bloque de vidrio. La variedad de los ángulos con la que se han modelado sus facetas posibilita que cada una de sus caras refleje
At the intersection of three large avenues of Barcelona’s urban expansion area – Gran Vía, Diagonal and Meridiana – is the Plaza de Las Glorias, a large roundabout with an elevated ring that was built more than ten years ago, but that has not manag
On view through 17 January 2019 at the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin is ‘Enchanting Traces: Reflections on b720 Arquitectos,’ a retrospective exhibition on the firm established in 1997 by Fermín Vázquez and Ana Bassat, working from offices in Ba
La primera vocación de Eduardo Chillida (San Sebastián, 1924-2002) fue la arquitectura. En 1943, cuando aún no había cumplido los veinte años, el joven Eduardo comenzó a prepararse para ingresar en la carrera de arquitecto. Cuatro años más tarde, en
The society of spectacle and signature culture go hand in hand with one another; the characteristic languages of the great figures are only consumed as symbolic goods. Nevertheless, every now and then language and place strike a harmonious chord, an
