(Karlsruhe, 1963)
Since the 1960s, when César Manrique turned a lava tube into the beautiful caves of the Jameos del Agua in the northern part of the island of Lanzarote, the so-called Casa de los Volcanes – an auxiliary construction close by, originally intended for
Less than an hour’s drive from the Spanish capital, in an area of great historical and natural importance marked by the presence of the Monastery of El Escorial and the landscape protected by the south slope of Mount Abantos, the house complies with
At the foot of Luna Castle, the lodging facility follows the fortress lines, and digs itself into the ground between the steep hill and the bulwark in order not to compete with the historical enclave...
The imposition of a new structural order altogether transforms a house nestled between party walls, without sacrificing the formal expression of its vaulted ceiling...
Taking the building as an urban entity, the project upgrades all the spaces and historical elements of the former hospital in order to accommodate a contemporary program...
The building completes the Campus of the University of Valladolid in Segovia – where phase I was finished in 2011 –, rounding off the program with specific classrooms for the degrees offered on campus, offices, and two auditoriums (main auditorium a
The building is part of a project to revive an old industrial complex in the east part of Heilbronn, harboring a museum promoted by a foundation that supports science and technology... [+]
A delicate bioclimate filter creates a perimetral communal space and gives a distinct character to a mixed-use tower located in Confluence, a new neighborhood in Lyon.
Built in the last decade of the 18th century and designed by the Italian Joaquín Toesca y Ricci (disciple of Francisco Sabatini), the Palacio de La Moneda is one of the most beautiful neoclassical buildings in South America, and is the seat of Chile’
The seismic nature of Chilean territory marks the country’s architecture, as this tower shows. The commission brought the opportunity to address this universal type from a local perspective, making the tactile prevail over the aluminum or glass walls
Agriculture shaped the ethos of the Chilean people in the 18th and 19th centuries. This ethos found its urban correlate in the garden-city that served as expansion model for the city of Santiago during the second half of the 20th century. The extensi
The nueva Costanera neighborhood, east of Santiago, has in the past years gone from being a garden-city residential structure to a more urban one. The old residences have opened their parks to public space, extending the pedestrian areas and includin
The firm of the Madrid architects Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano – one of Spain’s most international practices, with a branch in Berlin – recently opened the Arvo Pärt Center in Laulasmaa, 35 kilometers from Tallin. Named after the composer it
The contorted pyramid rose behind the brick cliff and hundreds of people laid siege on the building, eager to contemplate the new spaces and the new collection: the enlarged Tate Modern opened its doors just as the country’s polls were being readied
It is very likely that Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano are currently the most international partners of Spanish architecture. From offices set up in Madrid and Berlin, their practice operates like a perfectly well-oiled machine, one capable. mor
Carrying the day over 26 other candidates from 16 countries, José María Sánchez García is the fourth architect, and the first European, to obtain the BSI Swiss Architectural Award, succeeding Solano Benítez of Paraguay, Diébédo Francis Kéré of Burkin
Continúa el tramo final de las obras del edificio para la sede del Teatro Cervantes, en México D.F., proyectado por el madrileño Ensamble Studio. El proyecto (véase AV Proyectos 48) parte del diálogo compositivo entre lo telúrico y lo solar, plantead
Situado en Graz, una de las ciudades históricas más importantes de Austria, el Museo Joanneum —que celebra este año su segundo centenario y está considerado como el más antiguo del país— acaba de abrir las puertas de su nuevo centro de visitantes, di
El nuevo edificio para la Universidad Popular Infantil de Gandía (Valencia), diseñado por los madrileños Ángela García de Paredes e Ignacio García Pedrosa, parte de una premisa singular y razonable: preservar a seis moreras que ya existían en el parq
Acaba de inaugurarse la nueva sede corporativa del Grupo Giant —una de las mayores empresas de videojuegos interactivos— diseñado por Morphosis en Shanghái. Situada en un campus semiurbano, el edificio flanquea varios canales y un lago artificial, de
La nueva obra en Lyon del estudio parisino Jakob & Macfarlane demuestra que la rutinaria forma del cubo puede dar lugar todavía a propuestas estéticas insospechadas y sugerentes. El edificio, destinado a albergar las oficinas de la sede social de una
En 2006, el hoy desaparecido Ministerio de Vivienda convocó un concurso de ideas bajo el significativo nombre ‘Hacemos ciudad’, para el desarrollo de siete actuaciones residenciales innovadoras dentro del territorio español (véase AV Proyectos 17). E
La Fundación Wolf, con sede en Israel, concede desde 1978 sus premios, consistentes en 100.000 dólares y un diploma, a científicos y artistas excepcionales. En la edición de 2010 el premio de las artes ha reconocido a dos arquitectos: el estadouniden
