Located close to the convent of San Esteban, the new building houses the headquarters of the Colegio de Arquitectos (Institute of Architects) of León and its cultural foundation. The building offers views of the cathedral, with its imposing dome and
La Casa de María la Brava, edificio de la nobleza de finales del siglo XV, se ha adaptado como Museo América Caja Duero, donde se expondrá la colección de arte precolombino de la Fundación Cristóbal Gabarrón. El zaguán, al que se accede por un portal
Only after deciding where to build a house does one become aware of the substantial importance this has for the future happiness of those who live in it. In this case the site offered many possibilities but the genius loci murmured where the dwelling
The Archbishop Alfonso de Fonseca ordered the construction in 1525 of a hall of residence to accommodate the noble Irishmen that went to Salamanca to study. The building, at scarcely four hundred meters from the main square, was extended in 1558 with
Atriangle opposite the river Tormes contains the plot chosen to house a home for the elderly and the social services department of the City of Santa Marta, both in one single building and following the bases of the competition, which was celebrated i
As a part of the series of developments promoted on occasion of Salamanca’s designation as European City of Culture in 2002, the Performing Arts Center has been built following the program of the project chosen in an open international competition. C
Concebida como institución académica y de investigación, esta biblioteca ocupa un emplazamiento al mismo tiempo privilegiado y comprometido: en el casco histórico y cerrando los jardines de la plaza de la Merced, el edificio se inserta como un volume
Este templo celebra el VIII centenario de la orden Trinitaria y se ha erigido en honor a su fundador, san Juan de Mata. Adscrito a un centro docente, responde a las directrices urbanas que articulan el barrio, un digno conjunto de viviendas obreras d
Hasta su rehabilitación en 1996, el carácter de este edificio se había desvirtuado a lo largo de cinco siglos de continuas intervenciones. Entre sus elementos más representativos destaca el patio trapezoidal —de finales del siglo XV—, con excelente l
Volumetrically emphatic and silent, this convention center forms part of the base which maintains the monumental profile of the city. A solid body and an airy one give shape to the project. The first of them, a box inside another box, opens with grea
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
Sobre una parcela llana de mil metros cuadrados poblada de pinos, los propietarios, un matrimonio joven, querían edificar una casa de vacaciones con una pequeña piscina y un pabellón para invitados ocasionales. Con el fin de aprovechar al máximo el j
The doctrinal insufficiency of the CIAM's rationalist schemes made itself patent in Europe in the course of the sixties because their rigid advocation of an open garden-city could hardly be applied to the continent’s consolidated historical cores. So
The Casa de las Conchas (House of Shells) is a building that dates back to the 15th century; its original masonry corresponding to a Gothic house with a trapezoidal courtyard and small doors and windows on the facade. In the course of history and for
Hasta el 12 de junio, las salas del Centro de Arte Contemporáneo DA2 de Salamanca acogen la exposición ‘Photoworks 1984-2010’, una retrospectiva del fotógrafo alemán Roland Fischer (Saarbrücken, 1958) que reúne cerca de 100 piezas en nuestro país, co
Conseguir que, desde el principio, el edificio formase parte de la ciudad, culminando su proceso constructivo en una perfecta ‘cicatrización’, ha sido el reto que los madrileños Carmen Martínez Arroyo y Rodrigo Pemjean se han propuesto en su nueva se
