La Carbonería, or Casa Tarragó, is an 1860s apartment building that was taken up by the Okupa Movement from 2004 to 2008, when it was painted on to produce two works of urban art. The 2014 eviction of the squatters was big news and the building becam
Through a private investment with profit interests, the project has a strong social character. Besides a hotel, it includes public spaces that connect the municipality of Bürchen to the new tourist complex. In an already completed first phase, two be
The building in the Balearic island of Tenerife was the winner of an open competition. It seeks to reflect its natural environment of wind, mountain, and light. Moreover, it had to go up in the most economic way possible, but not at the expense of ae
Situated in Adeje, in Tenerife, the Sacred Museum has one foot in heaven and another on earth. Hanging from the slope of Hell’s Gorge, the building is on one side inserted into the characteristic profile of the town, and on the other side is buried,
The church of Santísimo Redentor (Most Holy Redeemer) is devoted to the episode of the biblical narration. Located in a plain residential area of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, the second largest city in the island of Tenerife, the fractured volumes of
The Frate Sole Foundation has awarded the Canarian architect Fernando Menis with the 2004 International Prize for Sacred Architecture for the Church of the Holy Redeemer of Las Chumberas in La Laguna (Tenerife), which was chosen from among 128 design
On view from 7 December to 17 January at the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin is ‘Menis Backstage: Nature, Culture and Materiality.’ The exhibition delves into the creative processes of the Canarian practice whose architectural work is grounded upo
El Museo Sacro de Adeje, Tenerife, diseñado por Fernando Menis, tiene un pie en el cielo y otro en la tierra. Colgado de la ladera del Barranco del Infierno, el edificio se inserta, por un lado, en el característico perfil del pueblo, enterrándose, p
