Instead of reconstructing the fallen roof, the project of converting an animal shed into a studio inserts a free-standing structure so as not to overburden the fragile existing walls. Unshackled of loads to bear, the brickwork and a gable-end kept up
The embt office and the Fundació Miralles are located in a modernist building in the center of Barcelona, close to the Ramblas and Plaça Reial. The property is a characteristic example of late 19th-century architecture and reproduces a typology which
The village of Santa Lucía Alto, in the region of Yungay, is surrounded by fertile plains and high peaks. One of its lush forests in the foothills of the Andes Mountains becomes the site for his house-studio, an ambitious project of over 2,400m² that
This 1931 building in Berlin’s Neukölln neighborhood was a garage, an art warehouse exhibition hall, and then a locksmith shop before falling into disuse. In 2018, a group of artists and creatives acquired it to turn it into workshops and apartments
Ainhoa Martín and Francisco Peláez have carried out a full renovation for a home-cum-studio in a 1917 building located in the Madrid neighborhood of Palos de Moguer. Their Madrid-based practice, Martín Peláez, explains that the name of the project re
The precision needed for traditional hand-crafted leather goods is reflected in the building’s making. Large brick arches shape both the outer perimeter and the facade onto the courtyard, creating generous windows that fill workshops with sunlight...
It fell upon the Italian firm headed by Christian Gasparini, Nat Office, to build a studio-atelier for the sculptor Michealangeli Galliani next to his house in Montecchio Emilia, a municipality in northern Italy. The wooden volume stretches on up to
Shortly after completing Tomishima House, his first work, Tadao Ando bought the property to turn it into his atelier. The subsequent extensions were carried out in different phases, producing a discontinuous and labyrinthine space that is a long way
Rising over one of the main highways of access into the city, in the eastern part of Madrid, the firm SUMA – established by architects Guillermo Sevillano and Elena Orte in 2005 – proposes a freestanding block of co-op apartments and studios for a yo
“I want a studio to live in, not a house to work in,” said the owner, a painter returning to his native land after a long stay in North America. The result is a neutral, versatile space with echoes of the New York industrial architecture that welcome
Resting on a slab, this studio with an accessible flat roof is configured according to the needs and budget available. Right now there are three volumes, but more could be added or subtracted, or they could all even be moved to a different place...
This building located in Berlin presents a rigorous catalog of pieces of prefabricated concrete which are typically seen in warehouses and industrial sheds. Inside the studios and dwellings that make up the six-floor building, prefabricated finishes
Located in the city of Bordeaux, the project renovates an old warehouse with vaulted spaces that were once cellars for storing fish and supplies. The intervention seeks to reactivate the area by making the most of its central location and the existen
Erected with artisanal materials and methods for less than 80,000 pounds, the modular building can be dismantled completely and the reassembled in another location.
Began in 1983, the architect’s professional studio in Houston is an ongoing project that has seen multiple variations of a live and work environment through the years. Additions, alterations, subtractions, and transformations have comprised an ensemb
The project for an architectural studio at Calle San Jerónimo 17, just a few meters from the church of the same name, in the city of Granada, involved a radical transformation of a commercial space that had served different purposes in the course of
On a plot of 7 x 14 meters, and flanked by two voids of varying height, three planes of wood, concrete, and marble configure the different floors of a tower that is wrapped in ceramic walls tightened by thin steel cables... [+]
The studio of RCR Arquitectes in Olot, Gerona, has been under transformation over more than one decade. In 2004 the architects bought the old Barberí foundry building, then in ruins, with the objective of transforming it gradually into a workspace th
Un vacío central frente a un pequeño jardín es el núcleo de un estudio de fotografía cuyos recintos de trabajo se conectan entre sí mediante una estrecha pasarela de hormigón.
With a single space, large collapsible doors, and solid panels of laminated wood over a steel structure, the mobile studio can be easily transported from place to place without having to be disassembled.
Intended as a workspace annexed to the house, the egg-shaped office is constructed with a simple wooden stucture and a fiberglass skin, and besides an actual studio contains a kitchen and a small bathroom.
Located in a residential area on the outskirts of the Spanish capital, the studio has a skin of transparent plexiglass on the north, and a plaque of fiberglass and polyester on the south that protects it against the sun.
Built in the garden of a one-family residence, the small studio has a wooden envelope that serves to insulate the interior space against low temperatures, with tree trunks arranged in a way that brings to mind a pile of logs when the shutters are com
