SUMA Arquitectura   Spain   A library specialized in Latin American literature is harbored in a sculptural reinterpretation of the typical chamfer in the Eixample, opening out in different directions. Around a triangular void, enclosed spaces addressing stricter acoustic requir

SUMA Arquitectura   Spain   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

SUMA Arquitectura SUMA Arquitectura   Spain   Play-time is a project for seven short-term rental apartments in the Madrid district of Ciudad Lineal. The developer chose the place with the idea of searching for ‘an oasis in the middle of the city,’ and the project intends to intensify that condit

Libraries are perhaps the most famous buildings in the West. They have probably also been the most useful. Certainly no one will question their worth as symbols of an entire culture, if not an entire civilization. For our civilization – or at least f

Un libro y un edificio no son sólo instrumentos de comunicación sino objetos cuya materia construye nuestro entorno físico. Esta idea, tan actual en un tiempo en que la red amenaza el futuro de los medios impresos, ha sido el desencadenante para la p