Jiménez & Linares   Spain   Elena Jiménez and Abelardo Linares did a thorough overhaul of a single-family home built in the 1920s, located next to the Quinta del Fuente del Berro Park, in the Salamanca neighborhood. Once the sculptor Jorge Oteiza’s Madrid residence, it was much

Foster + Partners   France   Located close to the Canal de la Robine, a museum rises like a temple consecrated to the Roman heritage of a city which was an important node in the network of roads of Gaul. The main spaces are organized in a single level on a plinth, under the prot

Arqbag   Spain   On a square around which grew the municipality of Vilanova de Meià, in the comarca of La Noguera, Lleida province, the Catalonian firm Arqbag —Jordi Mitjans, Bernat Colomé, Simona Cerri, Alfonso Godoy, Adrià Vilajoana, and Marc Díaz— has turned a bui

Foster + Partners   France   Known for its rich historic and artistic heritage, Narbonne, founded by Romans in 118 BC, was once a major port. Today it is a vibrant city, with an impressive legacy of buildings, ancient relics, and archaeological sites. At the gates of the city, n

VIPP   Denmark   Equipped with all the basic services needed for domestic life, the shelter is a module with a floor area of 55 square meters. Completely industrialized and prefabricated, this getaway retreat can be transported by road and installed in just a couple

Organized by the Danish company Velux and under the title of ‘New Eyes on Existing Buildings’, the fifth biennial Congress on Natural Lighting was held on the 15th and 16th of May at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. If previous ed