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Muñoz Miranda Architects designs Málaga apartment block to appear “sculpted from clay”

August 27, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

The New Brick Tectonic, Malaga, Spain, by Muñoz Miranda Architects

A geometric pattern of glass reinforced concrete slats covers the exterior of this housing block in Málaga, which has been designed by Muñoz Miranda Architects. Named the The New Brick Tectonic, the block designed by Spanish practice Muñoz Miranda Architects has been longlisted in the 2019 Dezeen Awards. One of a series of buildings created to rejuvenate a

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Five hotels in Ibiza that combine farmhouse living with contemporary design

August 17, 2019 Amy Frearson 0

There’s more to Ibiza than clubber-oriented resorts – the Spanish island also hosts a growing number of agroturismo hotels in old farmhouses. Here are five that combine a farm-to-fork ethos with contemporary design. La Granja Ibiza German interior-design studio Dreimeta converted a 200-year-old farmhouse and a neighbouring cottage to create La Granja, a members-only retreat

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Vilablanch restores and revamps Barcelona’s Casa Burés

August 14, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Interior design studio Vilablanch selected “silent” contemporary furnishings to deck out this Barcelona apartment block, keeping the focus on the building’s opulent original features. Casa Burés – which is longlisted in the apartment interior category of this year’s Dezeen Awards – has been designed by Vilablanch to feature a host of modern fixtures and furnishings

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Vilablanch restores and revamps Barcelona’s Casa Burés

August 14, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Interior design studio Vilablanch selected “silent” contemporary furnishings to deck out this Barcelona apartment block, keeping the focus on the building’s opulent original features. Casa Burés – which is longlisted in the apartment interior category of this year’s Dezeen Awards – has been designed by Vilablanch to feature a host of modern fixtures and furnishings

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Nook Architects favours living space over bedrooms in Barcelona flat revamp

July 28, 2019 Amy Frearson 0

Caldrap Barcelona Apartment by Nook Architects

Nook Architects has reduced the size of bedrooms in Caldrap, a flat in Barcelona, to make room for a spacious and versatile new living and dining space. The home is located in an ageing high-rise in the city’s Poble Sec neighbourhood. With 67 square-metres of floor space, it was spacious enough to accommodate its new

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Foster + Partners to add giant “floating pavilion” to top of Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

July 25, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Bilbao Fine Arts Museum renovation and extension by Foster

Foster + Partners has revealed its plans to add a large overhanging rooftop extension to the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, as part of its renovation of the institution in northern Spain. The addition to the building is intended to enhance the institution’s “unique identity”, and will contain a mix of gallery spaces and public viewing platforms.

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Prefabricated pine panels clad kindergarten near Barcelona

July 19, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

El Til-ler Kindergarten School by Eduard Balcells, Ignasi Rius and Daniel Tigges

Architects Eduard Balcells, Ignasi Rius and Daniel Tigges have designed a wood-clad concrete kindergarten for the El Tiller Waldorf-Steiner School in Bellaterra, Spain. The concrete and pine kindergarten is one of six structures arranged like a small village around a central “rambla” – a Hispanic term for a promenade or high street. Alongside the kindergarten,

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Beta Ø Architects completes overhaul of X House in Madrid

July 17, 2019 Sabina Sohail 0

Spanish studio Beta Ø Architects has inserted a void and a permeable metal sculpture at the centre of this Madrid family home to let air and natural light flow through its interiors. Located in the city’s affluent El Viso neighbourhood, X House has been overhauled by locally based studio Beta Ø Architects to incorporate elements

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Anthony Burrill’s graphics top delicate timber rooftop pavilion in Barcelona

July 15, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Summer Pavilion by Eugeni Bach, Anthony Burrill and Elisava Barcelona students

Graphic designer Anthony Burrill and architect Eugeni Bach worked with students in Barcelona to build 3KMS, a rooftop pavilion decorated with MDF panels. Forty students from the Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering worked on the pavilion, which stands on the roof of the school. Burrill and Bach are both tutors at the school, and

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Blackened wood appears throughout R Apartment by Francesc Rifé Studio

July 5, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Black-stained wood partitions meet time-worn tile floors inside this Valencia apartment, which has been overhauled by Francesc Rifé Studio. Set within La Finca Roja – a red-brick residential block in Valencia’s Jesús neighbourhood that dates back to 1929 – the R Apartment has been re-designed by Francesc Rifé Studio to feature a mix of old

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