Tuñón Arquitectos has completed Casa de Piedra, a house in the town of Cáceres, Spain, which is built from solid stone and laid out in a grid of nine cube-shaped rooms. Casa de Piedra is built from local quartzite, with widows framed in granite. Located on a plot sloping slightly down towards the town, Tuñón
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A patchwork of roughly hewn local stone and smooth plaster forms the facades of this house, designed by architects Nomo Studio to overlook the sea in Menorca. The Barcelona-based architects used limestone that was excavated from the foundations of Stone House for its facade. “In Stone House the strong concept lies in the facade composition and
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An extruded T-shaped roof that is also a walkway covers a glazed box in this dramatic house designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos in Valencia, Spain. Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designed Hoffman House so that its residents can walk along the rooftop and admire the surrounding landscape. Hoffman House, reminiscent of Modernist projects such as Philip Johnson’s
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Barcelona’s city authority has granted the Antoni Gaudí-designed Sagrada Familia, which has been under construction since 1882, its first building permit. The UNESCO world heritage site now has an official permit from the local council that will allow the building to be completed. The announcement was made by Janet Sanz, Barcelona’s deputy mayor for ecology,
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A major plan to reduce air pollution in Madrid may be repealed, because incoming politicians want to bring back traffic back into the city. Isabel Díaz Ayuso of Spain’s right-wing Partido Popular (PP), who is expected to become president of the Madrid region, said that traffic jams are part of what make the Spanish capital
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Kengo Kuma and Associates has designed a new store in Barcelona, Spain, for their client, Camper, that has an eye-catching pattern on its walls, drawing the attention of passerbys. Inside, the pattern on the walls is revealed to be made up of roof-tile like ceramic elements, that neatly complement each other. Inspired by […]
EMBT has completed a Maggie’s Centre for cancer care at an art nouveau-hospital in Barcelona, with interiors designed by Patricia Urquiola. Located in the grounds of the Sant Pau Hospital, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Spain, the Kálida Sant Pau Centre is the first building created by the Maggie’s Centres charity in mainland Europe. It is distinguished
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Aged brick walls and ceiling beams hint at the past lives of this building in Barcelona, which Cadaval & Solà-Morales has turned into a contemporary home. Named after its former life as a drama venue, The Theatre house has been overhauled by local studio Cadaval & Solà-Morales to feature lofty living and work spaces. The house
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Reina & Asociados has transformed the vaulted brick cellars of the Palacio del Rey don Pedro at Seville’s Royal Alcázar into an exhibition space. The refurbishment opens up the previously closed vaulted chambers to the public and will eventually serve as an exhibition space for a selection of archaeological artifacts gathered from the Alcázar’s collection. Located inside
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Architect Martin Lejarraga has updated a shelter used by hikers, hunters and mountaineers in Murcia, Spain, adding a layer of red-brick cladding that contrasts with the surrounding greenery. The project involved the complete refurbishment of a small refuge known as “La Casa del Ángel” in the Sierra de Jumilla mountains. Lejarraga wanted to maintain the
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