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Pedro Pegenaute photographs Spanish “foodscapes” for Venice Architecture Biennale

May 30, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

The Spanish pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale spotlights the country’s agro-architectural infrastructure, with imagery by photographer Pedro Pegenaute. Pegenaute visited over 50 sites across the country to create a photography series that reveals the buildings and landscapes involved in producing everyday food products. These locations include factory buildings, farms, distribution centres, workshops and a

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Raúl Sanchez Architects divides Barcelona apartment with 21-metre-long wooden wall

May 30, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

A lengthy walnut-panelled wall runs through the bright white living spaces inside this Barcelona apartment, renovated by local studio Raúl Sanchez Architects. The Girona Street apartment is set within a 19th-century building in Barcelona’s affluent Dreta de l’Eixample neighbourhood and belongs to a design-savvy couple with two young children. Prior to the renovation, the apartment

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Arquitecturia designs Catalan house as cluster of pavilions around garden

May 19, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Spanish practice Arquitecturia has completed a home in the Catalan town of Caldes de Malavella, which is comprised of six small buildings organised around a courtyard at its centre. Girona-based Arquitecturia, led by Josep Camps and Olga Felip, designed House 016 to foster a close connection to both its site, which is surrounded by lawns

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Office for Strategic Spaces revitalises historic Barcelona apartment block

May 12, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Spanish architecture practice Office for Strategic Spaces has refurbished a 19th-century housing block in Barcelona, unlocking a previously neglected yard space with a new public courtyard linked by criss-crossing metal walkways. The block, called La Carboneria, sits within Barcelona’s Eixample district, known for its famous gridded urban plan designed by Ildefons Cedrá. During the design

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Agora Arquitectura elevates prefabricated timber home on brick base

May 8, 2023 Katie Last 0

Spanish studio Agora Arquitectura has converted a derelict brick building into a base for a raised timber house on the outskirts of Barcelona. Appropriately named House on a Brick Base, the home is located on an agricultural site that featured an old tool shed and a small red-brick building – both of which were in

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Foster + Partners to add barrel-vaulted visitor centre to Spanish winery

April 25, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A barrel-vaulted visitor centre with an earthy colour palette is set to be added to Bodegas Faustino winery in Rioja as part of a renovation by British architecture studio Foster + Partners. The refurbishment of the Spanish estate is being carried out by Foster + Partners to help “integrate the winery more closely with the

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H Arquitectes transforms 19th-century Barcelona terrace with brick extension

April 24, 2023 Katie Last 0

Spanish studio H Arquitectes has converted a small 19th-century dwelling into a spacious family home in Barcelona named House 1616. Arranged across three levels, the terraced home has been transformed from a single-storey building with two new brick levels that draw upon the building’s original design. Located on a dense street in the Spanish city, House

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Casa Dosmurs by Mesura “disappears entirely from the street’s view”

April 22, 2023 Nicole Rambla 0

Spanish studio Mesura has created a brick and concrete house that steps down a steep hill and features giant windows that frame the surrounding Mediterranean landscape. Named Casa Dosmurs, the home is designed to blend in with its site in the residential area of Alella in Catalonia, Spain, with its flat roof the only part

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Plantea Estudio creates cosy cave-like room within bar Gota

April 18, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

A red “cave” hides behind the main dining space of this wine and small plates bar in Madrid designed by interiors studio Plantea Estudio. Located on the ground floor of a neoclassical building in Madrid’s buzzy Justicia neighbourhood, Plantea Estudio designed Gota to appear “dark, stony and secluded”. Guests ring a bell to enter the 70-square-metre bar, and are then

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Emma Martí celebrates Menorca’s architectural heritage in Hevresac Hotel

April 13, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Spanish architect Emma Martí has converted an 18th-century townhouse on the Balearic island of Menorca into the intimate eight-bedroom Hevresac Hotel, taking over all of its five floors from basement to attic. The building, which originally belonged to a local merchant and privateer, is set in the historic centre of Mahón – a former trade

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