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Two Lounge Chairs From an Almodóvar Film Became a Madrid Home’s Color Code
A still from a film Ángel and Santiago showed gon architects at their first meeting — Tilda Swinton…
In Madrid, One Piece of Furniture Turns an Office Into a Home
In Madrid’s Carabanchel district, Madrid-based practice ALE ESTUDIO resolves the tension between office and home with a single…
Idearch Studio Restores a Derelict 1886 Farmhouse on the Spanish Island of Menorca
idearch studio strips a derelict 1886 farmhouse on Menorca down to its stone walls, then builds an entirely…
A Pastel-Yellow Kitchen Anchors Paula Ábalos Arquitectura’s Majadahonda Renovation
Paula Ábalos arquitectura reworks a chalet adosado in Majadahonda without erasing the generations of family life it has…
DIIR Reopens a Protected Madrid House Around a Restored Central Courtyard
Casa AMR, a private residence in a protected enclave of central Madrid, restores the clarity of an altered…
PPAA Extends Rafael Moneo’s City Hall Geometry into Logroño’s Public Plaza
At Resonancia, PPAA adds nothing to the plaza in front of Rafael Moneo’s City Hall in Logroño —…
TŁO Threads Reclaimed Timber Slats into a Canopy for Spain’s Concéntrico Festival
Warsaw-based studio TŁO borrows a Polish devotional shelter typology built for pilgrims arriving on foot and repurposes it…
Curved Exterior Volumes Unite Three Houses by Balzar Arquitectos in Valencia
Valencia-based studio Balzar Arquitectos treats industrialized construction as a discipline of precision rather than a shortcut for its…
AMBIGUA Designs a Valencia Triplex Where Cats and Curtains Share the Same Rail
In Valencia, Murcia-based studio AMBIGUA rebuilds a triplex around a single flexible textile system that governs the home…
Diriondostudio Turns 1965 Ceiling Beams Into a 90-Square-Metre Apartment’s Defining Feature
In a 90-square-metre (970-square-foot) apartment inside a 1965 Logroño building, D I — S diriondostudio exposed structural concrete…
Extrarradio Estudio Strips a Lastres House Down to Its Timber Skeleton
In the historic center of Lastres, a former whaling village on the coast of Asturias, Madrid-based architecture practice…
LABLANCA and Santa Arquitectura Cut One Skylight to Light an Entire Barcelona Row House
In the historic center of Premià de Dalt, Barcelona-based practices LABLANCA and Santa Arquitectura renovated the upper floor…
gon architects Turns a Madrid Corridor into a System of Sliding Colored Doors
Casa JAM replaces every door along its central corridor with a floor-to-ceiling sliding panel, so the apartment’s private…
medioestudio Solves a 55 Square Meter Madrid Apartment by Removing Its Circulation
medioestudio reorganized a fragmented 55 m² apartment along Madrid Río Park by making its terrace disappear into the…
Bardo’s Madrid Renovation Uses Acrylic, Not Walls, to Divide a Home Into Scenes
Macedonia is not a home with a floor plan — it’s ten rooms staged like scenes, held together…
A Refrigerator Door Hides Isern Serra’s Retro-Futuristic Bar in Barcelona
Isern Serra has hidden Focacha‘s cocktail bar behind the counter of a working focacceria on Barcelona’s Carrer Tuset,…
Iterare Arquitectos Turns a Preserved Brick Shell into the Nest for a New House in Valencia’s Torrefiel
Valencia’s building code would have let Iterare Arquitectos demolish the existing house outright, and Casa Nido exists because…
The Most Considered Room in the New Mediterranean House Is Now an Outdoor Bath
The most carefully considered room in the new Mediterranean house has moved outdoors, and it is a room…
Zurita and Kalibra Turn a Ruined Border Outpost into a House That Refuses Air Conditioning
Zurita Studio and Kalibra Arquitectura treat a ruined 19th-century border outpost not as a historical object to restore,…
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos Shapes Las Rozas House From Five Cylinders, Oblique Cuts, and a 120-Degree Courtyard
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos breaks a hillside house in Las Rozas into five cylinders, each one shaped by a…
Not a Studio Opens Up a Dark 1919 Barcelona Flat with Colour, Height, and a Sky-Blue Beam
In Barcelona’s Sarrià, Rocco Bibbiani of Not a Studio renovated a 36-square-metre ground-floor flat without adding a single…