The Spanish architecture practice Barea+Partners has been selected to create the image of an Italian restaurant in downtown Madrid. Taking as starting point the varied Mediterranean cuisine offered by the restaurant, B+P proposes a space inspired by the Amalfi coast, and creates an environment that takes the customer to a romantic place away from the […]
Joaquin Altamirano and Silvia Martín worked with Daniel Bergman Vázquez of Estudio Untercio to create an open-plan oasis in an apartment building in central Madrid. The couple’s new 753-square-foot penthouse apartment suffered from a typical midcentury layout, with spaces for cooking, sleeping, and bathing strictly segregated into cell-like rooms linked by a dark hallway. Martín
Located in Madrid, this attic house was designed by Spanish architect Idoia Otegui. Description by Idoia Otegui: The best of the countryside in the best part of the city. They say we cannot have it all and that we always desire what we don’t have. But sometimes it happens, sometimes the bell rings and you encounter
Patisserie III is a project completed in December 2015 by Madrid-based Ideo arquitectura. This project consists of a new design of a third bakery in Madrid which makes bread and cakes. The client believes that every bakery should be unique and different to the other ones and the only specific design request is the use
ÁBATON recently completed Ayala House, a full reconversion of 213 sq mt old flat in the heart of Barrio de Salamanca, Madrid. Description by ÁBATON: Initially it was an old house, with a traditional layout (the kitchen and the staff rooms were located at the end of it) and with so many rooms that avoided natural
Stella house is a family home designed by Madrid-based PKMN Architectures. Description by PKMN Architectures: Stella is Colombian and her husband Michael, English. They live with their two young children in the center of Madrid. Receive multiple visits from family and friends from both sides of the Atlantic. The famous “guest room” seemed the only
In 2013, Yolanda the designer from Errepila, moves into her grandparents’ house, situated in a small village in Madrid, away from the bustle of the city. Built in 1942, with 50 square meters a floor and a large courtyard, the house needed a comprehensive renovation in order to be inhabited. Also, Yolanda wanted to establish
