Designed as a collaboration between Norwegian studio Gartnerfuglen and Spanish architect Mariana de Delás, the Grooming Retreat was the “dream” request of a woman who had recently moved back to her hometown in the south of the Spanish island. Description by Mariana de Delás: Located on a remote agricultural state in southern Mallorca, this structure […]
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
Designed by Arrokabe Architects, Casa do Medio is a house for a couple with three grown-up sons willing to move to the historical center of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Rúa do Medio is a quiet residential street that runs parallel to the Camino as it enters the historic city. The main body of the rehabilitated
Architect: Josep Ferrando Bramona Architecture Project: Longitudinal House / Barcelona Photographs: Adrià Goula The historical quarter of Sant Cugat del Vallès, north of the city of Barcelona, is listed as a cultural heritage site, so this old dwelling set between party walls – with just a five-meter bay – was required to preserve its front
Architects: AMM Arquitectes Project: Rebuilding and Extension / Can Calau Location: Sant Joan les Fonts. Girona, Spain Area: 291 mp Photoraphs: Marc Torra, David Pèrez, Carles Suàrez, Pep Sau Description by architect: From a listed farmhouse in a ruinous estate, located in the Natural Park of the Volcanic Zone in the region of Garrotxa, it
A volume created from the urban needs after the emergence of a new avenue, changing the section of the street and the height of the buildings around it. That temporary space between what once was and what currently is planned, causes a hybrid street, changing and surprising.
Architects: Cubus Architect in Charge: David Pou van den Bossche, Estel Ortega Vázquez Location: Doade, Lugo, Galicia, Spain Photographs: Adrià Goula, Antonio Rodriguez, Estel Ortega Barcelona-based Cubus Arquitectura has turned an old stone winery into a family home in Galicia, Spain. Description by Cubus: The old stone wineries of the Ribeira Sacra (Galicia) were (and
Tmolo House, designed by Pyo Arquitectos, transforms an old farmhouse converted into a holiday home for a young family with four daughters. Located in Granda de Abajo, Spain, the house underwent extensive renovation after being untouched for over five decades.
