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Fran Silvestre Arquitectos creates minimalist home behind historic facade in Spain

March 27, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Sparse and minimalist interiors define this home in Valencia, Spain, by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, which sits behind the historic frontage of a large 20th-century residential building. Called The Empty House, the four-bedroom dwelling was designed to be a “blank canvas” for its owners, with plain interiors that starkly contrast the traditional shell of the existing

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Energy-saving 10K House in Barcelona is a “labyrinth that multiplies perspectives”

March 17, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Spanish studio Takk took cues from snugly stacked Russian dolls for the interior renovation of this Barcelona apartment, which features rooms nestled inside each other to maximise insulation. Called 10K House, the 50-square-metre apartment was renovated by Takk using a material budget of only 10,000 euros with the aim of updating the home to be

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Auba Studio converts 1980s bakery in Spain into industrial NZ10 Apartment

March 6, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Raw materials and exposed fittings bring an industrial character to this apartment in Palma, Spain, which was converted from a former bakery by local architect Auba Studio. The 1980s bakery, which is located on the ground floor of a residential block, was stripped back by Auba Studio to reveal its high ceilings and bare structure.

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Natural Connections exhibition aims to “help people rediscover nature”

February 20, 2023 Alice Finney 0

Designers Inma Bermúdez, Moritz Krefter, Jorge Penadés and Alvaro Catalán de Ocón have created three playful wooden furniture pieces on show at Madrid Design Festival. Devised by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), Natural Connections was on show in the entrance hall of the cultural building Matadero Madrid. Each of the three furniture pieces was

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Nagami 3D-prints recycled plastic to mimic melting glaciers in Spanish boutique

February 16, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

Spanish design studio Nagami has completed a shop interior for sustainable clothing brand Ecoalf near Madrid that is almost entirely 3D printed from recycled plastic. Walls, shelves and display tables inside the store in the Las Rozas Village designer outlet are made from 3.3 tonnes of repurposed plastic waste, sourced mainly from hospitals and used

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Studio Noju renovates curvy apartment in brutalist Torres Blancas tower

January 26, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Local firm Studio Noju has updated a two-storey Madrid apartment within the Torres Blancas high-rise with a renovation that remains “in constant dialogue” with the original apartment design. Designed in 1961 by architect Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíz, Torres Blancas is a 71-metre-high exposed concrete tower featuring cylindrical shapes that create bulbous balconies on its

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Lucas y Hernández-Gil uses extreme colour blocking in Naked and Famous bar

January 22, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Madrid-based studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil has used reflective materials, neon lighting and sunset colours to create intense interiors for a bar in Seville. Called Naked and Famous, the bar contains a series of rooms that explore extremely different moods, thanks to varying colours, materials and lighting conditions. According to architect Cristina Domínguez Lucas, co-founder of

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Rambla Climate-House shows how suburban homes can support biodiversity

January 13, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Spanish architects Andrés Jaque and Miguel Mesa del Castillo have built a climate-conscious house that restores the drought-tolerant ecology of a site on the outskirts of Murcia. Rambla Climate-House is raised up on stilts above a wild landscape, designed to preserve the site’s soil humidity and rejuvenate its biodiversity. The fissured topography is modelled on the ravines –

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Andrés Jaque designs Reggio School “to become a multiverse”

January 3, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Spanish architect Andrés Jaque’s Office for Political Innovation has completed a school near Madrid that aims to be as colourful and playful as a child’s imagination. Located in Encinar de los Reyes, on the northern outskirts of the Spanish capital, Reggio School is a six-storey building featuring cork walls, concrete arches, porthole windows and zigzagging

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