Spain

Zooco Estudio uses granite to unify disparate blocks of Gallician arts centre

May 1, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Spanish Zooco Estudio has completed a complex of granite-clad buildings in the city of Verín that come together to form an arts centre for the Galician region. The architects were awarded the Silver A’Design Award for their 3,750-square-metre arts centre, which is made up of ten separate spaces housed within irregularly-cut, stone-clad volumes. The larger block contains a submerged auditorium, with the smaller

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Floating steel staircase takes centre stage in granite house by Marcos Miguélez

April 22, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A staircase featuring cantilevered treads connects the library and living room at the centre of this rough granite-clad house in the Spanish town of Magaz de Abajo. Local architect Marcos Miguélez was asked to create the first home for a young couple with an interest in contemporary architecture. Casa VMS occupies a triangular plot on the edge of the town, which

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