MBM Arquitectes

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Biography

Deyan Sudjic writes in the prologue to his volume on MBM’s work, published in 2006 by RBA Editores, that studio MBM is not interested in creating aggressive, spectacular or “signature” architectural projects, but the value of their work lies in its recognisability and ability to express their cultural roots.
The five partners who direct MBM (Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay, Capdevila and Gual) have a creative approach combining digital representation tools with freehand design. When it was founded in 1951, the studio set itself the goal of opposing Francoist style by drawing on the experiences of modern Italian architecture and the critical approach demonstrated by its contemporaries in Milan and Rome. Society and its needs became the essential values in a new architectural vocabulary.
In 1992 MBM came up with the urban masterplan for the Barcelona Olympic Games, planning a number of public spaces which big names in international architecture then designed.
The team now has a staff of 30 and maintains close contact with the universities and with political and cultural movements, studying social needs and making architecture a tool for responding to them.
 
SELECTED PROJECTS
 
- Design HUB Museum of Design, Barcellona (Spagna), 2013
- Uffici RBA Editors, Barcellona (Spagna), 2011
- Stazione centrale della Polizia in Plaça Espanya, Barcellona (Spagna), 2010
- Scuola Costa i Llobera, Barcellona (Spagna), 2008
- Uffici UGT trade union, Barcellona (Spagna), 2008
- Edificio Neapolis, Vilanova (Spagna), 2008
- Kleine Circus, Maastricht (Olanda), 1998
- Paseo maritimo, Benidorm (Spagna), 1996
- Padiglione del Futuro, Siviglia (Spagna), 1992
- Masterplan per il Villaggio Olimpico, Barcellona (Spagna), 1992
- Vila Olimpica, Barcellona (Spagna), 1992
- Harbormaster's house, Porto Olimpico, Barcellona (Spagna), 1991
- Hotel Melia, Puerto Vallarta (Messico), 1990
- Guardiola house, Argentona (Spagna), 1955
 
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