Tag Madrid

12-06-2013
Sustainable, multi award-winning architecture in Milan. Milanofiori by OBR
A housing complex constructed in Milanofiori, a district in Milan characterised by a series of functions.

06-06-2013
Mies van der Rohe Award 2013
The Harpa project built in Reykjavik by Henning Larsen Architects with Batteríid architects and Studio Olafur Eliasson wins the Mies van der Rohe Award 2013.

28-05-2013
Spain mon amour and Ruinas Modernas exhibitions
New Spanish architecture and examination of the damaging effects of urban speculation prior to the economic crisis are the focus of two simultaneous exhibitions at Museo ICO in Spain.

17-04-2013
FRPO Rodriguez & Oriol: MO house in Madrid
By interpreting the design of a house like that of a city area or urban community, the FRPO Rodriguez & Oriol studio has deconstructed residential architecture into a series of functions, combining them according to paths and focusing on what links the separate parts. Their choice of building materials was vital: crossed plywood panels that reflect the environmental sustainability of the work.

04-04-2013
The secret restaurant. Hidden architecture in Madrid.
In their design of a secret restaurant in Madrid, the goal of Spanish architects, Ramon López-Neira and Beatriz Ciaurri was to create a building that was invisible to the outside world but that at the same time would give its customers a pleasant and unique experience.

14-09-2012
A-cero, marble and bamboo home in Madrid
One of the latest projects by the A-cero architectural firm of Joaquin Torres and Rafael Llamazares is a single-family house north of Madrid.

07-08-2012
EXIT architects: San José parish centre, a landmark for the neighbourhood.
A residential district in El Casar, to the north of Madrid, provides the setting for a project by EXIT architects of Spain in which carefully chosen materials create a new landmark which does not claim the status of star attraction.

05-06-2012
Eduardo Merello Godino, Centro Médico y de Bienestar Milenium
Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™ materials are used in renovation of a healthcare centre in Spain, demonstrating that a ventilated façade made out of ceramic units can help provide passive protection and reduce pollutants.