GMP Architekten tranforms Santiago Bernabéu into "sparkling" Madrid landmark
Architecture studio GMP Architekten has completed its remodelling of the Santiago Bernabéu stadium for Real Madrid, wrapping the exterior in sinuous metal louvres. More
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Funcionable restores and updates historic home in Spain
Spanish architecture practice Funcionable has renovated a century-old home in a heritage-protected area of Toledo, making "few but radical" alterations to its historic masonry fabric. More
MIAS references spider anatomy for foyer of Spanish healthcare centre
A radial wooden structure reminiscent of the body of a spider defines this foyer for a therapeutic healthcare centre, completed by architecture studio MIAS in the hills of Catalonia. More
Núñez Ribot pairs cork with mass timber at Casa Pádel in Madrid
Spanish architects Teo Nuñez and Almudena Ribot have built the Casa Pádel apartment block in Madrid, combining a cross-laminated timber structure with cork cladding. More
Isern Serra designs Barcelona modelling agency as a "landscape" for taking photos
Pale walls, sculptural furnishings and sunken plant features provide a striking backdrop to photoshoots taking place inside this Barcelona modelling agency, devised by Spanish studio Isern Serra. More
FRPO creates "cathedral of energy" with translucent polycarbonate tower
Architecture studio FRPO has designed DH Palencia, a thermal power plant in Spain consisting of a concrete base topped by a lantern-like building and an adjacent tower. More
Stepped villa in Menorca by Nomo Studio offers "an abundance of textures"
A cluster of white-plaster volumes steps down a hillside to frame views of the Mediterranean Sea at Bundle House, a villa in Menorca by architecture practice Nomo Studio. More
IAAC creates mobile Moca dwelling with openable fabric facades
Students and researchers at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia have constructed a mobile home in Barcelona using wood from Collserola Natural Park. More
Miriam Barrio creates "organic and natural" interiors for Barcelona curly hair salon
Barcelona-based Miriam Barrio Studios has transformed the interiors of a modernist building into Curly Lab, a curly hair salon incorporating curved shapes and copper-toned surfaces. More
H3O creates "unpredictable" zigzagging interiors for lightning-struck home
Three jagged walls delineate the colourful spaces inside this converted barn in Sant Just Desvern, Spain, transformed by Barcelona studio H3O to reference a lightning bolt that struck the building generations ago. More
Masquespacio founders create home and office where "everything revolves around play"
The founders of Spanish studio Masquespacio have transformed a traditional Valencian farmhouse into their self-designed home and studio, with maximalist interiors that nod to the Memphis movement. More
Red accents enliven social housing block on triangular plot in Barcelona
Movable metal shutters reveal bright red balconies at this social housing block in Barcelona, created by local architecture studios MIAS and Coll-Leclerc Architects.
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Kauh restores historic Spanish park to be a "palimpsest of its evolution"
Spanish architecture practice Kauh has completed the renovation of La Hoya Park in the historical centre of Almería, restoring a series of stepped, dry stone terraces on the site of a 13th-century town. More
Life Reusing Posidonia was a prototype for "hyper-local architecture" on the Balearic islands
Next in our Social Housing Revival series we examine Life Reusing Posidonia – a group of 14 dwellings on the Mediterranean island of Formentera designed by architects at the Balearic Social Housing Institute using locally sourced materials such as dried seagrass. More
Destudio inverts day and night zones at redesigned Casa Inversa apartment
Architecture office Destudio has remodelled an apartment in Valencia for a couple of empty nesters, swapping the positions of the living and sleeping areas so they perform better for the owners' lifestyles. More
Barcelona's "best projects are being done in the field of social housing"
As part of our Social Housing Revival series, we spotlight the city of Barcelona, which is shrugging off the legacy of fascism by rapidly ramping up its supply of social housing. More
Gurea Arquitectura Cooperativa clads rural Spanish house with cork blocks
Architecture studio Gurea Arquitectura Cooperativa has completed The Cork and Wood House, a home in Spain that is finished with a raw palette of materials. More
Isern Serra completes "serene" office for Spanish eyewear brand
Sculptural custom-made furniture adds artistic flourishes to this otherwise minimal showroom and head office, designed by Spanish interiors studio Isern Serra for eyewear brand Gigi Studios. More
Be Studio punctuates Spanish apartment block with ceramic tiles and green blinds
Architecture practice Be Studio has created the Churruca apartment block in the coastal region of Maresme, which is organised around a four-storey internal courtyard. More
Lucas y Hernández Gil adds multi-use greenhouse to Madrid bungalow
A renovated 1970s bungalow with "kitsch character" and a greenhouse that doubles as a living room feature in Casamontesa – a weekend home designed by Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández Gil. More