Home renovation by Paloma Bau designed as "ode to the sea"
Textured tiles and exposed surfaces feature in the rehabilitation of this historic home in Valencia completed by local interior design studio Paloma Bau. More
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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
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
Viruta Lab blankets former fisherman's house in Valencia with chequerboard tiles
Spanish interiors studio Viruta Lab has renovated a compact house in El Cabanyal, Valencia's traditional fishing neighbourhood, using geometric blue-and-white tiling for an understated nautical aesthetic. More
Balzar Arquitectos nestles copper-toned home into Valencian olive grove
Spanish studio Balzar Arquitectos has added a copper-toned family house named La Casa de los Olivos to an olive grove in Valencia, Spain. More
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos creates minimalist home behind historic facade in Spain
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. More
Design + Health exhibition in Valencia highlights importance of design in the health sector
Promotion: exhibited as part of World Design Capital Valencia 2022, the Design + Health exhibition showcases the influence of design on advancements in science and medicine. More
Sanchis Olivares creates minimalist white brick home in Spain
Spanish practice Sanchis Olivares used white clay bricks for this home in the suburbs of Valencia, which features an outdoor food preparation area and oven for cooking the city's regional dish, paella. More
Valencia's World Design Capital 2022 pavilion is an ode to local craft
Promotion: a pavilion wrapped in a ceramic-like "skin" and topped with an undulating wooden roof has been installed in Valencia's town square for World Design Capital Valencia 2022. More
Clap Studio creates sunset experience inside Valencia's Baovan restaurant
A half-moon-shaped screen is programmed to mimic the changing colours of a sunset in this bao restaurant in Valencia, Spain, designed by local interiors firm Clap Studio. More
Greek restaurant interior by Masquespacio takes cues from ancient ruins
3D-printed "broken" columns join walls and floors created with an adobe effect at the Egeo restaurant in Valencia by interiors studio Masquespacio that aims to put a modern spin on traditional Greek architecture. More
Designers and architects create visions of future Valencia for World Design Capital 2022
Promotion: five creative studios have produced immersive designs for the Valencia 360 exhibition during World Design Capital Valencia 2022 that show both dystopian and utopian projections of the city's future. More
Masquespacio designs cavernous restaurant interior that nods to adobe architecture
Local studio Masquespacio added undulating, earthy-toned walls to an intimate Valencia restaurant that takes cues from the "organic forms" of Middle Eastern architecture. More
Ana Illueca builds ceramicist search engine for Valencia
More than 100 artisans are united in a directory of Valencia's historic ceramics community, which has been compiled by potter Ana Illueca to make the region's craft skills more "visible internationally and accessible locally". More
Horma Studio designs DM House in Valencia as a "composition of forms and geometries"
A fragmented form finished in white lime render and contrasting terracotta-coloured tiles creates a variety of transitions between interior and exterior at the DM House in Valencia, Spain, designed by local architect Horma Studio. More
Valencia to launch Design Map as part of the World Design Capital 2022
Dezeen promotion: as part of Valencia's designation as World Design Capital 2022, the team is launching a map to document the creative spaces throughout Spain's third-largest city. More
DG Arquitecto adds minimalist interventions to historic Valencia apartment
DG Arquitecto has completed a minimalist renovation of a 1920s penthouse in Valencia, which celebrates the apartment's original mosaic floors, decorative mouldings and arched doorways. More
Horma Studio creates terracotta-toned salad bar in Valencia
A zigzagging plinth that accommodates seating, steps and planters weaves its way through this terracotta-coloured salad bar in Valencia by local design practice Horma Studio. More
Clap Studio designs modular studio that takes cues from the Mediterranean Sea
As part of Valencia's programme as World Design Capital 2022, local firm Clap Studio has created a modular installation for a television studio that was informed by the ocean and made from gridded mesh boxes and illuminated spheres. More
Valencia reveals longterm vision as World Design Capital 2022
Dezeen promotion: establishing a community design centre and creating new design training schools are some of the long-term goals set by the team behind Valencia's winning World Design Capital 2022 bid. More