The first governor of the Canary Islands ordered the construction of a tower at the end of the 15th century, and when it was extended a few years later, the space located between the tower and the new perimeter walls was filled with earth to increase
The largest of David Chipperfield Architects’ projects currently under construction, the new law courts complex of Barcelona breaks down the 330,000 m2 programme into eight freestanding buildings, linked by a continuous atrium space. The project incl
Many aspects converged in this project.?In the first place, the intrinsic nature of its program made reference to the creation of a space of illusions, to a world of fantasy; that is, to the imaginary as substance of the project. Secondly, the except
Symbol of the Sabadell of the eighties decade, Maciá avenue makes up the commercial and residential axis which structures the new economic and urban model of the city. Closely controlled by regulations, the mixed volumetry which shapes this street in
Situada en el término municipal de Cigales, La Legua no es sólo una explotación agrícola, sino el punto de reunión familiar de sus propietarios y su lugar de ocio y descanso. Para construir una nave de embotellado, almacenamiento y reposo de los cald
From the coast of the most southern of the Rías Bajas, the city of Vigo renders tribute to the ocean with the Sea Museum. Over the Punta de Muiño – which marks the point where the harbor area ends and the beaches begin –, the museum mediates between
En un lugar privilegiado de la meseta castellana, sobre el espigón que separa los valles del Duero y del Duratón, el castillo de Peñafiel domina visualmente en dirección norte-sur las siete vaguadas que lo rodean. Inscrito en uno de sus patios se enc
This spiral-shaped beehive, commonly known as ‘the bullring,’ is counted among the most polemical projects of a mature and monumental Oíza, who performs as an eloquent and uninhibited master. The program of the relocation of more than three hundred s
In 1996, the local government of La Coruña organized a competition aimed at endowing its small municipalities with sports infrastructures. A first phase summoned participants to propose models for outdoor swimming pools adaptable to the specific requ
The century bids farewell with the death of van Eyck, the inaugurations of the Reichstag and the Kursaal, and Eisenman’s project for Santiago de Compostela.
From euforia to despondency: rarely has the collective state of mind experienced such an extraordinary mutation in a single year. What began as an annus mirabilis for a nation that confidently readied itself for the fifth centenary of the discovery o
