Real Madrid Assembles All-Star Cast of Architects to Go Head to Head

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in . One of three all-star teams will win the opportunity to renovate this stadium. Photo via Flickr CC User 2011jmj

The Challenge: Convert Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium into “an architectural icon for Madrid and an internationally-recognized exemplar of sports infrastructure.

The Contenders: Three teams, each made up of two all-star firms (one Spanish, one not).

The first all-star pairing? Herzog and de Meuron with Rafael Moneo

Find out which other famous Architects are the competition, after the break.

Rey Juan Carlos Hospital / Rafael De La-Hoz

© Alfonso Quiroga

Architects: Rafael de La-Hoz
Location: Móstoles, Madrid,
Design Architects: Hugo Berenguer / Francisco Arévalo / Miguel Maíza / Jacobo Ordás / Carolina Fernández / Encarna Sánchez / Gonzalo Robles / Javier Gómez / Ignacio Jaso
Basic Project: Miguel Miguel Maíza / Jacobo Ordás / Gonzalo Robles / Javier Gómez
Execution Project: Miguel Maíza / Sigfried Burguer / Hugo Berenguer / Jacobo Ordás / Gonzalo Robles / Javier Gómez / Peter Germann / Laura Díaz / Fernando de la Fuente / Saúl Castellanos / Carmen Salinas / Ignacio Jaso
Work Coordination: Miguel Maíza / Jacobo Ordás
Computer Graphics Design: Luis Muñoz / Daniel Roris
Models: Victor Coronel / Fernando Mont
Ground Surface: 90,000 sqm
Built Area overground: 69,782sqm
Built Area underground: 24,923.20 sqm
Built Total Area: 94,705.49 sqm
Cost: € 74,104,475.25
Photographs: Alfonso Quiroga

 

In Progress: New Repsol Headquarters / Rafael de la Hoz

Courtesy of Rafael de la Hoz

After selling the previous Repsol tower, designed by to Caja , Spanish architect, Rafael de la Hoz was commissioned to design the company’s new headquarters. In an extensive area in southern Madrid, he designed a set of four buildings, which are intended to reflect the image of a campus.

Telefonica Headquarters, Madrid / Rafael de La-Hoz

Architect: Rafael de La-Hoz Castanys
Location: , España
Client: Telefónica de España S.A.
constructed Area: 390.000 sqm
Project’s directors: Hugo Berenguer, Siegfried Bürger, Francisco Arévalo, Miguel Maiza, Jesús Román, Carolina Fernández y Belén Rivera
Management directors: Rafael Quintana y Manuel Doménech
construction directors: Pilar Anastasio, Daniel González , Concha Peña y Félix Falcone
Landscape: Marion Weber