Madrid

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• Architects

  Langarita Navarro Arquitectos

• Location

  Madrid, Spain

• Architects in charge

  María Langarita, Víctor Navarro

• Project Year

  2017

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• Architects

  ABATON

• Location

  Calle de Mejía Lequerica, 2, 28004 Madrid, Spain

• Architects in Charge

  Ignacio Lechón; Camino Alonso, Carlos Alonso, Jesús Agreda y Jorge Porto

• Area

  400.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Juan Baraja, Belen Imaz

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• Architects

  ENORME Studio

• Location

  Plaza de Santa Maria Soledad Torres Acosta, 28004 Madrid, Spain

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Javier de Paz García, Luis Alda

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• Architects

  Lucas y Hernández – Gil

• Location

  Madrid, Spain

• Architect in Charge

  Cristina Domínguez Lucas y Fernando Hernández-Gil Ruano

• Area

  200.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photograph

  José Hevia

American artist Janet Echelman's latest sculpture is currently on display at Madrid's Plaza Mayor. Titled "1.78 Madrid," the piece is the latest of Echelman's suspended thread sculptures, and the newest piece in her Earth Time Series begun in 2010. On display until February 19th, the piece was unveiled on Friday to mark Madrid's 400th anniversary.

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• Architects

  Fast and Furious Production Office

• Location

  Madrid, Spain

• Area

  150.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Imagen Subliminal

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• Architects

  Lucas y Hernández – Gil

• Location

  Madrid, Spain

• Architects in Charge

  Cristina Domínguez, Lucas y Fernando Hernández-Gil Ruano

• Area

  400.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  José Hevia

Earlier this year the Plaza Mayor in Madrid awoke covered by a giant meadow of natural grass. A circle of 70 meters in diameter, without any restriction of access, allowed Madrilenians to take a break, sit down, read a book or simply take a picture, enjoying this urban landmark from a new perspective.

This seemingly simple, but impressive doing is the most recent intervention by the anonymous artist SpY was part of Four Seasons (Cuatro Estaciones), an urban art program run by the Madrid City Council to celebrate the IV Centenary of the Plaza Mayor.

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• Architects

  Andrés Jaque Architects

• Location

  Calle de Hermosilla, 4, 28001 Madrid, Spain

• Office for Political Innovation

  Laura Mora Vitoria, Roberto González García, Paola Pardo, Víctor Cano Ciborro, Nieves Calvo López, Marina Fernández Ramos, Marta Jarabo Devesa, Danay Kamdar, Pablo Maldonado, Solé Mallol, Valentina Marín, Flavio Martella, Víctor Nouman García, Larissa Reis, Isabel Sánchez del Campo, Belverence Tameau, Borja García Lázaro.

• Landscaping Contractor

  Desert City and Los Peñotes

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Miguel de Guzmán y Rocío Romero. Imagen Subliminal

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• Architects

  elii

• Location

  Madrid, Spain

• Author Architects

  Uriel Fogué, Eva Gil, Carlos Palacios

• Area

  33.6 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Imagen Subliminal

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• Architects

  BETA.ø architecture office

• Location

  Madrid, Spain

• Architect in Charge

  Borja Peña Morientes

• Area

  100.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Imagen Subliminal

• Architects

  Fenwick Iribarren Architects

• Location

  Calle de O'Donnell, 12, 28009 Madrid, Spain

• Arquitectos a Cargo

  Javier Iribarren, Mark Fenwick

• Area

  9000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Miguel Guzmán & Rocío Romero

After the first series of photographs revealing Madrid's architectural geometries, Joel Filipe shared his work with us again; this time the Into the Fog series. In these photographs, Filipe presents, through a layer of mist, well-known projects featuring the skyline of the Spanish capital. 

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Madrid is unfathomable. If the city itself is immense, it´s examples of interesting architecture are overwhelming. For over a half a century, Madrid has been an experimental laboratory for modern and contemporary architecture in Spain. With numerous examples of innovative and experimental architecture, as well as many failures, few of which are valued and recognized. This selection seeks to show archetypal examples of architecture that have transcended time; it does not intend to be an exhaustive list of the city´s architectural works. Many will think that the list lacks important buildings and personally, I couldn´t agree more. That is perhaps the beauty of Madrid: there is a diversity of opinion, there are thousands of sites to see, the city surprises you with every step you take. 

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