Spain

"Formentera was unique. The sea, and a little rock in the sea, and I was on this little-known rock because there was nothing there. [...] Being warm in winter when it is cold, being cool in summer when it is hot, and conserving water—that is all that is necessary to live. The wind, the sun, and the rain were what I needed, nothing more," summarized Henri Quillé in 2016, from Paris, after a career dedicated to building some 30 houses on Formentera, the smallest of the Balearic Islands.

On June 4th and 5th, Knauf’s exclusive international event, 'Room For Expression'—which has already been successfully held in other parts of Europe—arrives in Spain to discuss acoustic comfort. It will take place at Las Alhajas Palacio, a historic and iconic building in Madrid. The event will be attended by prominent professionals from the worlds of architecture, design, acoustics, performing arts, and gastronomy, as well as representatives from the country’s leading institutions in these sectors.

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Widely regarded as one of the most important works of 20th-century architecture, the significance of Madrid's Torres Colón lies in the fact that, from both an architectural and engineering perspective, a suspended building of this kind had never been built before.

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