ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sat, 9 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/485230/alvaro-siza-juan-domingo-santos-design-new-gate-of-alhambra Tue, 11 Mar 2014 01:00:00 +0000 Karissa Rosenfield https://www.archdaily.com/485230/alvaro-siza-juan-domingo-santos-design-new-gate-of-alhambra Commissioned after winning an international competition in 2010, Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Viera and Granada-based Juan Domingo Santos have unveiled designs for a new entrance and visitors center at the Alhambra World Heritage site. A result of “superimposing a regular geometry over a territory of topography,” the new gate rearranges visitor access into the more than 1000-year-old monument through a series of enclosed, shaded courtyards and open, sunlit terraces.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/160456/water-museum-juan-domingo-santos Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Megan Jett https://www.archdaily.com/160456/water-museum-juan-domingo-santos The Lanjarón municipality is on the southern flank of Sierra Nevada. It is famous for its crafts, its honey and the quality of its medicinal water, including one of Spain’s most famous spas. The museum project began with a search for a site favored by the presence of the water in natural conditions. The chosen area is at the entrance to the Sierra Nevada Regional Park, alongside the Lanjarón River and an irrigation ditch that runs around several old buildings that were formerly the municipal abattoir. The museum is installed in on this site to safeguard the natural environment from property speculation with the design of a pedestrian itinerary that connects the new activity with the water infrastructure and several examples of traditional architecture, including watermills and an old public laundry.

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