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Architectures for Territorial Equilibrium: Discover the Spanish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

Paula Pintos — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 05:30:00 +0000

Internalities: Architectures for Territorial Equilibrium is the title of the Spanish exhibition at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale. Curated by Galician architects Roi Salgueiro Barrio and Manuel Bouzas Barcala, the project presented in the pavilion’s central hall aims to "explore key strategies for decarbonizing architecture in Spain."

Concrete Wonders: 40 Impressive Details Using the Cement-Based Building Material

Fabian Dejtiar — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Due to its ability to mold and create different shapes, concrete is one of architecture's most popular materials. While one of its most common uses is as a humble foundation, its plasticity means that it is also used in almost all types of construction, from housing to museums, presenting a variety of details of work that deserves special attention.

Casa EA! / Sebastian Arquitectos

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Located on the outskirts of the town, the house extends on a longitudinal plot between terraces, watching over the views of the old Cayo to the west, the impressive mountain that defines the personality of the beautiful landscape of this area and its natural park.

JM House Renovation / Iñigo Beguiristain

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000

An eighties suburban detached house that symbolizes the early incarnation of the American dream for an emerging middle class. An ‘L’-shaped gable roof defines this house, with an appendix for common areas and another one for bedrooms, which embraces a generous porch facing noon. It is a slight reminiscence of Cabrero's early houses in Puerta del Hierro.

Aldapeta María Ikastetxea School / IDOM

Andreas Luco — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 02:00:00 +0000

The Aldapeta María Ikastetxea School, located on Aldapeta Galtzada Street in the City of San Sebastian, is situated on a privately owned plot of land on a headland called Alto de Aiete, from which there are views over La Concha Bay. The project contemplates the execution of a new 18,000 m2 school, which involves the complete substitution of the original school, which dates from the end of the 19th century. The direction in which education is heading requires new appropriate spaces to educate according to new pedagogical methods. The Colegio de Marianistas in San Sebastián aims to implement a new pedagogical model based on modern educational methodologies, in addition to a commitment to information technologies as tools to support education. For this reason, Compañía de María decided to demolish the old school in order to build a new school, adapted to the new tools, which allows maximizing the new educational practices.

San Juan de Ruesta Chapel Restoration / Sebastián Arquitectos

Andreas Luco — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000

All architecture is built with essential values that determine its condition and nature. Time goes and the modifications we make on them transform or even cause the loss of these formative keys. Restoration works have the aim to put the necessary light on this memory to make architecture return to be again. The hermitage of San Juan de Ruesta ceased to exist in 2001, where administration neglect left into ruins this unique piece of the Camino de Santiago Aragonés, known for having supported one of the collections of Romanesque painting from the s. XII most important in Spain, strapped in 1960 and nowadays exhibited in the Diocesan Museum of Jaca.

Loft A / Arrova | Atelier . Rojo – Vergara

Valeria Silva — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 03:00:00 +0000

The new dwelling is the result of the transformation of an old motorbike repair shop in the Milagrosa district of Pamplona. The intention of the project is to be a kind of prototype for this form of reconversion in the neighborhood, as it has a large number of industrial premises now in disuse and their transformation would greatly help to revitalize the area, a possibility that is however unknown in many cases to the local residents.

O78! Warehouse Renovation / David Martínez | Tangram Arquitectura + Diseño

Valeria Silva — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 01:00:00 +0000

78 Seventy Eight is an internationally successful company from Zaragoza that is in the process of expansion. In line with this growth, it requires new offices in accordance with the brand, for which he proposes to refurbish this old industrial building.

Fire Station No. 4 / IDOM

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Fire Station No. 4, Avda de Zaragoza in the Casetas neighborhood, is located on a publicly owned plot next to the Casetas municipal swimming pools, in a well-connected area, which allows speedy emergency exits.

Improving the Educational Environment with the Reggio Emilia Approach

Audrey Migliani — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 04:30:00 +0000

The Reggio Emilia Approach was created in the post-WWII period at the initiative of widowed mothers and under the coordination of journalist and educator Loris Malaguzzi. In a time of postwar urban reconstruction, the group's primary concern was the formation of new schools, where they wanted to create a peaceful, welcoming, and cheerful environment, with a domestic atmosphere where children could stay while their mothers worked. Understanding the children's interests and providing a suitable environment for exploration and experimentation is one of the focal points of this pedagogy. The creation of a safe and stimulating environment is so fundamental that, in much literature, it appears as a third teacher.

Schools of the Future: How Furniture Influences Learning

Audrey Migliani — Tue, 05 May 2020 04:30:00 +0000

It is a student's right to be educated in a safe, healthy, and even aesthetically appealing environment, especially young students for whom these factors are even more important. For example, it has been shown that when the ergonomics of chairs are inadequate, they can greatly affect levels of concentration and the development of skills such as calligraphy. At the same time, the effectiveness of traditional teaching methods is increasingly being questioned and the quality of alternative methodologies increasingly being considered. In other articles, we discussed in more detail the design of Montessori schools and the atmosphere of Waldorf interiors.

Iker & Maria House / Tangram Arquitectura + Diseño

Valeria Silva — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:00:00 +0000

We find this house with simple lines joining the catalogue of architectural and almost sculptural styles that surround it, located in a private urbanization of an American spirit on the outskirts of Zaragoza.

Jih House Refurbishment / Iñigo Beguiristain + VAILLO + ARCHITECTS

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:00:00 +0000

There was an original project, which was built up to a structural level. It was kept like that, unfinished, as many others. The pre-existence was a very powerful mass of reinforced concrete, characterized by the two facades of the first floor that, acting as beams of great edge, support a generous projection of more than 6 meters. It is also noteworthy the sunken courtyards, which allow the total occupation of the basement, so that much of the living area of the house remains hidden under the ground. On the street level, the aim was to read the completed work as an intersection or twin of two different volumes, with different finishing, on which the lighting holes of the house were punctually drilled.

Detail: Washrooms, Restrooms, Bathrooms, Lavatories, and Toilets

ArchDaily Team — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Besides the kitchen, the bathroom often takes top priority when building or renovating a home. However, choosing a look is not always easy, so here we have gathered 13 stunning bathrooms from previously published projects to provide inspiration in your own designs. Each is filled with inspiring ideas for your own project; from relaxing tubs to sleek showers, one of these bathrooms is sure to suit your style.

Certest Biotec / ACXT Arquitectos

Javier Gaete — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The main activity of Certest Biotec involves research, development and manufacturing of diagnostic tests. Due to its rapid growth, the company decided to move its premises from the business incubator at the European Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) in Aragon to a free 8,000 m2 plot with a dominant position in the San Mateo de Gállego estate.

19 Dwellings on Viana Street / García Floquet Arquitectos

Daniel Sánchez — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Apartment building in Barri dels Velluters, a very degraded but attractive historic neighborhood. This is a private initiative that adds to a series of public proposals (social housing, facilities) for the recovery of the city center.

MP House / alcolea+tárrago arquitectos

Daniel Sánchez — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The commission began in a private competition, in which our office was selected not by a particular project, but by the attitude showed to the clients to build a maximum house with a very small budget in a complicated plot with a very sharp slope. And not least, the involvement and commitment, perhaps beyond any logical reason, to propose successive approximations to the project (up to five preliminary projects and a full executive project with its visa) before the final solution.

Nursery School in Berriozar / Javier Larraz + Iñigo Beguiristain + Iñaki Bergera

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

According to Louis I. Kahn the first school began under a tree, when a man who knew he was a teacher began to discuss what he had learned with others who did not know they were students. Like those students, children under 3 years old learn intuitively and unconsciously. Drawing a parallel with the story of Kahn, one might wonder about the role that tree, that is, architecture, plays in the practice of teaching. We strongly believe in the pedagogical value of architecture and, in the case of a nursery school, its actual capacity to create opportunities that help children to develop suggestive, attractive and safely this stage of their life. The nursery school in Berriozar is established according to a model inherited from the Italian municipal schools of Reggio Emilia, where childcare facilities are primarily organized around a main 'square' that serves as interaction and meeting point and as a space meant for the common activities of the school. Given the distinctive longitudinal proportion of the plot, the square had to be placed in a central position along with two separate courtyards at the ends. Thus, the classrooms and facilities moved into an intermediate position, directly connected to both the central square –illuminated and understood as an outer space– and the playgrounds, treated as an extension of the physical and visual interior spaces.