Today we travel to Andalusia to show you the class of 25 homes designed to “zero in the municipality of San Enrique de Cadiz Guadiaro, a small town next to the exclusive development of Sotogrande.

This is a set of 16 townhouses and 9 detached houses, characterized by vertical set of cubic volumes that make up their structures. A design with clean lines and dynamic forms according to the style of A-zero.

The townhouses consist of distributed 300m2 basement level of access, first floor and roof. The verticality of the building structure can be accessed from outside by two levels: the garage (semi-covered with a pergola), which leads to the service area, the laundry and pantry storage, and the ground floor through to the external stairs.

In the access level is located the living room with access to the porch, toilet, kitchen and two bedrooms with bathrooms. The upper floor includes three bedrooms plus en suite and a porch. Finally, the cabinet has been installed a semi-covered terrace and a solarium. Read the rest of this entry »

This year, ICA, the studio founded by young architects from Madrid Iñaqui Butcher (1973), Ignacio Vila (1972) and Alejandro Virseda (1972), celebrating its tenth anniversary.

Ten years of exciting career filled with notable awards, such as obtaining the first prize in a competition to build a sports center for the University Complutense and the competition for the rehabilitation of old ships Slaughter in Madrid where you will install the permanent exhibition ARCO.

Graduates from the School of Architecture of the capital (all three with distinction), won their first major project for the building of the School of Architecture at the Universidad San Pablo CEU in Madrid. Since then his list of awards has been increasing until today in a show of skill and efficiency. Read the rest of this entry »

Ma Yansong is the founder of MAD, is a native of Beijing and received his Master of Architecture from Yale University in 2002. Before founding MAD in 2004, Ma Yansong worked as project designer with Zaha Hadid Architects in London and Eisenman Architect in New York.

MAD is an architectural design studio dedicated to creating innovative projects. Combines sophisticated design philosophy with advanced technology in the exploration of contemporary architecture, landscape design and urban planning. Read the rest of this entry »

I visited the museum to Oteiza Alzuza Navarra. On a promontory surrounded by nature, it dominates the area of Pamplona which is 9 kms. This foundation was designed by the architect Francisco Javier Saenz de Oiza to present the personal collection of Jorge Oteiza (1908/2003) complete artist and also one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century.

I was impressed by the museum to more than one way: by the interest and the wealth of works on display (I will return in another post) by the interior spaces of the museum (ocher red and black, I will come back too), the quality of architecture and how Francisco Javier Saenz de Oiza designed the museum.

He wanted to create this building “a sense of simplicity and balance between content and container”. He kept the housing occupied by Oteiza, a traditional stone house, and totally integrated in its architecture.

Two strong colors dominate: the ocher stones, concrete and black soil, walls and metal structures.

After visiting the museum, includes the work of the architect, longtime friend of Oteiza, in perfect harmony with the work of the artist. Read the rest of this entry »

Under a hazy sky and a temperature of spring that I rediscovered in Burano Italy, and colorful houses. The decor has little changed  since my last visit there a decade. The facades are still as colorful or more houses still dainty.

The story goes that it was women who were responsible for painting the walls while the men were at sea of brightly colored houses were a sign of recognition when they joined their off island.

As you can see from these photos, the streets are quiet, almost non-existent tourists: the ideal time to visit this region of Italy, the Venice lagoon.

Okay, now remains to sort the hundreds of photos taken during these few days… Read the rest of this entry »