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Two Spanish Buildings Among the RIBA Award Winners

SpainHouses.netJune 25, 2012June 27, 2012Leave a comment

The old bullring of Las Arenas, in Barcelona, and the Bilbao Arena Sports Palace are among the 59 prizewinners of the British architecture awards RIBA, according to the own organization.

The 59 buildings were designed by architects settled in the United Kingdom. The next July 23^rd six of these buildings will be selected in order to apply for the prestigious award Stirling 2012 ‘to the major contribution in British architecture’, that will be given in October 13^th.

The buildings designers will receive next Thursday a certificate from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in recognition of their excellency.

Among the award winners, the RIBA has chosen the Catalonian bullring of Las Arenas, because of its radical transformation, made by Roger Stirk Harbour & Partners. The bullring has been rebuild as a shopping center, but keeping its original facade.

Plaza de Toros de las Arenas Barcelona - Two Spanish Buildings Among the RIBA Award Winners — Las Arenas Bullring (Barcelona)

Palacio de Deportes Bilbao Arena - Two Spanish Buildings Among the RIBA Award Winners — Sports Palace Bilbao Arena

Source: publico.es

The most expensive mansion in Spain

SpainHouses.netJune 22, 2012June 27, 2012Leave a comment

The most expensive house in Spain is located in Mallorca, and it is waiting for a big bank account to fall for it. Better to write it fully: fifty millions Euros. Or what is the same: more than eight thousand millions of the old pesetas.

The mansion has 3.500 square meters built, and 15.000 square meters of gardens. There are 8 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms. It also has two swimming pools, one outdoors and one indoors, spa, wine cellar, a cinema room, heliport, and beautiful views of Alcudia and Pollença bays.

Seeing the ostentatious entrance, with a front door created by the sculptor Isassy and a luxury railing, anyone can tell what comes next is not a common house. Built over imposing marble columns and impeccable style, it keeps waiting for someone to be its lucky owner.

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Santa Eulalia. Wonderful Destination 1

SpainHouses.netJune 15, 2012June 19, 20121 Comment

House of the Week: Detached house for sale in Santa Eulalia del Río (Baleares)

6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, Area Lot 5,400 m2, Built area 450 m2, Area useful 450 m2, Swimming-pool, Resale, In Rural Area

Charming house in a fincastyle in the countryside of St. Eulalia and close to Azaro, 5400 m2 of plot, 450 m2 surface, roofterrace with nice countryview, several terraces, individual guesthouse, matured garden, mains water with 12. 000l of water stored.

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Vacation Rentals Down 17%

SpainHouses.netJune 14, 2012March 31, 2020Leave a comment

Costa Cálida, Costa del Sol and Canary Islands are the hottest destinations

cadiz playa 300x194 - Vacation Rentals Down 17% According to statistics, the destination which has come down in price most is the Costa Cálida (Murcia), where it is now possible to rent a house for an average of 24 euros per person per day, which is 40.56 per cent less than the 2011 prices.

These declines have also reached the Canary Islands, with rents falling by 38.85 per cent. Rental prices on the Costa del Sol (Malaga), dropped by 31.51 per cent, and on the Costa Tropical (Granada) rental prices have fallen by 23.22 per cent in 2012.

At the other extreme, in the Costa Blanca (Alicante), the price per person per day reached an average of 47 euros, an increase of 18 per cent compared to 2011. On the Costa de la Luz (Cadiz and Huelva), prices have increased by an average of 13.3 per cent and in Valencia they have risen by 4.57 per cent.

The Balearic Islands, meanwhile, remains the most expensive destination with regards to renting, with an average price of 54 euros per person per day, although this figure still represents a reduction of 21.6 per cent compared to 2011 data.

Overall, El Mundo reported that revenue from Spanish beach rentals showed a decline on average of nearly 17 per cent between the summers of 2011 and 2012.

Alhambra. No need for words

SpainHouses.netJune 12, 2012June 19, 2012Leave a comment

The Palaces of Alhambra are one of those places you need to visit at least once in your life

The Nasrid architecture marked the end of the glorious period that started with the Umayyads in Cordoba in the 8th century. The architects of the Cordovan mosque, which was built a long time before the Alhambra, did not influence this architecture. It includes some of the typical elements of the andalusian architecture, such as the horseshoe arch with sprandel (square wide frame which envelopes the arch) and the arch scallops (arch scallop of triangular shape), as well as its own special elements such as the capitals of the columns of the Alhambra.

The greatest concern of the architects of the Alhambra was to cover every single space with decoration, no matter the size of the space. No decorative element was enough. Most of the interior arches are false arches, with no structure; they are there only to decorate. Walls are covered with beautiful and extremely rich ceramics and plasterwork. And the coverings have wooden frames that have been exquisitely carved, etc.

Just a hint of the uniqueness of the place. The Alhambra was built with its own special type of column, which is not used in any other building. This column has a very fine cylindrical shaft, the base of which has a big concave moulding and is decorated with rings on the top part. The capital is divided into two bodies and the first one, cylindrically shaped, has a very simple decoration and a prism with a rounded-angled base and stylised vegetal forms as decoration.

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Vacations in Ibiza

SpainHouses.netJune 8, 2012March 31, 2020Leave a comment

House of the week: Vacational rental house in Ibiza (Baleares)

We have selected an exclusive house for vacational rent in Ibiza.

Lux House first sea line, very exclusive, 14 bedrooms 15 bathrooms, pool, chil, disco capacity 100 people, fantastic view, treatment.

Seasons	Date		Prices
	From	To	Day	Week-end	Week	Fortnight	Month
TEMPORADA	01/06	30/09	--	--	35. 000,00	--	--

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Eurovegas Rethinks Establishing Casino Complex in Spain 1

SpainHouses.netJune 7, 2012June 19, 20121 Comment

Eurovegas is expected to attract 11 million visitors in 15 years

Sheldon Adelson, the man who wants to establish a Eurovegas casino, hotel and leisure park, has now said that there is nothing solid about the project as yet.

Last month he said it was 90% complete and all he had to do was to choose between sites in Madrid and Barcelona, but now it seems he is getting cold feet, linking the project’s viability to the future of the Euro.

The President of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation said, ‘It’s not a Spanish project, it’s a project for all of Europe. If something happens to destabilise the Euro we still have time to take a positive or negative decision’.

If built Eurovegas is expected to attract 11 million visitors in 15 years who will spend some 15.5 billion €, according to the company.

Cordoba’s Great Mosque: “La Mezquita”

SpainHouses.netJune 5, 2012June 19, 2012Leave a comment

The Mosque of Cordoba is one of the most precious architectural wonders in Spain

The Cathedral within the Mosque of Cordoba is located in the historic center of the city and shows a mixture of different architectural styles, as it was built and modified over nine centuries.

The most impressive is certainly its Moorish architecture, one of the most beautiful examples of this art in Spain. When one approaches the modest facade one hardly can imagine to find in its interior one of the greatest monuments of all the country. British author Gerald Brenan wrote: it is the most beautiful and original building of all Spain.

With an extension of 23.000 square meters it is the third-biggest mosque in the world. Its construction started in the year 785 and initiated the so-called Califal style, which combined Roman, Gothic, Byzantine, Syrian and Persian elements. This style dominated all the Moorish-Hispanic architecture of the centuries to come, up to the Mudéjar-style of Moors living in Spain after it was reconquered by Christians. Works took 234 years, so the original Gothic style is combined with Baroque and Renaissance elements Remarkable are the Cardinal's Chapel and its treasure, including a monstrance of Enrique de Arfe, an ivory crucifix of Alonso Cano and important sculptures and paintings.

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Reduced Super Apartment in Valencia 9

SpainHouses.netJune 1, 2012March 31, 20209 Comments

House of the week: Apartment for sale in Valencia

This property has been reduced 500.000 euros. Definitely worth seeing!!

4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, Resale

Found Valencia Property is delighted to offer a selection of bank owned Stunning luxury properties for sale in the heart of Valencia city. The location of these properties is central to all amenities within walking distance.

This Apartment is a modern 4 bedroom with 3 bathrooms. This property benefits from access to an internal comunal terrace.

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Modern Architecture in Oropesa del Mar

SpainHouses.netMay 30, 2012March 31, 2020Leave a comment

Oropesa. Espegel-Fisac Arquitectos

Oropesa del Mar, in Castellón, Spain. It's hard to believe there's still good Architecture projects going on in Spain under this crisis. What follows is a good example of one of those current few modern architecture projects. Archdaily describes it:

"The building is organized in two pieces, shaping an L that defines the access square opened to Plana Avenue, being the natural way to the roads that are approaching from the urban center. The access from the square is common to the official buildings and housing, setting up one only entry point. The square is paved and gardened with palm trees.

One of the pieces accommodates the official buildings; the other, more complex, the housing. Both are joined by an exterior vertical communications core, formed by lift and stairs, and working as the access to the high level housing and also as an alternative and emergency way for the official part.

The residential part gives its back to the square, looking for the sun. The familiar houses are organized in the two low levels, two separated lines by an opened access corridor. Each house is disposed as an L, generating a private courtyard to which views and ventilation are directed to, with a southeast orientation".

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