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Published on 1 Comment on Andalucía’s Anti-eviction Law Suspended by Court

Spain’s Constitutional Court has suspended - provisionally - the law passed by the Junta de Andalucía in October to prevent families with limited financial resources being evicted from their homes.

46353 1251686 foto 1 300x225 - Andalucía’s Anti-eviction Law Suspended by CourtThe law, described as a measure to ensure the social function of a property, allowed the authority to temporarily expropriate the use of a property repossessed by a bank so that its original owners could still live in it.

The Constitutional Court has admitted the central government appeal against the law designed by the Junta de Andalucía to ease home evictions by temporarily expropriating the use of houses seized by banks and allowing their owners to continue living in them.

The Andalusian law was passed on October 1st and revoked a previous decree on the same matter which had been passed in April and was also the subject of an appeal on grounds of it being unconstitutional.
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Published on 3 Comments on Luxurious Flat for Sale in Ibiza, Balearic Islands

Jean Nouvel´s New Flats, In Las Boas Building, Marina Botafoch, Ibiza, Balearic Islands
2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Swimming-pool, 1st Row from the Sea, Brand New, Luxury property

Las Boas is the most emblematic building of the island of Ibiza, located in the best area of the Marina Botafoch. Designed by architect Jean Nouvel, it offers a unique living experience with panoramic views of the old town of Ibiza, Formentera and the sea. The luxury flats designed and individually finished are unique. The building has the balconies of different colours and that is what makes it so original. Las Boas building has 179 homes from 80 to 300 m2 and 1-5 bedrooms. Beautiful gardens surround the building with a lake-size swimming pool. It also has an underground garage, a spa, a gym and a private club for residents. The flats have air conditioning, domotic and alarm system. It is a gated community with 24 hr. Security. Prices from 347. 000€ up to 1. 113. 000€. This flat, which is in the second floor, has 127 m2 built with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, a beautiful kitchen, a living room and a spacious terrace of 40 m2.

The price is 400,000 €.

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Published on Leave a comment on Spanish Architecture: Abrante Lookout, Canary Islands

From the architect (Jose Luis Bermejo Martín). On January 2, 2013, a unique work which will become an iconic tourist landmark opened on the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Abrante Lookout, northeast of the island, in the municipality of Agulo. The chosen site is located on top of the Abrante cliff, 620 m above sea level, on the edge of an impressive cliff with a vertical drop of 200 meters, a challenge to the construction of the project, and a challenge to the visitor.

The site presents ideal conditions to locate a lookout in which multiple services are offered, and is a resting place for pedestrians. The peculiarity of this lookout is the seven meter cantilever above the void, with the floor and walls made of structural glass, bound with a metal structure at the top and supported on reinforced concrete beams. It was built on the same site as the previous lookout, where a simple stone wall served as a parapet, giving a greater sense of vertigo.

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Published on 1 Comment on Bad news for home sales in Spain, despite the fall in prices

Just a day after Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said that the housing market was beginning to touch bottom in a recovery that is gathering pace, the National Statistics Institute (INE) on Tuesday announced that home sales plunged in November of last year to their second-lowest level since the crisis began around the start of 2008.

46353 1245080 foto 1 300x200 - Bad news for home sales in Spain, despite the fall in pricesThe INE said housing transactions in the month shrank by 15.7 percent to 21,847, a figure only above that of April 2012, which coincided with that year’s Easter holidays and therefore had fewer working days.

Despite an accumulated fall in prices since the highs set in 2007 of around 40 percent after a decade-long boom that suddenly burst, house sales have fallen for the last seven straight months. In the first 11 months of last year, home sales dropped 2.1 percent.

Demand is being restrained by a jobless rate of just under 26 percent and by falling wages as Spain strives to restore its competitiveness and export its way out of the crisis. Banks have also tightened lending conditions.
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Published on Leave a comment on Modern and Luxury Chalet for Sale in Marbella, Malaga

2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Swimming-pool, Marbella (Malaga)

Luxurious 2-bedroom townhouse featuring innovative and modern design. Located in the upmarket area of Sierra Blanca, the home features modern conveniences such as intelligent house system, underfloor heating, private lift and swimming pool. Facilities in the development include two communal pools, gym, sauna, Turkish baths, indoor pool, 24-hour security and verdant landscaped gardens. A unique opportunity to live in one of the most sought-after addresses in Marbella.

The price is 850,000 €.

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Published on Leave a comment on Theatre in Vicar, Almería, by Gabriel Verd Arquitectos

From the architect. The project for this theatre is located in Vicar, a typical town in Campo de Dalias in Almeria, occupied by settlers in the Alpujarras in the 60s. It is an unmistakable flat landscape at the foot of the Sierra de Gador, a peculiar extension of plastics, an artificial sea of greenhouses that blends at its boundaries with the real landscape.

The site is a void located between two public buildings: the College, the Town Hall, the Health Center, and the Market. The urban space it conforms is the result of the free way in which each building is located on the site, a space without shape, scattered, arguably residual, unlike the urban layout around it. Establishing a new, friendlier order, under the conditions of this inhospitable place, has been one of the basic intentions of the project.

Thus, given the large size of the site, we designed an organization for the set of buildings that would locate the theatre logically, and generate public spaces available to the public, an occupation that will contribute to a programmatic versatility, allowing flexible use of spaces, rehearsal rooms, patios, exhibition hall-plaza, cafeteria, etc.

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Published on 2 Comments on The debate is over: no skyscrapers in Marbella (Málaga)

Ángeles Muñoz, Mayor of Marbella, has announced that the controversial plans to build skyscrapers in the town will not go ahead, and the debate about them is over. She did not say whether the modification of the town plan which was recently approved as a first step towards building the tower blocks would be debated again by the council with a view to annulling it.

46353 1240990 foto 7 300x225 - The debate is over: no skyscrapers in Marbella (Málaga)Backtracking on her previous statement to the effect that no decision would be made until a public board had been convened and consulted, and in the face of strong opposition, the mayor said that it would not be necessary to wait for January and the advice of the yet-to-be-created board, because the decision had been taken.

In the mayor’s opinion, this means an end to the debate about the project for skyscrapers. Asked about the creation in Marbella of a citizen platform made up of promoters, architects and ecologists who are opposed to the project, she said:

“Anybody can form a group and debate. If a platform is set up we will be delighted to hear its opinions, but on the part of the local government I am telling you there is no intention to go ahead,” (in reference to the skyscrapers).
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Published on Leave a comment on Villa For Sale in Vilassar de Dalt (Barcelona)

Large country style villa with sea view next to Barcelona, in Vilassar de Dalt

Very sunny situated villa with a surface of approx. 1770 m² on a property of 3625 m². The villa is situated in one of the nicest residential areas of the Costa Maresme it is aprox. 20 km north-westerly from Barcelona. It comes with 7 bedrooms, a more than generous kitchen, 3 living rooms with chimney and eating area, 5 baths different terraces and a garden with grill place and indoor pool. Also there is a house for staff with 2 bedrooms, kitchen, bath and living area. All in the best state and good equipped with air-conditioning, electrical generator and different cold storage rooms for events and an underground parking for 7 cars. Only 3 km of the beach. Sea view.

The price is 5,000,000 €.

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Published on Leave a comment on Reflective Aluminum House in Madrid by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

Spanish design office fran silvestre arquitectos have crafted a house in madrid which simultaneously contrasts and blends with its immediate environment. the moderate proportions and planar nature of ‘aluminum house’ allows the design to unobtrusively occupy the site, which is surrounded by tall trees. clad in highly reflective aluminum, the façade merges with its backdrop, becoming part of the natural landscape.

The ground floor of the project emerges organically from the stone slab, while the upper level is oriented north/south, providing private shaded terraces unseen by neighboring properties. internally, an efficient use of space ensures a compact and accessible program. rooms are connected with a staircase and central atrium which rises through the core of the building, allowing views from the house to open towards the garden at the rear.

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Published on Leave a comment on Las Vegas Sands Drops Madrid Resort Plans

Las Vegas Sands Corp. is no longer pursuing plans to invest more than $30 billion to develop a series of integrated resorts in Madrid, Spain.

Madrid1 300x200 - Las Vegas Sands Drops Madrid Resort Plans"While the government and many others have worked diligently on this effort, we do not see a path in which the criteria needed to move forward with this large-scale development can be reached," Las Vegas Sands chairman and chief executive Sheldon G. Adelson, said in a company statement. "As a result we will no longer be pursuing this opportunity."

The Spanish government rejected a series of conditions LVS had placed in order to continue with the Europa Vegas project because they were incompatible with European Union law, Spain's deputy prime minister, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, told The Wall Street Journal.

Conditions included government investment guarantees and for a compensation deal to cover any losses related to changes to Spanish laws in the future, WSJ reports.
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