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Published on 2 Comments on 18th Century Country House in Sils, Girona

Charming 18th century residence-hotel at the feet of the Pyrenees, Girona (Catalonia)

This 18th Century country house has been carefully restored as a luxury charming hotel in the countryside. Located at the feet of the Pyrenees in the Natural Park of the Alta Garrotxa (close to the Costa Brava), the estate enjoys calm and tranquillity for its owners and guests.

586529 45830 6 300x222 - 18th Century Country House in Sils, GironaThe present owner, an interior designer, put a lot of care and detail in every corner of the house, spent a lot of money in luxury furniture and dedicated a lot of time to decoration. When he started the renovation he was looking to have a luxury home for himself in the area during some years and to have guests from time to time that would give a certain ambience to the property. Business was not is final target at all.

The 150 hectares (370 acres) of land afford an excellent landscaped garden with a large swimming pool. The rest of the property is forest or potentially agricultural land. The property has also possibilities as hunting estate, etc.
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Published on Leave a comment on Madrid skyline to get a touch of nature

Argentinean architect Emilio Ambasz has decided to locate his Museum of Art, Architecture, Design and Urbanism in Madrid on the Paseo del Prado, close to the CaixaForum, the Prado, the Thyssen, and the Reina Sofía museums. The project, which will turn an abandoned lot into a 3,672-square-meter, five-floor building covered with plants that act as natural thermal control mechanisms, and with a foliage-covered roof that will collect rainwater, exemplifies Ambasz's concept of introducing greenery into the heart of the gray city. With a budget of 10 million euros, the Emilio Ambasz Foundation will take care of the design and construction as well as the running of the museum, which will include a program of grants for young architects.

Ambasz in Madrid 300x225 - Madrid skyline to get a touch of nature"I know it sounds presumptuous, but I lay claim to being the precursor of current architectural production concerned with environmental problems," says Ambasz.

From the beginning, Ambasz says he was obsessed with reconciling nature and artifice. His first built project, the Lucile Halsell Conservatory, in San Antonio, Texas, completed in 1988, is a collection of chimerical glass cones planted into earth berms like diamonds, invoking some vision of Arcadia, either ancient or futuristic, or maybe both.
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Published on Leave a comment on European Court rules Spanish mortgage law is abusive

The European Court of Justice have ruled that Spain’s mortgage law is incompatible with a European directive on abusive practices in consumer contracts, opening the door to more legal protection for households facing eviction from their family home.

mortgage news 300x219 - European Court rules Spanish mortgage law is abusiveThe ruling comes in response to a question posed by a Barcelona court in connection with the eviction of Moroccan immigrant Mohammed Aziz from his home in January 2011, after he failed to meet mortgage payments on a 138,000-euro loan granted to him by savings bank CatalunyaCaixa in July 2007.

The ruling will apply to all eviction cases now being processed across Europe but might not be applied retroactively, as pressure groups have been calling for. Amendments to the mortgage law, which is more than a century old, are now going through parliament, and it appeared as if the government was waiting for the Luxembourg-based court’s judgment before proceeding with the passage of the draft law.
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Published on 1 Comment on Impressive Villa for Sale in Marbella

5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, Area Lot 4,816m2, Built area 999m2, Seaside Resort, Brand New, Luxury property, In Urban Area, On golf course, In a mountain area, Marbella, Málaga

This magnificent villa is situated on one of the coast’s most prestigious and well respected golf and riding clubs. The property comprises impressive entrance hall, lounge, large Clive Christian, fully fitted kitchen, dining room, office, cloakroom and various utility areas. Five generous bedroom suites all provide unforgettable views, and 5 bathrooms with 999 m. The house offers comprising games room, and large terrace off 186 m, secured bodega for valuable vintages, safe long-term storage rooms; access to undeveloped areas suitable for cinema, gymnasium, discotheque or children’s play areas , extensives terraces, garden and swimming pool. Security within the estate is provided on a 24 hour. This villa has a plot of 4816 m.

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Published on Leave a comment on Modern Architecture in Spain: Bilbao City Hall by IMB Arquitectos

The new headquarters of Bilbao City Hall in San Agustín, is situated in front of the back façade of the Neobaroque Palace that holds the present Town Hall, built in 1892 by Joaquin Rucoba Architect. The recent building contains the technical offices of the Town Hall. The historic building will keep the representative image of the city corporation and the headquarters of the Mayor.

The treatment applied to the residual public spaces has the objective to fluff the urban fabric and increase the available area to generate a little plaza becoming an urban antechamber or lobby to access the Town Hall Headquarters. The fragmentation of the whole in two volumes has the will to integrate the building into the city plot, adapt the scale and the heights to the place and enhance the traditional pedestrian way across the parcel.

Inside the building the aim has been to create flexible terms of use in the different floors, which are able to generate different types of offices, from the closed one to open work areas or common elements to relax. From the point of view of the Environmental improvement it has been adopted different strategies and actions to increase the quality of the work area and minimize energy consumptions and CO2 emissions.

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