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Published on Leave a comment on Empty Homes Spawn Black Housing Market

The hundreds of thousands of empty homes across Madrid has spawned a black market for cheap housing in which groups illegally break into, and then let, repossessed properties.

49708 1267907 foto 343281 300x225 - Empty Homes Spawn Black Housing MarketAlmost all the cases involving the properties, most of which now belong to Spanish banks, are identical, said Vicente Pérez, from a residents group, the Federación Regional de Asociaciones de Vecinos de Madrid.

While prices vary greatly, it generally costs from €1,000 (£830) to €2,000 to "buy" a repossessed property, El País reports. Those who cannot afford the fee can instead choose to rent for a few hundred euros a month. The price often includes electricity, gas and water, and sometimes even heating.

The homes are guaranteed until a judicial process issues an eviction order, said Pérez. That process that could take up to two years.
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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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Published on Leave a comment on Contemporary Architecture in Spain: Tiny Apartment in Madrid by MYCC

This singular urban shelter, located in Madrid, is just twenty square metres and nevertheless is one hundred cubic metres of volume. In such an enclosed space should a single person live and work. He will use his creativity and dynamism to make it his own sweet home.

This Madrid apartment, even with its small size, wants to offer generous spaces and a big quantity of different pieces of use. The pieces that make it up, does not really have a fixed clearly defined use: the kitchen is a walk-through room to get the living. There are stands rather than stairs to go down the living, which is over a cellar-storage room. Then, it is possible to get the ladder to go up to the indoor sunny terrace, a place to be used as a study or a chill out. Also the central living room connects through four steps to the bathroom. This is an oversized kind of luxury room that holds even an in-situ cosy kind of hamman bath.

Construction and finishing are made in a direct and unadorned way and all is full of bright white.

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Published on Leave a comment on Fantastic Villa for Sale in Madrid, Spain

5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Area Lot 540m2, Built area 218m2, Area useful 181m2, Swimming-pool, Second Hand, Madrid, Spain

Magnificent independent villa, located in prestigious development in Madrid, private road with security. It is in perfect state of maintenance , bright, south facing, garden, fruit trees, large swimming pool , barbecue and wooden house to store garden tools.

The house is arranged on one floor, and it also has a private lof 35 m2. 4 bedrooms on the ground level , two bathrooms (one ensuite), guest toilet , living room with fireplace, direct exit to the covered terrace , garden and pool. Fully equipped kitchen with high end appliances , access to laundry, and door exit to the garden.

In the attic there is another living area / dining room, bedroom ,TV area , games room , gym, etc.

The floor is parquet , and in some areas stoneware. It is a very comfortable home to live in, and close to the center of Madrid.

The price is 550,000 €.

More information on the following link: spainhouses.net

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Published on 2 Comments on Outstanding Villa For Sale in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid)

7 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, Area Lot 5,000m2, Built area 1,500m2, Swimming-pool, Luxury property, In Urban Area, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid

Spectacular Villa of 1,500 m2 on three floors connected by a spectacular lift coated in shiny black panels. Located in the best area of the farm account with a foyer that gives access to the spectacular dining room, downstairs to the kitchen with high-end appliances and a glazed corridor will reach two bedrooms suite with attached bath. Upstairs is the master Suite with a living room with spectacular views, a double bathroom with jacuzzi bath and a spectacular dresser. In the plant basement has a spacious heated indoor pool with views of garden, a Turkish bath, gym, a classroom ready to install a home theater and all service area with two bedrooms with their own bathrooms, wash and iron, a huge garage for 10 cars and a storage room. The Lakes is a community within exclusive estate, consisting of a total of 185 houses and 90 pitches. This house is located in the best area of this exclusive complex of luxury homes distributed in several urbanizations next to golf course, Reebok Sports Club, etc. Located just 8 km from Madrid, and awarded as one of the areas with best safety of Europe. The price is 7,500,000 €.

More information on the following link: spainhouses.net

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Published on Leave a comment on Architecture: The centre of contemporary art Matadero in Madrid

The centre of contemporary art Matadero in Madrid, Spain, hosted an amazing musical event Red Bull Music Academy during the September and November 2011. It sheltered concerts, audiovisual projections and various other creative workshops. The spaces for this event were prepared by the young architects of Langarita-Navarro Arquitectos. A large object with steel framework, concrete facade and a working infrastructure ready for unexpected scenarios was dedicated for this purpose.

The architects created a design with suitable acoustic and technical conditions, which amplifies the artistic experience of the participants. Taking the restricted budget and time constrains into account, the architects strived for a simplistic solution, with further spatial reorganisation possibilities. The design consists of several pavillions, with walls made of bags of soil, which also serve as acoustic isolation and provide spaces for offices, rehearsal rooms, recording studio, conference rooms, radio station and a lounge with refreshment.

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Published on Leave a comment on Architecture in Spain: New building in Gran Vía, Madrid

Madrid’s Gran Vía has once again been made whole. The capital’s main thoroughfare was left with a huge vacant lot in 2011, when the headquarters of the Banco Atlántico, at number 48 by Callao plaza, was demolished. For the first time since 1932, work began on a new building on the iconic street.

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Fashion store C&A has occupied the first three floors of the 13-story, 45-meter-high building since May, and in October, the remainder of the building — comprising 97 luxury apartments — officially opens.
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Published on 1 Comment on Art-chitectural House in Madrid by A-cero

This combination of art and architecture is located in Las Rozas, one of the wealthiest parts of Madrid (Spain). The dwelling’s plot has a surface of 1 368 m2 with a light slope. It is an ideal place for building without major limitations. The architects created three floors: basement, ground floor and first floor. The house can be entered on the ground floor through two huge living rooms and a dining room.

This main part is on the right side. On the left you can find a bathroom, a cleaning room, a courtyard, a kitchen and a pantry. An interior staircase and an elevator are located in a way so that they can communicate not only with the basement and the first floor but also with the right and the left part of the ground floor. On the first floor are situated children bedrooms with dressing-rooms and bathrooms and the main bedroom with a dressing-room and a bathroom. A terrace cannot be forgotten. The basement includes an inner swimming pool, a Jacuzzi, a sauna, a gym, a small cinema room and a cellar. Both the interior and the exterior are very modern and elegant with the emphasis on material quality.

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Published on 1 Comment on Architecture in Spain: Puerta de Europa, Madrid, by Johnson and Burgee

The twin office towers known as Puerta de Europa I and II located in Madrid, Spain defy the typical conventions of skyscraper construction. Designed by American architects Philip Johnson & John Burgee and commissioned by the Kuwait Investment Office (KIO), these structural expressionistic towers straddle one of Madrid’s most important boulevards – the Paseo de la Castellana.

The location of a subway interchange made the placement of the two towers near the street impossible. Their bold design is in part a response to the need for the footprints of the towers to be set back from the interchange while at the same time bringing the towers together as a single compositional whole. The towers lean towards each other and over the plazas, ensuring their visibility from up and down the Paseo and creating a portal which, being at the Northern end of the business district of Madrid, has been called a metaphorical gateway to Europe. The façade of each tower is a composition of a major grid -clad in stainless steel conforming to their structure-, a minor grid of red mullions, and a third grid comprising the light grey mullions of the curtain wall.

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