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Architecture in Spain: Cliffside House in Calpe, Alicante

SpainHouses.netOctober 2, 2013October 2, 2013Leave a comment

Nature and architecture converge in breathtaking fashion at this cliffside residence in Calpe (Alicante), Spain. Designed by the Valencia-based firm Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, the stucco-clad home features living spaces projected above the steep terrain, with a crisp exterior staircase linking them to the minimalist pool terrace below. If architecture is experienced as a series of moments, what could be more invigorating than the instant of emerging from a dip in this extraordinary setting?

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Sustainable Building in Pamplona, Navarra, by Vaillo-Irigaray

SpainHouses.netJuly 31, 2013March 31, 2020Leave a comment

Gamesa is a multinational company engaged in the manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines for green energy production. The building is situated in a micro-suburban landscape into a business park. This technology park, located in Pamplona (Navarra), is characterized by an implantation of buildings in isolation, in a green environment. Surrounded by road links, the project responds as a great infraestructural milestone, as a large transparent tank. An autonomous geometry floating on a green hillside.

Carrying out an exercise of coherence and economy of means, the intention is to meet the requirements of the property with minimal resources:

-The visibility and positioning of the building.
- Interior nighttime lighting for safety.
- Transparency of the facade and interior-exterior bidirectional visibility.
- And, very important, reducing energy consumption of all facilities.

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Architecture in Spain: Sports Centre in Langreo, Asturias 1

SpainHouses.netJuly 24, 2013March 31, 20201 Comment

Langreo, located in Asturias (Northern Spain), is a place where you would be forgiven for gaining the impression that free space was at a premium. A combination of topography, industry and a dense housing footprint give credance to first impressions. ACXT architects were set the unenviable task of converting an old coalfield into something very different.

The Sports and Leisure Centre attempts to create a new open landscape rather than just a new building. It minimizes the impact of its volume. It plays with imaginary tectonic forces acting on the valley by folding the ground. The building is a composition of folds, of green waves correlated with the different interiors. The aim of the design was to provide a model for the redevelopment of the immediate area. The surface area of the green roofs could be extended to form plazas and gardens in adjacent areas currently occupied by ruined buildings.

The L-shaped area where the building is erected, is a highly constrained space. Its boundaries include a train commuter platform, police headquarters, the Nalón River and the local football field.

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Media-ICT office building in Barcelona designed by Cloud 9

SpainHouses.netJuly 17, 2013April 2, 2020Leave a comment

Cloud 9 won the top price at the World Architecture Festival 2011 with their Media-ICT office building for Barcelona’s new 22@ district.The Barcelona-based architecture office Cloud 9 Architects won the award World Building of the Year 2011 at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, Spain, with their Media-ICT office building.

The architects of Cloud 9 explain that they intended to convey with the Media-ICT building’s façade that the “construction is built from the top and moves downwards, becoming transparent, anti-gravitational, and almost liquid at the bottom”

The façade facing south is made of inflatable ETFE cushions that act as a variable sunscreen – opening in winter to gain solar energy, and closing in summer to protect and shade. At the southwest façade Nitrogen-based fog is introduced in these cushions to increase their opacity and thus to screen off the building’s users.

The photovoltaic roof, the use of District Cooling and smart sensors are additional features that allow optimize energy use within the Media-ICT building.

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Architecture in Spain: Modern House in Girona 3

SpainHouses.netJune 19, 2013June 18, 20133 Comments

If you are planning to build a spacious house on a narrow piece of land, you can get inspired by the Step House creation at the Spanish city of Girona. This brilliant architecture emerges from the thoughts of Catalonian Spanish architects who are part of 05 AM Arquitectura.

The house is chic with unconventional styling employed so as to augment the lighting and spaces of the rooms. The home has been made to align with the north or the south elements and brings in abundant natural light. The house has two main entrances at the first floor, ground entrance and the lower, ground garden level that also makes for car porch. A comfortable living room, compact kitchen and terrace are allocated in the main floor. Between the house basement and the main level, a unique space is crammed in as a transitional level that can be best used for leisure and study spaces.

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Architecture in Spain: Gas Natural Headquarters, Barcelona

SpainHouses.netJune 5, 2013June 11, 2013Leave a comment

The aim was to create an urban landmark in the skyline of Barcelona (Spain) whilst setting a connection with the low-rise houses of the neighbourhood and to generate quality public spaces.

The constructible volume allows it to connect with the many contemporary buildings which have started to appear on the skyline of the city. Miralles Tagliabue( EMBT) also try to make the design compatible with the surrounding urban houses and park in the small scale district of la Barceloneta. It has the verticality of an office tower, whilst at the same time offering an entrance that shows the representative character of the building from a view of the interior.

The application of the various facades follows a similar criteria. A series of large windows create interest close up, while the interesting arrangement of the building protects it from the sun and noise and shows a series of abstract volumes.

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Architecture: Modern House by Roberto Ercilla and Miguel Ángel Campo

SpainHouses.netMay 29, 2013April 2, 2020Leave a comment

The house, located in Uleta (Basque Country) Spain, and completed in 2002 is surrounded by a high fence. Most of the house is top lit via a series of rooflights set in a sawtooth roof. On the ground floor there are large glazed windows looking over the terrace but generally the house is inward facing.

The interior it is light and white, full of Modernist simplicity with a touch of heroism, but on the outside it appears demure, toned down using simple timber cladding.

The architects see this as a critique of the unsatisfactory nature of the luxury housing round about, but a case could be made that the design provides a penetrating insight into a sense of unease about the site and the neighbours.

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Theatre in Almonte, Huelva, by Donaire Arquitectos

SpainHouses.netFebruary 27, 2013February 27, 2013Leave a comment

The building is located in Almonte (Huelva), on the site of an old winery. It has the challenge of integrate the existing old buildings, declared as cultural interest, and being part of a cultural complex of a total of three buildings and a common space. This space turns into the main place of the town and an important meeting area.

An opportunity to work on light, material and space. The path chosen to work on these concepts, is the contrast. Contrast between outside and inside, between old and new, including a monumental scale and human scale. And the journey as the thread that sews and explains the intervention. A large area covered with large proportions and controlled height works as a high threshold. A monumental scale lobby welcomes the visitor showing the scale of a public building.

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Ideal Duplex for sale in Barcelona City Centre 4

SpainHouses.netJanuary 25, 2013January 25, 20134 Comments

2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Resale

Amazing duplex with terrace in Plaza Catalunya, Barcelona.
This property is an upscale penthouse with a splendid terrace. Recently refurbished has great detail and excellent finishes. The location is unbeatable. An investment forever. The terrace overlooking Plaza Catalunya is a luxury available to very few.

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Architecture: W Barcelona Hotel

SpainHouses.netJanuary 16, 2013January 16, 2013Leave a comment

An icon of avant-garde architecture, the new W Barcelona Hotel rises high above the Mediterranean, in one of Spain’s most appealing cities: Barcelona (Cataluña).

The massive building was envisioned by modern architect Ricardo Bofill and decorated by Charles Farruggio. A unique display of color and comfort, the 473 guest rooms invite tourists worldwide to have a taste of opulent contemporary Spanish living.

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