Protecting Madrid’s Industrial Heritage: MRT Project by BURR Studio.Burr Studio has transformed this obsolete Madrid warehouse into a hybrid live/work space. The architects divided the tenant requirements into a programmatic grid, leading to a completely fragmented volume, totally opposed to the original...
Dance Meets Design: A Spiral Apartment in Madrid by Raúl Almenara.Raúl Almenara isn’t just an architect. He’s also an artist and innovator and choreographer—if his latest project in Madrid’s El Rastro neighbourhood is anything to go by. Designed like a spiral monospace, the home revels in...
A Half-Local, Half-Global Restaurant in Madrid by Plantea Estudio.Llama Inn has nothing to do with llamas. But its character is every bit as curious. The Peruvian restaurant is spread across two floors of a classic corner building in Madrid. But it is anything but classic—and anything but Madrid. For...
Febrero Studio’s Quaint Workspace in Madrid.Maybe it's the way the sun spills in through multiple windows, or how vintage seating—including an old bench and small chair from France, and Model 84 chairs by J. L. Møller in the meeting rooms—affords a cosy, lived-in feel. Or even...
In Continuous Transformation: Room on Fire by Lluis Alexandre Casanovas Blanco & Lys Villalba.Room on Fire is a collaborative creation between two Spanish architects Lluis Alexandre Casanovas Blanco and Lys Villalba. Developed in conjunction with Masquepalabras Collective, the interior is a space in continuous transformation as the...
Drab to Delightful: An Apartment in Madrid by Febrero Studio.Most days, the sun and the breeze are faithful visitors in this Madrid apartment, refreshing the farthest corners and lifting the space up to the light. For Febrero Studio, the effort it took to knock the space down and put it back...
A Blank Slate: Casa Rio in Madrid by HANGHAR.Located in the rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood of Carabanchel, Casa Rio is Hanghar's olive branch towards Madrid’s affordable housing crisis. With the average costs of homes now exceeding the reach of many citizens, the project...
Smoke Without Fire: Smoked Room in Madrid by Astet Studio.Whoever coined the term ‘smoke without fire’ could well have lunched last at Madrid’s latest haunt designed by Astet. With its charcoal passages, sculpted black doors, dark brick backdrops, and chandeliers that look like lava balls,...
A Zany Experiment with Colour: Madrid Apartment by Sierra + De La Higuera.This Sierra + De La Higuera-designed Madrid apartment gleams like a vibrant jewel box, courtesy of the traditional Moroccan zellige tiles that characterise the various spaces: the terraces and living room are underpinned by a linear yellow...
