Founded: 1255 Architect: Enrique de Arfe Patron: King Alfonso X Style: Gothic (Early Pointed) Location: North-West Spain Height: 105 ft Material: Limestone Values in Gothic design Technical Descriptions Recently completed buildings Due to frequent invasions, the Romans constructed the city …
Category: Spain
Miguel de Oriol designed the City Council and Municipal Library at Navalcarnero in Madrid, Spain. The design begins with the colonnades at the Plaza de Segovia Navalcarnero and forms an exoskeleton of concrete rectangles. A glass box fits inside the …
(alvarogalve– flickr/creative commons license) Josep Llinás Carmona designed the Biblioteca Jaume Fuster in Barcelona, completed in 2005. The building settles down into the built landscape to give prominence to the historical buildings around it. The Gracia district of the city …
(DraXus– flickr/cc license Jürgen Mayer-Hermann designed the wooden pavilion over La Encarnación square in Seville, Spain. It was completed in 2011. The soaring 26m vaults are inspired by the largest Gothic cathedral in the world, the Catedral de Santa María …
(we-make-money-not-art– flickr/creative commons license) Langarita-Navarro Arquitectos designed the Medialab Prado art center for research and exhibition in Madrid. The building was a sawmill from the early 1900s and was transformed into an open flexibile space. Materials can easily be rearranged …
(Kent Wang– flickr/creative commons license) Antoni Gaudí designed the Park Güell on El Carmel in Barcelona, completed in 1914. The site was originally a Garden City planned by Count Eusebi Güell. It was chosen for its view of the city …
(Jordi Payà Canals– flickr/creative commons license) Josep Domenech i Estapà designed the original building for the Cosmo Caixa in 1909. Esteve Terradas and Robert Terradas completed the renovation in 2005 preserving the original building and expanding the museum to 30,000 …
Antoni Gaudí designed La Pedrera “The Quarry,” completed in 1912. He designed it for Roser Segimon and Pere Milà, who made their wealth from attrocities in the America’s and were famous for their love of money. Typical for Gaudi, the …
(CD_Fr– flickr/creative commons license) Philippe Starck designed the Alhóndiga Bilbao Culture and Leisure Centre in Bilbao, Basque County Spain. Ricardo Bastida designed the original building in 1909 to store wine and after years of neglect it was transformed into a …
(Jsmq– wikipedia/creative commons license) Santiago Calatrava designed the The Exhibition and Congress Center City of Oviedo. The soaring white shapes and repetitive organic structure is characteristic of Calatrava, a structural engineer with an emphasis on aesthetic creation. A perimeter low-rise …