Interior Designer’s 1930s Madrid Villa Rebuilt as an Exquisite Corpse.Plutarco have never been a studio to whisper. Villa 2030 is co-founder Enrique Ventosa's own Madrid home, stripped back and reorganised around a T-shaped wall of glass blocks. It takes the grand villas of the 1930s—Maison de Verre, Villa...
A Permanent Sunset Crowns Plutarco’s Myo Hand Roll Bar in Madrid.Golden hour never ends at MYO. In Madrid's ChamberĂ, Plutarco have engineered a permanent sunset—a warm, backlit glow that crowns the bar and refuses to fade. Raised on an oak platform and finished in nori-green stained wood, the bar is...
Against Cultural Flattening: Inside Sancal’s Spatial Manifesto at Salone del Mobile.Sancal's Experimentarium at Salone del Mobile was a thesis argued in three dimensions. Conceived as "an antidote to cultural flattening," the stand challenged algorithmic homogenisation through bold spatial storytelling: orange portico to...
Madrid Exhibition Transforms Museo de San Isidro Into a Living Room for Design.What will the archaeologists of the future make of the objects we surround ourselves with today? That was the premise behind Domus Nova at Madrid Design Festival 2026, where 44 pieces by 33 designers occupied the Renaissance patio of the...
David Pastor Liberates a Madrid Home From Nostalgia With Colour and Light.When David Pastor first encountered this Puerta de Hierro home, its modest architecture and mature garden stirred deep nostalgia. But inside, overly divided spaces and disappointing darkness told a different story. The owner's devotion to...
Interior Designer Turns a Neglected 1934 Madrid Villa Into a Design Manifesto.When Plutarco co-founder set about renovating her own 1934 Madrid villa, the result was always going to be personal. Found abandoned with floors built halfway up the windows, the home has been transformed into an extraordinary study in...
Extrarradio Estudio’s TET House Turns Spatial Constraints into Design Opportunity.Extrarradio Estudio took a tired 1940s Madrid terrace and reduced it to its structural skeleton. From this blank canvas came TET House: a 68m² home where a vivid green zigzag element traces the perimeter, integrating all the essentials...
This Madrid Home Proves Compact Living Needs Smart Design, Not More Space.A disused furrier's shop in Madrid's south has become a compact home where nothing goes to waste. Architecture practice BURR tackled the tricky split-level layout with a staircase that works overtime, concealing storage and a tiny WC...
Arquitectura-G Proves That Memorable Architecture Doesn’t Need to be Complicated.When Arquitectura-G took on this historic Sintra estate, they made one bold call: commit completely to blue. The Barcelona practice inserted blue-pigmented concrete throughout the abandoned wine cellar, creating a sculptural core that...
