Font 6 Apartment in Barcelona by Colombo and Serboli.Co-founder of Colombo and Serboli architecture, Andrea Serboli, took his Barcelona home renovation as an opportunity to develop a quintessential example of his firmâs style, combining contemporary character with preserved modernist...
Orvay Wine Bar in Barcelona by Isern Serra & Sylvain Carlet.Isern Serra and Sylvain Carlet have transformed a historic site in Barcelonaâs Gothic Quarter into Orvay, a bar inspired by the art of winemaking. Beige, green, and pink take precedence, representing the colours of land, vine, and...
A Table (II) in Barcelona, Spain by ESCOLANO + STEEGMANN.A table can be the malleable heart and hub of a homeâan interchangeable infrastructure thatâs so much more than a simple piece of furniture. Barcelona-based architect AdriĂ Escolano and his partner David Steegmann have used the humble...
AragĂł Street Residence in Barcelona by Miriam Barrio.This charming transformation of a 140-square-metre Barcelona apartment is the work of young Spanish architect Miriam Barrio, who has layered accents of gold with a little colour blocking, and a good helping of natural...
Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Vicens in Barcelona Restored by MartĂnez LapeñaâTorres Arquitectes & Daw Office.Like most of GaudĂâs work, this famous, first residential commission of the Catalonian architect, it is not subtle. No-one could accuse Antoni GaudĂ of being a minimalist. The striking exterior of layered brick patterns, highly...
Sweet Storage Dreams: Playful Barcelona Apartment in Born by CaSA.Colombo and Serboli Architectureâs recent apartment refurbishment in Barcelona could be filed under âstorage pornâ. Itâs a playful modification to a 65sqm flat set within a historic 13th-century building in El Born. The client, a...
110 Rooms: MAIO Architects’ Jaw-Dropping Apartment Building in Barcelona.Some projects just make you sit up straight in your chair, stop whatever else you were trying to do at the time, and pay close attention. This is exactly what happened when I first came across this residential building in Barcelona...
Duplex Tibbaut in Barcelona, Spain by RaĂșl SĂĄnchez.Maybe the most striking element of RaĂșl SĂĄnchezâs Duplex Tibbaut in downtown Barcelona is its bold spatial definitionâa trick the Spanish architect seems to enjoy. Using geometry and a helping of buttery gold and charcoal black...
Bricks Decoded: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful Breeze Block.In Brazil, itâs known as CobogĂł. In India, they call it Jaalis. The French term is Brise-soleil. Here we know it as Breeze Block. Call them what you will, these little units of awesome are making a massive comeback. Back in the 50s...