Designing with darkness
The lighting of Buitrago de Lozoya Castle does not attempt to turn night into day. Light selects, reveals and withdraws, offering a second reading of an architecture shaped by history
11 June 2026
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Built around a void: the courtyard at the heart of the house
At Casa Galicia, the courtyard is not leftover space between rooms. It is the void that organises the house, connects inside and outside, and allows its boundaries to become less fixed
23 July 2026
Alcalá 106: a home in conversation across time
A residence of more than 500 m² in Madrid’s Goya district, where classical heritage, fine materials and contemporary decisions coexist without competing
16 June 2026
Would you put 45 tonnes of water on a building’s roof?
The question is not simply whether the tank fits, but how all that weight is transferred through the structure
5 October 2026
What is an architectural expert report really for?
Not to add another opinion to a dispute, but to turn scattered facts into a verifiable technical explanation
28 September 2026
When water comes back where it shouldn’t
A drainage defect cannot be understood by looking at the finish alone. It is necessary to open up, inspect and reconstruct the cause
21 September 2026
A place to stay: refurbishing to make room for life
In central Madrid, an apartment of barely 34 sq m is transformed around a simple question: how can a home intended for sale feel not merely ready to be sold, but ready to be lived in?
3 September 2026
Casa Arrecife: a house in transition
Casa Arrecife is entering a moment of transition. In Somosaguas, an almost 1,000 m² house is being stripped back, closing one way of living and making room for another
31 August 2026
Clay within stone: Casa Piedrabuena at IE University
Moisés Royo presents Casa Piedrabuena at IE University’s School of Architecture in Segovia, in a talk exploring material, light, memory and contemporary architectural decisions
6 July 2026
What does an architectural expert see when everyone is looking at the same building?
The value of an expert report lies not in accumulating data, but in knowing how to connect it
26 June 2026
When art finds its place: architecture, sculpture and landscape
At Villa Uruguay, sculpture is not treated as an object added to a finished setting. Distance, scale, daylight, water and landscape establish the precise conditions through which art becomes part of the architecture.
1 June 2026
Casa Farol at MATCOAM: ceramic architecture, industrialisation and precision
A distinctive home is not built on a good idea alone: it requires matter, technique, time and precise decisions
26 May 2026