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post updated 13 April 2025

31 March 2025
Casa Umbral, northeast Madrid
Architecture: ARQUID studio

photo © Alberto Amores

5 March 2025
Villa 18, La Moraleja Golf Course
Architecture: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

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Madrid Architectural News

Madrid Architecture News in 2024 – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

25 September 2024
Lifelong Living Found, Madrid, Spain
Architect: Ignacio G. Galán, OF Architects

photo © Miguel de Guzmán
In the vibrant metropolis of Madrid stands a small architectural masterpiece that aims to be far more than just a house for age-appropriate living – it stands for the values and visions of a modern, multigenerational society.

20 September 2024
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Building Award
Design: L35 Architects

photo © ImagenSubliminal (Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío R. Rivas)
The World Football Summit Awards recognizes the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as the best stadium in the world.

post updated 20 September 2024
Bernabeu Stadium – Real Madrid football stadium award
The World Football Summit Awards recognizes the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as the best stadium in the world:

17 September 2024
Telefónica Flagship Store
Architects: Studio Banana and Design Bridge and Partners

photo : Juan Baraja
Studio Banana and Design Bridge and Partners redesigned the Telefónica flagship store located at Gran Via 28, one of Europe’s most important commercial streets. The new space, called “Espacio Movistar,” offers an innovative, user-centered experience that humanizes technology while enhancing the global company’s brand strategy

24 May 2024
Compluvium House
Design: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

photo : Jesús Orrico

18 March 2024
Archipelago Villa
Design: AGi Architects

photo : Jesús Granada

14 September 2023
The Silk Pavilion
Design: Paloma Cañizares
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photo : Josema Cutillas
The Silk Pavilion is the initial outcome of the research efforts on woven fabrics, undertaken by Paloma Cañizares Office to delve into the structural potential of stiffened textiles.

5 July 2023
Álamo House
Design: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

photo : Jesús Orrico

15 June 2023
Norman Foster Institute Madrid Launch News

photo © Pablo Gómez-Ogando / Norman Foster Institute
The Norman Foster Foundation has launched The Norman Foster Institute which is accepting applications for its first academic programme On Sustainable Cities, starting in Madrid in January, 2024. The Institute has assembled an international multidisciplinary team of professors, practitioners, and civil leaders led by Co-Directors Norman Foster and Kent Larson.

15 Mar 2023
La Maruca de López de Hoyos Restaurant
Design: ZOOCO ESTUDIO

photo : David Zarzoso
If in other times the city of Madrid had a beach – on the bank of the Manzanares, 10 minutes by bus from the center – today, the new restaurant of La Maruca draws a maritime club into the heart of the capital, paying homage to the great rationalist architecture.

16 Dec 2022
Madrid-Chamartín: Clara Campoamor Station
Design: UNStudio, with b720 Arquitectura and engineers Esteyco

image : bucharest.studio
Adif AV announced that the design proposal submitted by UNStudio, with b720 Arquitectura and engineering firm Esteyco, has been named as the winning proposal in the competition for the integral remodelling of Madrid-Chamartín Clara Campoamor and its urban integration.

23 June 2022
Ombú Madrid office building for Acciona, Calle del Ombú – adjacent to Méndez Álvaro station
Design: Foster + Partners

photograph © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners

17 Nov 2021
Banco Sabadell Space Madrid bank building, Calle Serrano 18
Design: Josep Lluís Mateo – Mateo Arquitectura

photo © Pedro Pegenaute
“Our intervention in a pre-existing space sets out to enhance it, to dialogue with it, not just to add an indifferent new layer to the underlying base. In a central place, open to the city and to an incredible courtyard at the centre of a street block, with large trees and vegetation, dialogue with the outside (with the city and with nature) also constitutes a thread in the design.”

22 Oct 2021
Abril, La Moraleja Business Park, North Madrid
Design: Rafael De La-Hoz

photo © Alfonso Quiroga

10 Sep 2021
Mediabrands Office Headquarters, Paseo de la Castellana
Design: Ruiz Pardo – Nebreda

photo courtesy of architects office
The new Mediabrands offices in Madrid successfully tackle the unprecedented challenges facing company workplaces brought about by the pandemic. This project conceives the work environment as a catalyst for encounters prioritising user-client relationships, and fostering creativity beyond teleworking.

31 Jul 2021
Norman Foster Foundation Madrid

25 Jun 2021
Plaza Ruiz Picasso Building News

MERLIN Properties, the Madrid-based largest and most technologically advanced REIT and a leading developer and operator of green assets, announced today a long-term strategic partnership with EDGE Next.

The project will begin with the last major project of the Landmark plan, Plaza Ruiz Picasso in Madrid, with a total GLA of 36,899 sqm. Plaza Ruiz Picasso plans to incorporate the latest in smart technology, including EDGE’s own platform – EDGE Next – to optimise the office building’s performance, and to make it smarter, healthier, and more sustainable.

The platform uses multiple sensors and data sources to not only gather information, but also to deliver valuable and actionable insights to enable buildings, companies, and people to thrive. Tenants can also make use of a building app, which enables users to efficiently control basic features of their work environment, such as light and temperature. The asset is set to achieve LEED Platinum and WELL Core & Shell Gold certifications. In addition, it aims to become one of the first buildings in Spain to obtain both the WiredScore and the SmartScore certification, a certificate that represents the smart connectivity of the building.

Furthermore, EDGE Next will help MERLIN implement sustainable and technological initiatives in their office portfolio, rolling out a multi-year project that will optimize their developments through the use of EDGE Next’s smart technology. As part of this strategy, the EDGE Next platform will be piloted in one of MERLIN´s existing buildings starting in 2021, with further rollouts expected in the near-term future.

ABOUT MERLIN Properties
MERLIN Properties SOCIMI, S.A. (MC:MRL) is the largest real estate company trading on the Spanish Stock Exchange. Specialized in the acquisition and management of commercial property in the Iberian region. MERLIN Properties mainly invests in offices, shopping centers and logistics facilities, within the Core and Core Plus segments, forming part of the benchmark IBEX-35, Euro STOXX 600, FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate, GPR Global Index, GPR-250 Index, and MSCI Small Caps indices.

ABOUT EDGE
EDGE puts the people and planet first when developing and redeveloping buildings for global companies. Our buildings are developed with the highest levels of sustainability using the best solutions offered by modern technology. EDGE continues to learn from the people who work in our buildings, ensuring the most healthy and productive work environments in today’s market.

13 May 2021
REE Campus Tres Cantos Technology Park – news
Architects: IDOM

photograph : Aitor Ortiz
Red Eléctrica de España has commissioned IDOM for the comprehensive rehabilitation of two buildings in the Tres Cantos Technology Park. The action includes a comprehensive adaptation to the new training and technological needs of the company, modernizing the set of buildings through an envelope that enables compliance with energy efficiency requirements.

30 Apr 2021
Norman Foster Foundation Centre Of Excellence

18 Mar 2021
Torre Titania Madrid Financial District – Skyscraper Building, Paseo de la Castellana

photograph : Javier Bravo
Torre Titania, also known as Torre Azca, has already become a landmark building within Madrid financial district. Located in Paseo de la Castellana, this architecture built on the remains of Torre Windsor (destroyed in a fire in 2005), houses a shopping centre and office spaces in 27 floors raising 103.7m from the ground.

28 Mar 2021
La Maruca de la Castellana
Design: ZOOCO ESTUDIO

photograph : Imagen Subliminal
The La Maruca de la Castellana project addresses the rehabilitation and implementation of the second restaurant of La Maruca in Madrid city. The project is ubicated on a large property with a very tight budget per square meter.

12 Mar 2021
Acciona Ombú Madrid office building

More Madrid Architecture News online soon.

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Madrid Architecture News 2020

Updated 4 Dec 2020
Valcotos Madrid Compound
Architecture: studio mk27

photo : Fernando Guerra
A housing complex with ten 180 sqm single-family houses on a 6,120m2 plot located 15 minutes from the center of the Spanish capital city. An internal street cuts the plot in half and separates the two sets of houses, covered in white gravel.

10 Nov 2020
BUS House

4 Nov 2020
Freshly Cosmetics

30 Sep 2020
La Vaca Y La Huerta Restaurant, Recoletos Street
Architects: Zooco Estudio

photographer : Imagen Subliminal. Miguel de Guzmán – Rocío Romero Rivasz
The name means “The cow and the orchard” and it talks about the main product of the restaurant and the starting point for us to start with the project.

26 Jun 2020
K House in Parque Conde Orgaz

9 Jun 2020
6House in Northwest Madrid

27 May 2020
Engine Gallery in South Madrid
Design: AGi architects

render : Show me the project
Taking the centre of cities like Brussels, Utrecht, New York or Tokyo as a reference, the Engine Gallery aims to be a reference venue of railway knowledge and its dissemination, as well as space for debate, participation and social interaction where historical trains are displayed but there is also room for the trains of the future.

17 Apr 2020
REE Campus
Architects: IDOM

photo : Aitor Ortiz
Red Eléctrica de España has commissioned IDOM for the comprehensive rehabilitation of two buildings in the Tres Cantos Technology Park (Madrid). The action includes a comprehensive adaptation to the new training and technological needs of the company, modernizing the set of buildings through an envelope that enables compliance with energy efficiency requirements.

19 Mar 2020
University of Navarre Clinic
Architects: IDOM

photo : Aitor Ortiz
The project for the new University of Navarre Clinic in Madrid follows a high specialization, teaching and research hospital model, in which the patient is at the centre of all care.

18 Feb 2020
Complete Madrid Apartment Renovation
Design: OOIIO Architecture

image Courtesy architecture practice

More contemporary Madrid Architecture News on e-architect soon.

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Madrid Architecture News 2016 to 2019

24 Nov 2019
Miski Restaurant in Malasaña District

20 Nov 2019
Studio in the Woods by selgascano – refreshed post on this amazing Spanish architecture office

3 Jun 2019
B&B Hotel in Getafe Building, Madrid metropolitan area
Architect: CuldeSacTM Custom

photo : David Zarzoso

17 May 2019
Castellana 77 Building, AZCA district
Architects: luis vidal +arquitectos

photo © luis vidal + arquitectos. All rights reserved
The original 1977 tower is now a 62-metre-high office building and has received the prestigious LEED Platinum certification.

28 Apr 2019
SOM’s Beyond the Structure Exhibition>, Calle de Hortaleza
Architects: SOM

10 Apr 2019
Atletico Madrid Wanda Metropolitano Stadium
Architects: Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos

image Courtesy architecture office
The new Club Atlético de Madrid Stadium results from the expansion of the old Athletics Stadium of the Community of Madrid, completed in 1994.

28 Mar 2019
Bala Perdida Club, Calle de Atocha
Architects: EL EQUIPO CREATIVO

photo ©
Hidden in the underground of the Madrilenian neighborhood “Barrio de Las Letras” (today a neuralgic point of the city), under a refurbished palace of the eighteenth century where Hotel Axel Madrid is located, we find two vaulted spaces built in brick.

18 Mar 2019
Las Chicas, Los Chicos y Los Maniquies Restaurant in Madrid, AXEL Hotel, Calle de Atocha
Architects: EL EQUIPO CREATIVO

photo © Paco Montanet
The design of the AXEL Hotel on Atocha Street superposes a series of historic references forming a complex and explosive tandem. Firstly, the privileged location in the very midst of Madrid’s literary neighborhood. Secondly, the palatial 19th-century building in which it is located.

5 Feb 2019
La Finca – A House for Contemplation
Design: Ramón Esteve

5 Feb 2019
Casa Miga

24 Jan 2019
Norman Foster Foundation Madrid

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Madrid Building News 2018

15 Oct 2018
MAX&Co. Flagship Store, Calle de Serrano
Design: Ciszak Dalmas, Andrea Tognon, Studio Pepe and the Max Mara design office

photograph : Ciszak Dalmas
The first flagship store in Spain for the Italian fashion brand Max Mara Group opens on Calle de Serrano.

24 Sep 2018
Vinoteka Ardoka Madrid Bar

20 Jun 2018
Axis Madrid – Plaza Colón Building Refurbishment
Architects: Foster + Partners

image Courtesy architecture office
The comprehensive refurbishment of the Plaza Colón building, at one of the most major intersections in the city, the project seeks to completely transform and revitalise the existing structure to create a new iconic landmark that reflects the prestige and importance of the site.

9 May 2018
Horse Riding Field in Cattle Farm
Design: OOIIO Architecture

images : OOIIO Architecture, Josefotoinmo

16 Jan 2018
National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Calle de Serrano
Design: Frade Arquitectos

photo © ERCO GmbH, www.erco.com, photography: Frieder Blickle
The contextual focus of the Archaeological Museum in Madrid is placed on Iberian art – such as the Lady of Elche. Precise accent lighting from ERCO lends the historical exhibits an expressive and contemporary appearance.

Updated Images added 15 Jan 2018
Caixa Forum, Paseo del Prado
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron

photo : Simon Garcia | arqfoto.com
This major building in the Spanish capital was opened in 2008 by King & Queen of Spain. The museum and cultural center was designed by the world-famous Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. The building combined an old abandoned electrical station with new construction of floors which are encased with oxidized cast-iron.

8 Jan 2018
Norman Foster Foundation Madrid – annual Digital X Workshop

photo © Luis Asín © Norman Foster Foundation
The first Norman Foster Foundation Digital X Workshop – explore the kinship of Architecture and the Digital World in a week-long event supported by Future Planet Capital.

More Contemporary Madrid Architecture News online soon.

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Building Updates 2017

14 Nov 2017
Blue Building in Madrid, Alcobendas, north of Spanish capital
Design: Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos

photographer : Alfonso Quiroga

20 May 2017
New OOIIO Office in Madrid Rio
Design: OOIIO Architecture

picture from architecture office

16 Feb 2017
House in La Finca
Architect: Ramon Esteve Estudio

photo from architecture office

24 Jan 2017
House in Camarines, Aravaca
Design: A-cero architects

photograph : Luis H. Segovia

1 Jan 2017
Espacio Miguel Delibes Building in Madrid – approx. 13 km north of Spanish capital
Design: Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos

photograph : Alfonso Quiroga
The new building hosts the Universidad Popular, the headquarters of the PhotoEspaña International Centre in Alcobendas, as well as a media library and a citizen’s advice service of the City Council.

More New Madrid Architecture News online soon.

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Building Updates 2016

13 Dec 2016
Why Factory COAM Exhibition – “The Why Factory: Research, Teaching and Public Engagement (2006-2016)”

picture from architecture firm

28 Nov 2016
Museo del Prado Building Design by Gluckman Tang Architects
Design: Gluckman Tang Architects – Estudio Álvarez Sala – Arquitectura Enguita y Lasso de la Vega

image Courtesy Gluckman Tang Architects
After an international architecture competition, the only American firm on the final shortlist of eight teams has released its design for the Museo del Prado’s new expansion. The design teams were asked to reimagine this former wing of a 17th-century palace, which was acquired by the Prado in 2015.

25 Nov 2016
Prado Museum in Madrid – Salón de Reinos, Museo del Prado
Design: Foster + Partners with Rubio Arquitectura

image from architects
Foster + Partners and Rubio Arquitectura have won the international competition to revitalise and refurbish the historic Hall of Realms (Salón de Reinos) as a new addition to the Museo del Prado campus in Madrid.