Fran Silvestre Arquitectos is an architecture and design studio based in Valencia, Spain, formed by a multidisciplinary group of professionals, who carry out residential, cultural, corporate and public projects on an international level.
Throughout its trajectory, the studio has received awards and recognitions such as the Caja de Arquitectos Foundation Award in 2001, the COACV Architects Association Award in 2010. The Red Dot Design Award in 2013. In 2015 we won the Build Architectural Award in the United Kingdom. The Superior Council of Architects of Spain awarded us with the first prize of the XIII Biennial of 2016 in the design category. That same year we won the NYCxDESIGN award in New York. It has been awarded four times by the German Ministry of Economics and Technology in 2016, 2020,2021 and 2024 with the German Design Award. In 2018 the studio was selected in the FAD Awards and that same year Fran Silvestre received the Victor Regnier Chair at KSU in the United States. In 2021 we won the IF Design Award and in 2022 the International Federation of Architects and Designers awards us the First Prize with the gold medal in the category of Architecture. In 2024 Fran Silvestre is named Doctor Magno by the Association of Doctors of Valencia.
The focus of the projects arises from a double commitment: the will to give a technical response to a specific context and the desire to seek beauty through the built work, pursuing the satisfaction of all those who actively participate in development, in special for users, but also for collaborators, builders and designers.
Values such as continuity -with the environment, of the spaces and over time-, innovation and the use of new materials and new technologies and precision are some of the keys of the work system. These values are complemented by dialogue, great attention to a wasteless economy and a team that produces an environment of shared creativity.
Values
Architecture can be small in the big or big in the small, if each commission is understood as an opportunity to materialize a good project. The project approach arises from a double commitment: the will to give a technical response to a specific context and the desire to seek beauty through the built work.
PROJECT IN THE FINISHING PHASE - KOH SAMUI, THAILAND
The residential project - KOH in Samui, Thailand, has entered its finishing phase, marking the final stretch for the materialization of this single-family home. Situated on an elevated plot with a steep slope, the architecture seeks to maximize uninterrupted views of the ocean while guaranteeing absolute privacy from neighboring properties.
18 de May de 2026
Number 1 architecture studio in Spain according to Architizer (2026)
Our firm has consolidated its leadership position by once again being recognized as number one in Spain in Architizer’s prestigious annual ranking. This recognition not only revalidates the excellence of our recent trajectory but also positions us as a benchmark of continuity and solidity within contemporary architecture, highlighting our ability to evolve in a highly competitive and demanding global environment.
11 de May de 2026
International Recognition for Architectural Restoration and Conservation of Domus - Mas Cadalt
The project Mas Cadalt has been internationally recognized after being selected as a finalist in the Premio Internacional de Restauración y Conservación de Domus Fassa Bortolo, within the Built Projects category.
5 de May de 2026
New project under construction
The proposal is conceived as a folded architecture, a continuous surface that organizes the program through a clear and restrained gesture. This fold resolves the site placement and articulates the relationship between interior and exterior, generating a sequence of spaces adapted to the needs of each dwelling.
27 de April de 2026



























































































