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.

Headquartered in New York, Architizer remains one of the most impactful digital platforms in the industry, annually connecting a community of over 100 million professionals, including architects, designers, and developers. The ranking, with its most recent update on May 8, 2026, employs rigorous metrics based on technical innovation, the social impact of projects, and recognition in international awards. Thus, the platform serves as a precision barometer that helps global institutions and clients identify the teams defining new standards of habitability and sustainability.

In the case of Spain, the analysis is framed within a culturally rich landscape where Christian, Muslim, and Jewish iconographies converge, alongside a global influence dating back to the 16th century that persists today through the Spanish Revival style. This tradition of ornamentation and detail is evident from 19th-century Catalan Modernism—led by Antoni Gaudí and iconic works like the Sagrada Família—to the rise of modern urbanism born in Barcelona. Following the democratic transition in 1975, Spain positioned itself at the center of global architectural debate with figures like Oriol Bohigas and Rafael Moneo; a relevance that continues today through the analysis of the “Bilbao Effect” and the legacy of architects like Ricardo Bofill, elements that continue to dominate contemporary design conversations worldwide.

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.

This award, promoted by Fassa Bortolo together with the Department of Architecture of the University of Ferrara, has become a key international reference in the field of architectural restoration. Its aim is to recognize projects that understand conservation as a cultural act, capable of activating historical preexistences through a conscious and contemporary design approach.

Is it possible to restore a way of life? Can it be done with the same care used to recover an ancient object? Mas Cadalt originates from this reflection: first understanding, and then intervening only where necessary. Located in the Serrat de la Cadalt landscape, the project addresses the recovery of a former farmhouse that had been abandoned, adapting it to contemporary needs without altering its essence.

Through a reinterpretation of tradition, the original volume and typology are preserved, transforming only what is strictly necessary. Each existing space finds its correspondence within the new program, maintaining its dimensions and relationships. On the access level, the kitchen incorporates the triple-height space of the existing tower, alongside the living room oriented towards the views of the mountain range. The upper floor contains two bedrooms, while the lower level reinterprets the former animal quarters as a multipurpose space. The adjacent volume, once used for agricultural storage, is repurposed as a garage and, above, a studio from which the designer Terence Woodgate develops his work.

The intervention is based on the original construction system of load-bearing limestone masonry walls, which have been restored and complemented with contemporary solutions such as cork-based thermal insulation. A secondary inner layer enhances thermal performance, integrates building systems, and increases natural light, establishing a precise dialogue between the existing structure and the new additions.

The interior is conceived as a space suspended between architecture and product design. Decisions are reduced to the essential: elements meet at a single point, installations are flush-integrated, and material coherence avoids any superfluous gesture.

The house achieves a high degree of energy and water self-sufficiency through photovoltaic systems and specially designed water reservoirs, one of which is transformed into a small pool. The surrounding productive landscape completes this way of living, where architecture and territory operate as a unified whole.
Being selected as a finalist in this international award recognizes an approach to working with existing structures based on precision, sustainability, and respect—understanding architecture not as imposition, but as continuity.

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The Villa 18 project in La Moraleja has received international recognition after being awarded in the Excellent Architecture category at the German Design Awards 2026.

This prize, granted by the German Design Council, represents one of the most significant recognitions in the field of design at an international level. Its aim is to identify and highlight proposals that bring innovation and define new directions across different disciplines.

The project features diagonal views towards a lake belonging to the La Moraleja golf course in Madrid. Given the generous dimensions of the site, the proposal is for a dwelling that is developed primarily on a single level.

The daytime area is organised into two volumes of different heights that shift relative to each other to create a protected terrace overlooking the landscape, oriented դեպի the southeast. The main volume reaches a height of nearly one and a half storeys. A third volume contains the nighttime area, positioned in such a way that it enjoys its own more private outdoor space. The movement of the three built volumes shapes an प्रवेश courtyard, oriented to the north, which gives identity to the entrance sequence. The geometry has a structural function and allows the views towards the landscape to remain free of supports, enabling the spaces to be adaptable in the future for new uses and users.

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Our project Villa 18, House in La Moraleja, has been nominated for the ArchDaily en Español Building of the Year Awards 2026, a recognition that highlights the most outstanding built works in Spanish-speaking countries published over the past year.

Located in La Moraleja, Madrid, the house benefits from diagonal views towards a lake belonging to the golf course, allowing for an architectural approach that unfolds primarily on a single level. The project is organized through three volumes that shift relative to each other, generating precise spatial relationships: two of them define the daytime area, creating a protected southeast-facing terrace, while the third contains the nighttime area, offering greater privacy and its own outdoor space.

This volumetric composition also defines a north-facing प्रवेश courtyard, giving identity to the entrance sequence. Geometry not only organizes the project but also fulfills a structural role, freeing the views towards the landscape and allowing the spaces to remain open and adaptable over time.

The project is developed through a material research focused on a very specific range of whites with warm nuances. From natural Colmenar stone to ash wood, along with different types of brass and lighting temperatures close to 2700K, the aim is to achieve an integrated heterogeneity that contributes to a calm perception of domestic space.

The lower level houses wellness-related spaces such as the swimming pool and gym, illuminated through a skylight. Each volume incorporates rounded edges at strategic points, establishing a dialogue between straight lines and curves that recalls the work of Andreu Alfaro, where the gaze flows continuously from one element to another.

This continuity translates into a spatial sequence in which the pool becomes the terrace, the terrace merges into the façades of the built volumes, and the loop closes back at the pool, creating a continuous spatial cycle that emphasizes one of the essential qualities of the house: the experience of inhabiting it while simultaneously observing it.

The award, organized by ArchDaily en Español, is now in its 17th edition and is characterized by its open voting system, in which the international community plays a key role in selecting the winning projects.

The first phase of voting will be open until April 7 at 18:00 (GMT-3), and anyone can vote once per day. Community support is essential in this process. You can support the project through the following link:
https://oda.archdaily.cl/cl/2026/candidates/183291

The list of finalists for the prestigious European façade competition Baumit Life Challenge 2026, to be held in Budapest, has now been revealed, and our project Villa Lago has been selected among the 36 best works in Europe in the Single Family House category.

This recognition places Villa Lago within an international selection that brings together some of the most outstanding proposals in contemporary architecture, where the façade is understood as a key element in defining the character of the building. In our case, the envelope is conceived as a precise expression of the relationship between architecture, light, and landscape, reinforcing a vision in which materiality and geometry construct an essential spatial experience.

The project proposes an architecture that intertwines with the garden, maximizing the perimeter of contact with the landscape and dissolving the boundaries between the built and the natural. In this Madrid setting, this relationship takes on a singular value through a strategy that deliberately avoids compact volumetry in favor of an ascending layout, generating a composition that aspires to be both geometric and organic at once.

The house is conceived through the combination of two ancestral archetypes: the pavilion, open and centrifugal, and the courtyard, more introspective and contained. Through longitudinal, permeable volumes that are juxtaposed to optimize circulation, the project generates five gardens with their own identity—almost open courtyards—that multiply visual relationships and make the exterior a constant presence.

The program is organized in section: the lower level houses the swimming pool and guest rooms; above it, the daytime living area opens towards views of the lake; and at the highest level, the night areas are arranged in a volume that acts as a bridge, creating a large shaded terrace beneath it. At the intersection of these volumes lies the circulation core, which articulates the whole and reinforces the continuity between architecture and landscape.

The Baumit Life Challenge, which since 2014 has brought together architects, planners, and builders from across Europe, has established itself as a leading platform for exploring new possibilities in façade design, promoting innovation through the use of color, textures, and materials.

The next edition, to be held in Budapest in May 2026, will gather professionals from more than 25 countries, becoming a meeting point to share ideas, establish connections, and reflect on the role of the façade in contemporary architecture.

In addition, the project can receive public support through online voting at the following link.