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Interview | Fuera de serie
The magazine for luxury lovers, Fuera de Serie from the Expansión group, has interviewed Fran Silvestre about the architecture and design of the studio's projects in its latest printed edition, La gran primavera.
3 de May de 2021
New project | House in Florida
The project, which consists of two twin houses that open onto the Sarasota Bay, seeks views of the landscape through two cantilevers that extend over the volume of its ground floors: one in the longitudinal direction and the other in the transverse direction. One of the closest references of the project is the movement...
28 de April de 2021
Interview | Las Provincias
The newspaper Las Provincias has published in its edition of Sunday 11th April an interview of Fran Silvestre about his professional career in the Architecture and Design field. You can read the interview in the online version here.
20 de April de 2021
Winners | IF Design Awards
Our project for Colección inHAUS By Fran Silvestre has been selected as winner for the iF Design Awards in the Professional Architecture Concept category. The iF Design Awards are one of the most important international design awards. For the 2021 edition, more than 10,000 projects have been presented from 52 countries around the world.
14 de April de 2021
New project | House in Costa Dorada
The project solves the program of a single-family house located on the Costa Dorada in Spain. Due to the position of the plot, the architecture is slightly skewed to seek the best views over the sea. More info soon on our website and on our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin y Pinterest profiles.
7 de April de 2021
MasterClass in China | Fran Silvestre
Next Sunday March 28th, Fran Silvestre will give an online MasterClass for the firm Yinjispace. Yinjispace is an international platform located in China that is committed to the exchange and dissemination of high-quality design works in the architecture, interior and product design fields.
24 de March de 2021
Winner | German Design Awards 2021
Our project Pati Blau has been selected as winner in the Excellent Architecture category at the prestigious German Design Awards 2021. The German Design Award is the most important international award granted by the German Design Council, the main authority in the sector in the German country. The aim of the awards is "to discover, present and recognize innovative trends in the field of design in different categories".
9 de March de 2021
Finalists | IF Design Awards
Our project for Colección inHAUS By has been included as a finalist in the prestigious iF Design Awards in the Professional Architecture Concept category. The organization will announce the winners at the end of March. The iF Design Awards are one of the most important international design awards. For the 2021 edition, more than 10,000 projects have been presented from 52 countries around the world.
2 de March de 2021
Under construction | Empty house
Empty house, a project located in the province of Castellón, is under construction in the final phase of finishing. You can know more about it in the projects section of the website and soon on our and on our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Pinterest profiles.
25 de February de 2021
Publications | Architectural Digest
Our project Well Villa located at PGA Catalunya Resort has been published in the prestigious AD magazine for being the first in Europe to apply the Well standards in a single-family house. The WELL standard, based on 6 years of medical-scientific research, is the most widespread and prestigious international health and well-being standard in architecture. WELL projects are characterized...
16 de February de 2021
Selected | Best Archilovers 2020
Our projects Pati Blau, House of Silence, House in Río de Janeiro, Dental Clinic and Compluvium house has been selected as one of the #Bestarchilovers2020 for their outstanding aesthetics, creativity and functionality! Each project has been selected between the 50,000 projects published this year. All the winning projects have been included in a special Section on Archilovers. Thanks!
9 de February de 2021
Awards | Bulthaup contest
Our studio has won the second prize in the seventh edition of the bulthaup competition: kitchen as a living space. The aim of this competition is to recognize those projects by architects and designers from Spain, Portugal and Andorra that have a bulthaup kitchen as the protagonist and that reflect the values of the brand: creativity, quality of details and aesthetic conception. You can find more information about this contest here.
2 de February de 2021
Publications | Diseño Interior
Our project Pati Blau has been published in the special issue for the 30th anniversary of the best Design of the Diseño Interior magazine. It was in the Muslim era when the so-called farmhouses were concentrating the population of the Ribera Alta, although some of these settlements had an Iberian origin. Over time these population centers have become places connected to the big city in a simple way and with an enviable quality of life.
26 de January de 2021
New project finished | House of sand
The house is located in front of the Mediterranean, in a place where an imposing dune protects the coast from storms. This starting point defines the configuration of the project. The house is materialized with two volumes arranged perpendicular to each other. In order to have views of the sea, the program of uses of the house is inverted as opposed to the traditional scheme...
15 de January de 2021
Happy New Year | Best wishes
Best wishes for the New Year Els millors desitjos per a l’any vinent Die besten architekten wünsche für das neue jahr 新年快乐 Tanti auguri di buon anno 新年のご多幸を祈る Os melhores desejos para o ano novo Les meilleurs architectes voeux pour la nouvelle annéeSzczęśliwego nowego roku Τισ καλυτερεσ ευχεσ μου για το νεο ετοσ WATCH VIDEO
31 de December de 2020
Lecture | Designwire
Next Monday, December 21, Fran Silvestre will give a Master Class for the Chinese platform Designwire. Designwire, supports and enhances the development of young architects, driving the interior design industry forward. The platform highlights Chinese interior design works to the world while showcasing international masterpieces to China and they are searching for excellent projects to be published in their website and Wechat account, which is going to be published in English and Chinese, covering 5 million monthly page views and 20,000 post views.
17 de December de 2020
Publications | Arquitectura y Diseño
One of the latest projects completed by the studio, Casa del Silencio, has been published in Arquitectura y Diseño, one of the most widely read magazines in the sector. The project consists of making a musician’s studio coexist with his home. Located in a residential area near Valencia, where neighboring houses are very close to each other, it is decided to generate a semi-buried volume on the ground floor that configures the recording studio.
11 de December de 2020
Lecture | Universidad Católica de Colombia
Next Friday, November 27th at 3:00 p.m. (Spain) and 9:00 a.m. (Colombia), the architect and studio member Pablo Camarasa will give an online lecture about the work and the most relevant projects of our studio for the Design faculty and Architecture Program of the Catholic University of Colombia. To attend the online lecture, send us an email to media@fransilvestrearquitectos.com
25 de November de 2020
Publications | Las Provincias
Las Provincias newspaper in its edition of Sunday, November 15th, shows the projects that from the Fran Silvestre Arquitectos studio, we are developing in different locations in China. Large-scale projects are included, such as the 165,000-square-meter residential complex in Qingdao, as well as small-scale projects, such as the intervention of interior design of all a plant of 600 square meters in the SoHo building in Beijing designed by Zaha Hadid.
18 de November de 2020
Interview | Desfici Magazine for World Design Capital Valencia 2022
Desfici Magazine together with the organization of World Design Capital Valencia 2022 have interviewed Fran Silvestre to learn about one of the latest projects completed by the studio, Topaz of Braye. This project has consisted of completely redesigning a 20-meter long Turkish schooner that was originally owned by a renowned British musical promoter and which is located in the Marina of Valencia
11 de November de 2020
New project finished | House of Silence
The project consists of making a musician's studio coexist with his home. It is located in a residential area near Valencia, where neighboring houses are very close to each other. It is decided to generate a semi-buried volume on the ground floor that configures the recording studio. A concrete enclosure, within another concrete enclosure, with highly studied acoustics. You can find more information about this project in our website and on our Facebook,
6 de November de 2020
Moderator | VII arquia Festival / next 2020
This week, within the Arquia Próxima Forum will be the seventh edition of the Arquia Festival. In it, a series of debates will be held that will deal with architecture and the new challenges. Also, the projects carried out by the selected emerging studies will be presented. On Thursday September 22, Fran Silvestre will act as moderator in a round table of the VII Festival arquia / next 2020. All the presentations, tables and debates will also be...
21 de October de 2020
Architecture Visit | Open House Valencia 2020
Our studio will participate one more year in the Open House Valencia architecture and city festival, opening the doors of our offices and showing a guided tour of Espai Alfaro, a place of artistic tradition, located near Valencia, where art, design and architecture converge. A 7,000m2 space that was born as a studio of the valencian sculptor Andreu Alfaro and now has the academic space MArch, the interior design...
16 de October de 2020
Jury | Exposición Arquitectura Reciente de Valencia 2017-2019
Fran Silvestre has recently been selected as a jury by direct choice of the participants for the vote of the Exposición Arquitectura Reciente de Valencia 2017-2018-2019, organized by the Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Valencia. Ana Ábalos Ramos, Israel Alba Ramis, Ivan Cabrera i Fausto and Inés García Clariana have also participated as members of the jury, as well as the members of the CTAV Governing...
5 de October de 2020
Publications | Arquitectura y diseño
"Fran Silvestre's architecture is a distillation of the Mediterranean landscape and way of life: open, white, bright and refined spaces. This concept that inspires to live outdoors and enjoy the mild Levant climate cannot find a better translation outside of mainland than in the design of...
26 de September de 2020
Monograph presentation | Aires Mateus Architecture 2003-2020
Next Thursday, September 24th at 7:30 p.m., the presentation of the Aires Mateus monograph: Architecture 2003-2020 edited by TC Cuadernos will take place in the IVAM, Valencia. During the presentation, there will be a colloquium between Manuel Aires Mateus and Fran Silvestre...
19 de September de 2020
New project finished | Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
The project consists of completely redesigning a sailboat. This is a 20-meter long Turkish schooner that was originally owned by a renowned British music promoter. It has two masts slightly inclined towards the stern. This type of boat was used for fishing and as a cargo ship, but later they were also used in regattas. The first one carried out in 1851 was won by the schooner America...
17 de September de 2020
Under construction | Water mirror house
The relaxing power of a sheet of water when it is silhouetted against the sea is fascinating. A world of colors, reflections and textures appears in constant change that produces an enigmatic attraction. Sometimes this effect acquires a dimension that makes the rest of the elements that constitute a project are dispensable or accessory.
12 de September de 2020
Exhibition | Alfaro a Xàtiva: Diàleg amb la història
Next Friday, September 18th at 8 p.m., in the old convent of San Doménec in Xàtiva, will take place the inaguration of the exhibition Alfaro a Xàtiva: Diàleg amb la història, where some of the most recognized works by the Valencian artist will be distributed in the most representative enclaves of the historic center of the city, seeking to establish a dialogue between...
5 de September de 2020
Photoshooting | House of Silence
Recently, the photoshooting of one of the latest projects finished by our studio took place: House of Silence. For photography we had the collaboration of Fernando Guerra. You can find more information about this project soon on our website and on our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Pinterest profiles.
29 de August de 2020
Lecture | Cátedra Jorge Montes 2020
Next Thursday, August 27, at 17:00 in Spain and 09:00 in Guatemala, there will be a conference by Fran Silvestre for the Cátedra Jorge Montes 2020, where they will talk about Designing from the utopian to making it tangible. The Cátedra Jorge Montes is an event held by students of Architecture and Interior Specialty of the Faculty of Architecture and Design...
22 de August de 2020
Lecture | ConArq2020 in Argentina
Today, Saturday, August 15, the lecture of Fran Silvestre for ConArq2020 will take place at 7:00 p.m. in Spain and at 2:00 p.m. in Argentina. ConArq is the first National Architecture Congress organized by students from Argentina. It arises from the concern to listen and propose architecture among the different Faculties of the country...
15 de August de 2020
Nominated | German Design Awards
The project Pati Blau has been nominated by the German Design Awards. The project proposal consists of designing a building that aspires to have the ability to go through time and not become obsolete, adapting to physical conditions and making the most of them in order to present the situation...
8 de August de 2020
Enjoy your summer
Enjoy your summer! Project: Topaz of Braye Photography: Jesús Orrico
1 de August de 2020
New project | House of the Sun
A place located in the city of Marbella, on a plot of great slope and at an elevated level that provides fantastic views. We propose to embrace with a circle a space open to the sky and the horizon, and simultaneously protected from the gaze of others and the powerful winds of the area.
25 de July de 2020
Photoshooting | Topaz of Braye
Recently, the photoshooting of one of the latest interior design projects finished by our studio took place: Topaz of Braye. For photography and the video we had the collaboration of Jesús Orrico. You can find more information about this project soon on our website and on our
18 de July de 2020
Publications | Arquitectura y Diseño
"A great prefab house designed by a great Spanish architect." Our design for the new models that the Valencian modular house company InHaus will offer to its future clients, has been published in the magazine Arquitectura y Diseño. You can find the article here and know more about this project soon...
11 de July de 2020
Photoshooting | New project finished
This week, the photoshooting of one of the latest projects finished by our studio took place: House of Sand. For photography we had the collaboration of Diego Opazo. You can find more information about this project soon on our website and on our...
5 de July de 2020
New project finished | Àtic Blanc
New finished project: Àtic Blanc. Located in the center of the city, the typology of this kind of house is reinterpreted. Looking for the feeling of being in an isolated house, the terrace is understood as a patio open to the sky and from which to contemplate the city of Valencia.
28 de June de 2020
Publications | Minimalissimo
One of the recent projects completed by the studio, Pati Blau, has been published in Minimalissimo, a print and digital magazine focused on minimalism in design that shows some of the best examples in architecture, interiors, furniture and home furnishings. You can see the publication here and find out more details about the project on our website
20 de June de 2020
