Showcasing the country's forward-thinking creators, these Spanish architecture designs are a show of national creativity.
Marrying old and new, renovating classical spaces and pushing environmental boundaries, Spanish architecture firms are accomplishing leadership in the field of architecture. Despite the country's recent economic crisis, they have managed to stay at the pinnacle of modernist design in their edifices.
A sleek example of Spaniard talent is showcased in 'Droplet Architecture' by Orlando de Urrutia. The building is constructed to resemble a huge drop of water and serves the purpose of generating filtered drinkable water from the atmosphere using solar electric power. The structure channels a sleek modernist aesthetic whilst embodying the epitome of environmental utility. With leading design firms of Spanish origin, it's evident that the country will continue to lead in the field of design.
34 Spanish Architecture Designs
From Panoramic Alpine Abodes to Curvy Canopied Stations:
Alexandra Serrano — Aug 21, 2012 — Art & Design
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Nutty Eco Homes
The Fab Lab House Roasts for Power in the Spanish Sun
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Droplet Architecture
Hi-Tech Resort Design Especially for Humid Coastlines
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Sharply Swirling Abodes
The ‘Mop House' by AGi Architects is Full of Lines and Curves
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Panoramic Alpine Abodes
The AABE AIBS House is a Remarkable Mountain Retreat
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Modern Spanish Manors
Villa in Andalucia by McLean Quinlan Architects is Spacious
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Concrete Mega-Mansions
The Joaquin Torres A-Cero Concrete House II is an Above-Ground Bunker
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Marqués de Riscal Hotel by Frank Gehry
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Giant Sheathed Domes
iGuzzini Headquarters by MiAS Architects is a Spectacular Structure
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Coiled Cardboard Structures
The Living Nature Pavilion Explores How Space and Light Interact
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Barn-Like Homes
'House at the Pyrenees' by Cadaval & Sola-Morales was Once Rotten
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Contemporary Courtyard Abodes
Spanish Oaks by James D LaRue Architects is Welcoming
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Extensive Bungalow Homes
A-Cero Architects Creates a Low-Rise Achievement
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Minimal Labyrinth Spaces
The ‘AA House’ By MVN Arquitectos is a Maze of Elegant Archit
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Sliding Corkscrew Sidewalks
The Roberto Ercilla Mechanical Ramps are a Concrete Convenience
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Sustainable Spanish Ecotecture
A-Cero & Joaquin Torres Design Eco Power Research Facility in Murci
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Foliage-Friendly Abodes
The Rooted Tree House Integrates Itself into Nature
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Rocky Spa Residences
Maria Castello Martinez Designs One Dazzling Family Home
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Bold Bowling Hat Interiors
The Portago Urban Hotel by ILMIODESIGN Features a British Inspiration
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Modern Refurbished Prisons
Exit Architects Repurpose the Palencia Civic Center
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Curving Crimson Shoe Shops
The Granada Camper Store by A-cero is Bold and Brash
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Ethereal Cube Spas
The Hotel Castell dels Hams Pool is the Epitome of Exclusivity
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Luxuriously Refurbished Theatres
The Cineteca Cinema Center Brings Culture to Matadero, Madrid
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Spanish Baroque Rentals
The El Palauet is a Beautiful, Modern Hotel
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Supercharged Spanish Escapes
The Sherry Stringfield Estate Looks Too Cute for Words
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Furutistic White-Out Living
The 'Inhabited Fold' Home Showcases Whirlpool's Latest Appliences
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Glitter Ball-Inspired Buildings
The Basque Health Department HQ
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Futuristic Spanish Architecture
Zaha Hadid's Campus de la Justicia
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Stark Streamlined Galleries
The Easter Sculpture Museum by Exit Architects is Sleek and Simplistic
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Culture-Colliding Renovations
Isuuru Architects Bring Spanish Palace to New Era
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16th Century Boutique Hotels
Reads Hotel in Mallorca
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Surreal Roadside Shelters
The Spanish Bus Station by Eustaquio Martinez Looks Extraterrestrial
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Curvy Canopied Stations
The Liege-Guillemins Station is a Building Without Facades
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Cavernous Courtyard Holes
The Joanneum Museum Extension Punctures the Cultural Hub's Square
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Sustainable Gypsum Boards
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid’s Drywall is Green
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Origami-Inspired Sleek Cabins
A.L.P.S. Designs the Infinity Mobile Architecture System
Extreme Space-Saving Architecture
A 74-Square-Foot Apartment is Redefining Urban Living
Discreet Architectural Polish Homes
Mobius Architekci Designs the Loop House in Rural Poland
Minimal Mid-Century Hollywood Homes
Studio Qasabian Designs the Mulholland Home in LA
Backyard-Transformed Dwelling Units
Catch Architecture and Obreval Design the ADU Carpintaria
Colorful Educational Art Installations
Mario Cucinella Architects Displays Sparking Change
Beautifully Sculptural Concrete Museums
Qatar Museums Unveils Official Images of the Lusail Museum
H-Shaped Structural Mountain Homes
Studio B Architecture + Interiors Designs the Villa H
Artful Wooden Pavilions
Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónia Designs the Orchid Pavilion
Contemporary Ski Home Projects
Alfredo Paredes Reimagines the Traditional Ski Chalet
Mid-Century Style Montreal Homes
Local Studios Join to Create the Residence Ave Duchastel
Abandoned Bar-Transformed Apartments
XStudio Develops the New House M Workshop Project
Modern Minimalism Apartments
Between the Walls Designs the Old&New Apartment in Kyiv
Curved Translucent Experimental Apartments
NEUHÄUSL HUNAL Designs the Sculptor's Apartment
Interior Courtyard Mexican Homes
RA! Creates the Casa LL with Panels and Concrete in Mexico
Energy-Efficient Office Buildings
This Czech Office Complex is Outfitted With Eco-Friendly Designs
Spanish Concrete Replica Residences
Architecture Office Claudia Raurell Designs the Villain House
Eccentrically Designed Historic Penthomes
Crina Arghirescu Rogard Adds Designs to a Penthouse
Sheep Wool-Insulated Guest Houses
DUB Arquiectura Created the Casa La Escocesa on a Farm
Traditionally Formed Gabled Homes
Studio Circle Growth Designs the Casa De Mi Luna
High Concrete Walled Homes
Cesar Mancillas Creates a Linear Home with Tranquil Elements
Off-Grid Oceanside Homes
Campos Studio Designs a Sculptural Cliffside Home in Mexico
Countryside Woodland Cabin Designs
BABELstudio Creates the Aralar Cottage in the Forest
Low-Tech Cathedral Pavilions
Heleo and Daniel Ruanova Design the Exchange Pavilion
Swooped Museum Roof Planes
BIG Designs the Waterfront Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
Modern Office Environments
The MOL Campus Project Was Designed by Architecture Firm Kinzo
Modern-Updated Traditional Homes
KiKi ARCHi Designs the Skip House in the Middle of Beijing
Bamboo-Inspired Cultural Buildings
This Cultural Center Seamlessly Blends Into its Surroundings
Juxtaposing Minimal Artful Homes
Hino Studio Designs the Oceana Retreat in Florida
Dynamic Y-Shaped Glazed Houses
Saunders Architecture Designs the Y House in Alberta
Bamboo Luxe Pool Houses
Baldó Arquitectura Designs the Godai Pavilion with a Hanging Roof
Red Concrete-Defined Home Renovations
Atelier Delalande Tabourin Renovates a Home in France
Social Network-Encouraging Homes
Ignacio G Galán and OF Architects Design a Madrid Home
Landscape-Integrated Hill Homes
Elías Rizo Arquitectos Designs the Casa AV in the Hills
Terraced Garden-Surrounded Homes
Arkitito Arquitetura Designed the Lechuza House in Brazil
Sleek Contemporary Brazilian Homes
Tetro Arquictectura Designs the Laguna House in Nova Lima
Eco-Conscious Slim Skyscrapers
Muraba and RCR Arquitectes Join to Design the Muraba Veil
Modern Minimal Concrete Homes
Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados Designs the Copas Home
Suspended Connected Cabin Hotels
María José Gutiérrez Designs the Zeuhary Hospedaje Campestre
Nature-Leveraging Home Designs
PAE Designs the Casa Coaba Tucked in the Hillsides
Warm Tonal Textural Homes
Juan Gurrea Rumeu Creates the Bolívar House in Barcelona
Meadow-Overlooking Sleek Homes
StudioAC Designs a Holiday Home iwth a Cedar-Clad Build
Sandy Landscape-Reflective Homes
SIA Arquitectura Designs the Casa da Encosta n Grândola
Harmonious Traditional Home Designs
MAKHNO Studio Updates the Century-Old Kyoto House
Charming Angular Contemporary Homes
Studio KUNZ Presents the Trapezium House in Brazil
Femininity-Exploring Boutique Hotels
Estudio Carroll Designs the Xique Boutique Hotel
Robust Monolithic Walled Homes
H Arquitectes Completes the Casa 1736 in Barcelona
Architecture-Inspired Home Sculptures
Origin Made Spotlights the Spiral and Flight Sculptures
Organically designed Salon Interiors
Mariam Barrio Designs Natural Themes for Curly Lab's Salon
Geometric Prefabricated Pavilions
Heams & Michel Architectes Presents the 7 Kiosks Project
Contrasting Facade Clad Apartments
Messner Architets Designs the RVTK Apartments in Italy
Temple-Inspired Sculptural Lighthouses
Gonzalo Lebrija Designs the Dynamic El Faro Lighthouse
Mountaintop Cantilevered Residences
Alejandro Vazquez Designs the Levitar House on a Mountain
Serene Wooden Garden Pavilions
Byró Architekti Designs the Garden Pavilion in Prague
Prayer Room Government Offices
Agata Kurzela Studio Rewors a Floor of a Heritage Building
Cloister-Style Sculptural Galleries
Axel Vervoordt and Tatsuro Miki Design the Meridiano
Colorful Light-Filled Urban Homes
gon architects Creates the Casa Flix Located in Madrid
Crystalline Chinese Museum Buildings
The 'Space Crystal' Building Looks Like An Otherworldly Rock
Renovated Maximalist Apartments
David/Nicolas Renovates the Casa di Fantasia in Milan
Welcoming Prefabricated Student Housing
Ignacio Prego Architectures Designs New Student Housing
Log Cabin-Inspired Minimal Homes
Gartnerfuglen Arkitkter Designs the Årestua Home in Telemark
Mountain-Based Curved Viewpoints
Line+ Studio Creates the Yunhai Forest Service Station
Light Reflective Modern Villas
PPAA Completes the Concrete Villa with a 'Water Mirror'
Refreshing Micro-Living Compact Homes
Mariano Ravenna Designs the SF-FR House with Concrete
Exposed Concrete Stealthy Homes
OFIS Aritekti Designs the Villa Eternal Way in Slovenia
Nature-Preserving Mexican Lake Houses
MCxA Designs the Casa Santa Maria del Oro in Mexico
Barrel-Vaulted Roof Parks
Bear Architects Designs the Zubitegi Park in Spain
Artfully Inspired Home Renovations
Reflect Architecture Designs the North Drive House in Toronto
Tranquil Functional Home Designs
Atelier Varun Goyal Designs the Modern Courtyard House
Monolithic Sleek Summer Homes
Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter Creates the Vollerup Atrium Home
Live-In Art Gallery Homes
Casa Galeria is a Home That Doubles as an Art Gallery
Woodland-Inspired Timber Office Spaces
Atelier du Pont Completes the Pavilion Jardins Building
Compact Calming Homes
Batay-Csorba Architects Masterfully Designed a Modern Brick Home in Toronto
Tree-Centered Cubic Home Designs
Moises Sánchez Designs the Tonalli House in Jocotepec
Bright Colorful Converted Apartments
Alarquitectos Presents the São Sebastião 123 Apartment
Brutalist Museum Restaurants
Zooco Estudio Designs a Restaurant in the Cantabrian Maritime Museum
Beach-Overlooking Picturesque Homes
teamSTAR Designs the Villa A in Japan's Yokosuka-City
Clover-Style Conference Center Designs
MAD Designs the ZGC International Innovation Center
Cozy Gaden Cabin Retreats
BYRÓ architekti Designs the Garden Pavilion with Wooden Detail
Geometric Mexican Equestrian Centers
Módica Ledezma Designs the Equestrian San Ramón
Illuminated Cave-Like Offices
Javier Senosiain Arquitectos Designs Rugged Office in Mexico
Retro Apartment Transformations
Space is around us Designs the Kyano Apartment in Greece
Organically Modern Coastal Homes
Albert Kalach Designs the Casona Sforza with Tradition
Flexible Tranquil Guesthouses
Ibiza Interiors Renovates the Campo Atelier Holiday Home
Elegant Artful Townhouses
Jorge Brown Cott Designs a New Art-Centric Brooklyn Townhouse
Orange Tonal Concrete Homes
Álvaro Siza Designs the Colien House on a Sloped Site in Spain
Dynamically Patterned Portuguese Homes
Fala Atelier Designs the 087 House in Lisbon
Poetic Habourfront Nature Centers
3XN Created the Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing
Traditional Sustainable School Designs
Heatherwick Studio Showcases Plans for Universidad Ean
Urban Natural Expansive Buildings
Atelier Delalande Tabourin Designs Office National des Forêts
U-Shaped Atrium Hotels
JSa Designs the Hotel Volga in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Renovated Asymmetric Building Projects
Formation Association Designs the Atwater Canyon Building
Traditional Sandstone Housing Blocks
Peris+Toral Arquitectes Designs Living in Lime
Natural Landscape-Surrounding Homes
All(zone) Designs the Under the Rain Trees Holiday Home
Italian 4-Story Loft Apartments
lamatilde Designs the Casa MRGT Apartment Project in Turin
Modern Deco Office Designs
Reflect Architecture Designs the NewGen Office with Contemporary Detail
Open-Interiors Concrete Care Homes
Max Núñez Arquitectos Designs the Hogar Alemán Care Home
Spine-Based Central Design Buildings
Foster + Partners Designs the Hangzhou Center
Lightning Bolt-Inspired Interior Homes
H3O Creates Dynamic Interiors for the Relámpago House
Latticed-Steel Transport Hub Columns
Tremend Designs the Metropolitan Station in Lublin
Gabled Planted Courtyard Schools
Ateliers O-S and NAS Architecture Design the Samuel Paty School
Social Housing Unit Blocks
Joan J Fortuny & Alventosa Morell Arquitectes Forms 54 Social Housing
Historic Building Architecture Offices
Paul R Williams Designs the New BIG Office in Santa Monica
Gabled Forest-Side Homes
Théque Atelier Designs the Frame House in Hungary
Rural Cork Block Residences
Gurea Arquitectura Cooperativa Designs the Cork and Wood House
Mirrored Panel Tropical Gardens
Research Artistic Design + Architecture Designs the Frame Garden
Roman Architecture-Themed Pavilions
Pratique and Fanum Design the Forum des Vestiges Pavilion
Basketry-Informed University Facades
Heatherwick Studio Designs a Building for Universidad Ean
Steel Pavilion Sports Clubs
Urlo Studio Designs the Mocolí Sports Club in Ecuador
Brutalist Minimal Apartment Designs
Zalc Arquitetura Reimagines the JF Apartment in Brazil
Sustainable Custom Luxe Homes
Schenkar and GA Arquitectura y Construcción Join on a Structure
Personality-Reflecting Brick Homes
Omar Vegara Taller and Renata de Miguel Design Casa Cantellano
Curved Surface Portuguese Homes
Fala Atelier Designs a House Within a Few Lines
Optimal Energy Research Centers
Zara Hadid Architects Designs the Alisher Navoi Research Center
Elegant Interior Hotel Designs
Tonen Lead the Interior Design of the Hotel Bella Grande
Courtyard-Style Californian Homes
Schwartz and Architecture Designs the Modal Home in Cali
Reflective Mountain-Based Shelters
Senorer Tammerle Architekten Updates the Shelter Santerpass
Contemporary 1960s Italian Villas
The Twisted House Honors its Past with Modern Updates
Trapezoidal Coastal Beach Houses
Emergentes Architectures Sàrl Designed the Dreal House in Chile
Bright Renovated Seaside Apartments
Toledano + Architects Renovates an Apartment in Biarritz
Brightly Designed Studio Showrooms
Mestiz Opens Up a Workshop in a Historic Mexican Building
X-Shaped Nature-Interacting Gabled Cabins
Tall Architects Designs the Fowl River Cabin in Alabama
Golden Divider Apartment Renovations
Raúl Sánchez Renovates a Classic Barcelona Apartment
Cork-Clad Madrid Residences
Estudio Albar Designs the Casa Eñe by a Spanish National Park
Renaissance Building-Transformed Homes
ORA Converts a Historic Building to the Modern Masná 130
Steel Structural Dynamic Workspaces
Skylab Architecture Builds a New Skylab Office in Oregon
Light-Centric Evocative Home Designs
HW Studio Designs the Casa Emma in Morelia, Mexico
Star-Shaped Structural Pavilions
Minsuk Cho Designs the Archipelagic Void Shelter in London
Monolithic Custom Residences
Laboratorio de Arquitectura Designs the Casa Catedral Project
Dynamic Concrete Modern Buildings
Atelier Matias Mosquera Designs the Shire Building
Art Center Sweeping Canopies
Kengo Kuma & Associates Extend the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian
Water Flow-Inspired Art Buildings
MAD Designs the Waterfront Nanhai Arts Center in Guangdong
Geometric Red-Brick Suburban Homes
OFIS Arhitekti Designs the Frame House in Ljubljana
Colorfully Bright Hillside Homes
SelgasCano and Diego Cano Design the Canary House in LA
Stone Ruin-Transformed Spanish Homes
H Arquitectes Designs the Casa 1627 in Spain
Creative Work-Encouraging Homes
Mork-Ulnes Architects Designs the Silver Lining House
Coastal Retreat Renovations
Eva González Estudio Redesigns a Retreat in Vilanova i la Geltru
Pink Walled Cultural Facilities
The Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos has Traditional Detail
Regional Modern Tropical Homes
Lijo Reny Architects Designs the Stoic Wall Residence
Semi-Open Community Centers
Fernanda Canales Designs the House for the Elderly