The COAM +10 Award recognizes the work of the highest architectural standard, older than ten years, which, due to its design and conception, demonstrates the validity of an architecture whose values have transcended socially and culturally, and have contributed to improve its environment.
The awards ceremony will be held this Friday, October 6, at 7 pm at the COAM headquarters, c/ de Hortaleza, 63, Madrid.
We remind you that on the occasion of the ninth edition of Open House Madrid, the Albéniz hotel-theater will
open its doors today and tomorrow. Visiting dates and times are:
Thursday 21/9_11.00, 11.45, 12.30.
Friday 22/9_ 14.30, 15.15 and 16.00
No prior registration is necessary.
Looking forward to seeing you!
La Troupe Prado hostel has been recently opened in the building we have fully refurbished at c/ Méndez Álvaro, No. 2, Madrid, in collaboration with IBID studio.
Ruiz Barbarin has been invited by Grupo Via to take part in the presentation of "New Architecture Projects in Madrid" together with other relevant professional colleagues.
The rehabilitation works of the Triada complex designed by Francisco Javier de Oiza in 1993 have been completed.
The scope of the intervention has affected the three buildings by means of interior refurbishment, conservation, maintenance, specific restructuring and exterior works, in addition to the adjacent exterior landscaping.
After a careful, complex and precise rehabilitation where the priority has been to reveal the original and
separate it from the old, clean and condition to preserve what is important, the emblematic Albéniz theater
-which has been closed for several years- reopens its doors with a show of one of our most internationally
recognized actors, Antonio Banderas.
The rehabilitation works of the commercial building located at c/ Gran Vía 37 in Madrid, where the Japanese chain Uniqlo opens the largest store in Spain, have been completed.
The ‘Growth’ building has been awarded at the XXII concorso internazionale d’autore by Metra Building for its architectural and restoration design. These awards recognize the value of using innovative technologies, energy-saving strategies and acoustic insulation, while enhancing human comfort and attention to recycling.
The award ceremony took place last Monday in Brescia, Italy, where Marta Guillen, from Mutua Inmobiliaria, Miguel Ángel Ruiz, from Martifer, Xavi Ferrés, from Ferrés Arquitectos, and Antonio Ruiz Barbarin received the prize.
At the IV edition of the City - Open House Madrid award, the RBA-Arquimania studio has been awarded in the innovation category.
"The City Awards recognize design and innovation as essential factors to provide quality of life to citizens."
We are happy to inform you that the Growth building is now WELL GOLD certified.
On 24/11/21 Prof. Ruiz Barbarin gave the conference titled "Re-construction of Memories" at the ETSAM Construction Department, based on the work carried out for the integral rehabilitation of the Castellana 81 tower, formerly known as Bank of Bilbao, designed by Francisco Javier Saenz de Oiza.
Antonio Ruiz Barbarin has been awarded the Pedro Exposito prize sponsored by the firm Cosentino in the Architecture category.
The aim of the Pedro Expósito Awards is to reward architects, designers, companies and entities for their involvement with the Cosentino brand and for their collaboration in the Cosentino City Madrid activity.
After a year and a half of works, the full refurbishment and extension of the lower volume of the Alfredo Mahou building located in Plaza Manuel Gómez Moreno 2 in Madrid has been completed.
For this reason, there was an Open House event organized by the developer, Mutua Madrileña and Open House Madrid, enabling visits to the building.
Ruiz Barbarin participates in the conference organized by Cosentino Madrid with the conference "Healing architecture", as one of the events of the Madrid Architecture Week.
After several years of construction works and a full refurbishment, the new Hotel Canopy by Hilton Madrid-Castellana has just opened its doors. The hotel contains 315 rooms, a pool terrace with panoramic views, a fitness centre, 12 meeting rooms and a wide gastronomic offer.
Located in the heart of Azca, the new hotel takes up the space of the previous Holiday Inn Madrid Bernabéu and uses the brand Canopy for the first time in Spain.
Last July, the rehabilitation works on Tower 17 of the Triada complex were completed.
Rehabilitation works continue on Tower 19, which is scheduled for completion next year.
After several years of works, and a thorough rehabilitation, last Monday, June 7, the Pestana CR7 hotel was
inaugurated at Gran Vía 29. The new hotel has received the RETHINK award, “Honorary recognition for the
best project in sustainability and hotel rehabilitation in Spain in 2020”.
The rehabilitation works on Tower 21 of the Triada complex have now finished, and the rehabilitation works on Towers 17 and 19 continue. The works are scheduled to finish next year.
Antonio Ruiz Barbarin has been invited by the College of Architects to participate in the seminar organized by the CTAA Department of Culture.
Tomorrow, February 28 at 10.15 a.m. he will give the conference "RETHINKING OLD SPACES FOR NEW USES".
The XX INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE INTERVENTION CONFERENCE, with the name “In continuous transformation” is currently being held in Logroño.
Like every year, the Official College of Architects of La Rioja, together with the Cultural Foundation of Architects of La Rioja, organizes this meeting which brings together leading professionals specialized in the field of heritage intervention.
Antonio Ruiz Barbarin will participate with the presentation “Behind the grid. The Bilbao Bank of Sáenz de Oiza's Rehabilitation”.
New award for the rehabilitation of Castellana 81. On this occasion it has been the NAN Awards for Architecture and Construction where we have won the award for "Best rehabilitation and reform project".
The awards ceremony took place last November 12 at the Esferic in Barcelona.
Castellana 81 office buildings restoration has been recognized again. On this occasion, the work of integral rehabilitation has been awarded by the prestigious international prize The Architecture MasterPrize 2019 (Los Angeles. USA), in the category ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - Restoration & Renovation.
“The Architecture MasterPrize (AMP) is an international architecture awards program that pays tribute to the best architecture achievements every year based in Los Angeles, USA. AMP's mission is to celebrate excellence, creativity and innovation in architecture, interior design and landscape architecture, and promote the dissemination of quality architectural design worldwide.
The winners are selected by the highly-regarded jury of architects, opinion leaders and academics from the world of architecture.
This edition has been attended by works from more than 60 countries, and the awards ceremony will take place next October at the Guggenheim in Bilbao.
We are pleased to share with you one of the FAD 2019 awards, the Special Architecture Jury Mention for the Castellana 81 Refurbishment, we were granted with yesterday, at the Barcelona Design Museum.
We strongly appreciate the collaboration of each and every one of the team members involved in the refurbishment of this emblematic architecture piece by maestro Francisco Sáenz de Oiza, as well as the trust placed in us by its owner, GMP.
Next June 5 at 8 pm, in the O_LUMEN space dedicated to the arts and the word, Antonio Ruiz Barbarin will give the lecture "After Beauty_Contemporary Dominican Architecture”.
Free admission.
On May 30, the business association ASPRIMA granted the XVI edition of the ASPRIMA-SIMA 2019 awards,
where the housing project at C/San Germán 17 received the Mention for 'Best Initiative in Urban Regeneration'.
We are pleased to inform you we have been selected as FINALISTS of the 2019 FAD Awards for the rehabilitation of Castellana 81. The awards ceremony will take place on June 19 in Barcelona, date on which we will know the winners of this edition. Given the category of the award, we already feel very fortunate for having been selected from among the 494 works submitted.
On April 17, Prof. Ruiz Barbarin was invited to give the conference 'INTERVENTIONS IN MEMORY' at the Catholic University of Peru, in Lima.
Ruiz Barbarin has been invited by the University of Architecture of Toledo to lecture 'ESCALERAS'. This conference will take place tomorrow, March 20 at 1pm
October 22nd saw the opening of the Marianist nursery school in Vitoria.
On October 4, Ruiz Barbarin Arquitectos received the COAM award for the full refurbishment of the Castellana 81 building.
Ruiz Barbarin Arquitectos have been the winners of the COAM 2018 Award for the full refurbishment of Castellana 81, former BBVA, in recognition of the work and the diffusion of architecture.
The awards ceremony took place on October 4, at the Official College of Architects of Madrid.
On the 8th of September, Antonio Ruiz Barbarin was invited to give a lecture titled 'After Beauty: Contemporary Dominican Architecture', on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the temple of the Santo Domingo de Guzman Convent of El Vedat de Torrent, designed by Felipe Soler and Álvaro Gómez-Ferrer.
36 finalists from 26 Baumit countries attended the Grand Final, which took place on 14 June at the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava. An international jury of leading architects selected the six category winners and the overall winner of the Baumit Life Challenge. As in 2014, Spain won the top prize “Life Challenge Award 2018” again. Our project of Tower 30 was one.
Antonio Ruiz Barbarin participated in the Espacio y Materia meetings, organized by Tectónica y Finsa21, with a guided visit to C81 and giving the conference 'SINGULAR PASSIONS: The refurbishment of the Bank of Bilbao and Tower 30'.
Photo credits: Finsa 21.
On May 31, the business association ASPRIMA granted the XV edition of the ASPRIMA-SIMA 2017 awards. The award for the 'BEST NON-RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE ACTION' has gone to the Castellana 81 building promoted by the GMP Property group, and whose refurbishment has been commissioned to the Ruiz Barbarin Architects studio. 'The jury has assessed the project and execution of the property refurbishment, which has sought to maintain the building's essence, uniqueness and attributes, providing the greatest comfort inside.'
The Castellana 81 building has also been awarded 'Best rehabilitation 2017' by the Spanish Association of Offices (AEO), as well as the DIGA award for accessibility 2017.
Ruiz Barbarin participates in the cycle “New Challenges. New Spaces” to be held today at 19:30 at Roca Madrid Gallery (c/ José Abascal, 57).
'The cycle deals with deepening the transformation experienced by the design of spaces in recent years, a process facing new challenges that go beyond their traditional boundaries, leading to the adoption of an attitude of experimentation that surpasses the merely formal'.
It will be a dialogue between professionals and will focus on the inevitable problem of designing spaces nowadays.
OPENING OF O_LUMEN
O_Lumen, “a space for the arts and the word”, designed by Ruiz Barbarin Arquitectos, has been opened.
This new space has been created as a 'meeting point and openness to understanding'. Kim En Joong’s 'Traces of Light' has been chosen as the opening exhibition.
T30 IN JAPAN
The T30 building participates in the exhibition “IMAGENSUBLIMINAL. ESCENARIOS DE ARQUITECTURA ESPAÑOLA” held at the Spanish Embassy in Tokyo.
The projects Castellana 81 and Torre 30 were selected to participate in the 1st Seoul Bienniale of Architecture and Urbanism, where 65 cities from all around the world took part. Madrid was represented by “DREAMadrid – Energía Cero: soñando un Madrid para el futuro” ['DREAMadrid - Zero Energy: dreaming a future Madrid”], together with organizations from all corners of the globe, from September to November 2017.
EXHIBITION 2005-2016 COAM AWARD. RECENT MADRID ARCHITECTURE
29/09/2017 - 08/12/2017
Ruiz Barbarin Arquitectos takes part in the exhibition 2005-2016 PREMIO COAM. ARQUITECTURA RECIENTE DE MADRID, with works that had received awards at previous editions:
2012: Book ARQUITECTURA ESPAÑOLA 1975-2010. 35+ “CONSTRUYENDO EN DEMOCRACIA”.), 2013: Renovation of building at c/ Almagro 9 and the book “Setenta Escalones. La escalera en el tiempo y el espacio”.
2015: Renovation of building at c/ Génova 17.
In the words of the Dean: “The exhibition and accompanying catalogue are a retrospective study inviting the visitor to reflect on and interpret the best Madrid architecture”, and includes 150 projects of the award-winner list of these years.
This year we participate once again in Madrid Architecture Week. On this occasion, in addition to visiting Cuatrecasas central offices, you will also be able to visit the newly-refurbished Castellana 81 building, the former BBVA headquarters.
Open House, The International Architecture Festival in which 30 cities participate, is held for the third time in Madrid on September 30 and October 1. Those interested will be able to visit the Castellana 81 Building.
In the words of Ruiz Barbarin: 'It has been a privilege to renovate this icon of Madrid and European architecture. It is an emblem. Oíza built a classic skyscraper (1971-1978) with a contemporary idea. Every corner of the building oozes architecture and during its renovation we have uncovered what was hidden beneath by following the Maestro’s trails.”
Ruiz Barbaran is participating as guest speaker at the new edition of Oficinas Rethink in Madrid. The event is organized by the editorial Grupo Via. Today’s workplace is undergoing a revolution; therefore this initiative gathers relevant professionals within the architecture field to analyze in-progress workplace projects and explore how the change in the way of working is affecting the design of projects. The speech revolves around “The key of office refurbishment”.
“Arquitectura Urbanismo” of Onda Madrid Radio interviews Antonio Ruiz Barbarin regarding the renovation of the BBVA Bank former headquarters in Madrid at Castellana 81.
Ruiz Barbarin Arquitectos has won the first prize in the restricted competition for a sports residence at the sports club Somontes in El Pardo, Madrid.
The first phase of the refurbishment works of Castellana 81 Building (former Banco de Bilbao) has been completed. This 20th-century icon building, which was designed by Sáenz de Oíza, has been fully restored and equipped with state-of-the-art technologies. In addition to the 28 office floors, the building will have an auditorium and a meeting centre. It belongs to the GMP Group and will be used for office rental.
The refurbishment works of the TORRE 30 building have been completed at c/ Albacete nº 3, Madrid. The building seeks to adapt the new technologies and be a point of reference within the M30. The exterior lighting has acted as an integrating element between the 2 skins of the building that will be part of the headquarters of the ILUNION group.
The refurbishment of the student residence at c / Claudio Coello 141 in Madrid has been completed. The building owned by the RESA group has modern rooms, study rooms, library, cafeteria-dining room and a gymnasium.
Volume 103 of Promateriales magazine dedicates one of its reports to the refurbishment of the office building located at c/ Genova 17 in Madrid. The article describes the challenges that have led to the study of this project, highlighting the energy efficiency achieved, and obtaining BREEAM certification.
In Issue 130 of the magazine, the interview delves into his experience as an architect, works currently being carried out, goals that are marked in his career, and his vision of where architectural practice in our country is heading.
Piedra sobre piedra. Spanish heritage for the last 30 years.
Participation in the exhibition 'PIEDRA SOBRE PIEDRA. 30 years of intervention in the Architectural Heritage, 1985-2015 '.
On March 31, the Ministry of Public Works inaugurated the PIEDRA SOBRE PIEDRA Exhibition. 30 years of intervention in the Architectural Heritage, 1985-2015.
Participation in this exhibition with the rehabilitation of Villa de Granadilla, intervention that was made within the Program of Recovery of Abandoned Towns.
In the exhibition, almost 1,500 works and performances of very diverse scale are exhibited, with which it has tried to take stock of the intervention of the Public Administrations in the work of recovering architectural heritage.
The Exhibition will remain open from April 1 to May 31, 2016 in the Zuazo Hall of La Arquería de los Nuevos Ministerios in Madrid.
The 2015 COAM Awards were given during the Architecture event held at the College of Architects of Madrid, where the building at C/ Genova 17 received the award for restoration work.
Castellana 81 restoration works begin: With the auditorium full of the teams in charge of the restoration and marketing, at 10.30 a.m. the works started and will last around 20 months.
The day began with a video of Sainz de Oiza and ended with a virtual projection of what Castellana 81 will look like once the works have been completed.
Office building restoration in Génova street, 17, Madrid. COAM 2015 Awards.
The jury appreciated the exemplary nature of the proposals in their ability to contribute to the dissemination of the values of architecture in society, their multidisciplinary nature, their ability to qualify the urban space or the context of the performance, their innovative approach and their development within good architectural practices.
For the third consecutive year, next October 4th, you can visit the headquarters of Cuatrecasas (2013 COAM Prize in rehabilitation), one of the events organized by the XII Madrid Architecture Week to be held from 1 to 11 October 2015. This year, Berlin will be the guest city.
MADRID OPEN HOUSE is a festival of architecture and city thanks to which buildings and unique places can be visited for a weekend a year. September 26th, 2015.
The refurbishment of the Colegio del Pilar in Logrono has been published in issue 54 of the magazine Conarquitectura. The magazine specializes and dedicates its pages to works made with baked clay.
'Efficient Geometry' is the title of the article published in BIA magazine, by the Association of Surveyors of Madrid, on the works in the office building located at c / Génova 17 Madrid.
The report consists of 8 pages, and describes the comprehensive rehabilitation works carried out in the building that has achieved BREEAM certification, 'which means that building ensures a 65% reduction in emissions with respect to an equivalent standard. '
The refurbishment of the building which occupies the new headquarters of Cuatrecasas in Madrid has been published in Issue no. 83 of Promateriales magazine, 'Special Projects Building 2014'.
Last November, the Macarena restaurant opened in Shanghai.
Macarena is a Spanish restaurant designed by Ruiz Barbarin Architects that includes several themed dining areas to pay tribute to great Spanish artists such as Gaudí, Picasso and Dali. In it, you can taste the best quality Spanish gastronomy.
Ruiz Barbarin participates in the II Architecture CongresoXpress under the theme 'Architecture and Business. Any green sprouts?' organized by CentroCentro Cibeles for Culture and Citizenship in conjunction with the XI Madrid Architecture Week. Also participating in the congress, among others, were Jose Antonio Granero (Dean of the Madrid College of Architects), Francisco Domouso, José María Ezquiaga, Carlos Rubio Carvajal, Ariadna Cantis and Teresa Sapey.
During the XI International Madrid Architecture Week Cuatrecasas headquarters will hold an Open Day (October, 8 and 10, 2014, from 15.15 to 19.00).
Ruiz Barbarin Arquitectos - GCA Arquitectos have obtained the FIRST PRIZE FOR BEST PERFORMANCE IN REHABILITATION IN LIGHT FACADE with the Cuatrecasas headquarters in Madrid, at the IX-ASEFAVE VETECO 2014 awards.
Prof. Ruiz Barbarin has been invited to participate in the monographic technical session 'Rehabilitation in building' at the Institute of Construction Science Eduardo Torroja, with the lecture 'Rehabilitation in building, a practical case, Cuatrecasas, Almagro, No. 9, Madrid.'
Prof. Ruiz Barbarin has been invited to participate in the conference 'Barragan + De la Sota. The architecture of essence' at La Coruña School of Architecture, with the lecture 'Luis Barragan Interior Landscapes'.
Date: November 15, 2013
Place: Assembly Hall, ETSAC
Bautou Master Plan in Inner Mongolia (China) has been selected to participate in the exhibition 'Madrid Architects around the world'. College of Architects of Madrid until October 31st.
The 2013 COAM Awards took place during the Architecture event held at the College of Architects of Madrid, where the award for the book 'Seventy steps. The staircase in time and space' was collected.
On Saturday October 12, the new primary and infant school facilities were opened at the Marianist Santa María school in Logroño, La Rioja.
The 2013 COAM Awards took place during the Architecture event held at the College of Architects of Madrid, where the award for the rehabilitation of the former Mutua Madrileña building, and current headquarters of the firm Cuatrecasas has been recognized.
Antonio Ruiz Barbarin has been invited to give a conference on the refurbishment works carried out in the former headquarters of the Bank of Spain in Cáceres at the 2013 Rehabitalia conference.
This is the 8th edition of the meeting between rehabilitation professionals organized by the Hon. Plasencia City Council, the College of Architects of Extremadura and PYMECOM.
The book 'Seventy steps. The staircase in time and space' has won a prize in the X edition of the 2013 COAM Awards.
'The 2013 COAM Awards aims to recognize the quality of architectural work, good practice and exemplary initiatives that have contributed to the dissemination of the cultural values of architecture'.
The building for the new Cuatrecasas headquarters has won a prize in the X edition of the 2013 COAM Awards.
'The 2013 COAM Awards aims to recognize the quality of architectural work, good practice and exemplary initiatives that have contributed to the dissemination of the cultural values of architecture'.
The new Cuatrecasas headquarters has been chosen to participate in the X Madrid Architecture Week, organized by the COAM Foundation. The visits will take place on Sunday October 6, between 10:00 and 13:00 and between 15:00 and 19:00 at Almagro, 9. No booking required. Visits will be accompanied by COAM guides, groups being formed at the entrance.
Prof. Barbarin gave the conference 'Casa Barragan. A magical space' within the PhD course 'Theory and architectural criticism. Masters of Architecture'. ETSAM. May 22, 2013.
Ruiz Barbarin Arquitectos has been selected winner of the architectural competition for refurbishment of the building located at c/ Gran Vía No. 42, put out to tender by Anida, intended for hotel use.
LASEDE - EXPOSICION “1975 - 2010 ARQUITECTURA ESPAÑOLA. 35+ Construyendo en democracia' (LASEDE - 1975 - 2010 Spanish Architecture. 35+ Building in Democracy'). The Spanish Ministry of Public Works and Highways and COAM (Official Architects' Association of Madrid) have agreed to keep the exhibition permanently displayed in LASEDE (c/ Hortaleza 63, Madrid). It will occasionally leave the headquarters in order to be on exhibit throughout the country.
Professor Ruiz Barbarin has been invited to give a conference titled 'Designer Architect and its relationship with the Project Manager' at the MEDIP Master, at the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ESTAM, Madrid).
The “SPANISH ARCHITECTURE 1975 - 2010 . 35+ Building in Democracy" Exhibition returns home after having been displayed in the Cadiz Museum/Casa Pinillos on the occasion of the VIII Spanish American Biennial on Architecture and Urbanism 2012.
The new nursery school, 'La Margarita', for the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús School in Chamartín, designed by Ruiz Barbarin Arquitectos, has opened its doors.
Héctor Barrio and Antonio Ruiz Barbarin received the COAM 'Best Publication Award' for their work '1975 - 2010 SPANISH ARCHITECTURE. 35+ Building in Democracy'. More information...
The video recorded on the occasion of the new Cuatrecasas Headquarters opening, including an interview with the building's architects is now available on 'YouTube'. More information...
The book Seventy Steps. The Staircase through Time and Space' has been published. More information...
Antonio Ruiz Barbarin wins, by competition, the post of Full Professor at the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM).
The book Pretexts to Talk about Architecture, by Antonio Ruiz Barbarin, has been published. (Publisher Nobuko).
Ruiz Barbarin Arquitectos has won the contest for the extension of Santa María Marianist School in Logroño.
The '1975-2010 SPANISH ARCHITECTURE. 35+ Building in Democracy' Exhibition curated by Ruiz Barbarin and Héctor Barrio is coming to its end at the Zuazo Hall of the Spanish Ministry of Public Works and Highways.