Madrid, 06.2021 The proposal by Heatherwick Studio, London, together with the local offices CLK Architects, Madrid, and BAC Engineering, has been selected the winning proposal for the new office building for El Corte Inglés, which is located in Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid. xmade was…

Seoul, 11.2021 Juanjo Castellón (co-founder, xmade GmbH) and his research team at Rice School of Architecture were awarded with the Crossroads X Prize for their F.E.W. (Food, Energy, and Water) rooftop prototype in the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism , SBAU 2021. The entry was one of 14 honored from among the 190 artists,…

Buenos Aires, 04.2021 An article about the extension of the Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires has been published in El País. It talks about the role of the facade in this project, and how the mainly prefabricated facade does not only give identity…

Tel Aviv, 01.2021 Updated pictures from the construction site of the Broadcom Building, Tel Aviv University. The glass facade with the twisted aluminium fins, that act as a sun protection, is coming together! Both the fins and the glass facade have been executed by Alumeshet,…

Lausanne, 01.2021 The new Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne, Switzerland, was awarded with the Fritz Höger Award in the category “Grand Prix”. Designed by Barozzi Veiga, the museum opened its doors in April 2019. xmade GmbH collaborated on the development and execution of…

Barcelona, 10.2020 The issue 272 from the magazine of the Col.legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya, Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme has been released. It contains very interesting articles by Pep Avilés, André Bideau, David Bestué, Nuria Casais & Ferran Grau, Matilde Cassani, Enric Llorach, Guillermo López, Mark…

Manlleu, 03.2020 The proposal by Josep Ferrando Architecture has been awarded with the first prize in the open competition for the building of the Policia Local in Manlleu. An exposed timber structure generates a compact volume and a ready-to-build modulated envelope system, consisting on prefabricated…

Meyrin, 09.2020 The proposal by gdap architectes, Genève has been awarded the first prize in the open competition for the building Groupe Scolaire ESII in Meyrin, Switzerland. A system of patios of different sizes and depths together with an exterior circulation strategy organize a robust…

Barcelona, 10.2020 The Barcelona Architecture Centre, an exchange program for under- and graduate students in Barcelona for American universities (Texas A&M, Roger Williams and Clemson), has invited our partner Miquel Rodriguez to give a lecture about materiality, sustainability and construction processes.

Lausanne, 04.2019 In anticipation of the official opening of the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne by architects Barozzi-Veiga, in October 2019, the museum and the canton invited the citizens to visit the building during an open doors event in April 2019. The xmade team,…

Barcelona, 07.2020 The project of the Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires (Argentina) by Josep Ferrando Architecture has been awarded the FAD International Award 2020. The jury, with Mario Corea as president and the members Miguel Roldán and Jelena Prokopljević, have selected it “for its…

Lausanne, 07.2019 Josep Ferrando Architecture + xmade GmbH have been awarded the fifth prize in the invited competition of the extension of the Tribunal Cantonal de Vaud in Lausanne. The geometry of the building is informed directly by the topography of the site: the proposal…

Toledo, 05.2020 Conference played with four hands by our partners Juan José Castellón and Miquel Rodriguez for the construction department of the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, invited by professors Sergio Cobos and Jose Aguado.

Fribourg, 09.2019 The multidisciplinary team lead by Estudio Herreros was selected to participate in the development of a proposal for the new Smart Living Lab in Fribourg for the EPFL and the University of Fribourg. During six months, the team has intensively worked on a…

Seoul, 11.2019 The new Swiss Embassy in Seoul was awarded the Korean Architecture Excellence Award 2019 in the administrative buildings category. The Swiss embassy, designed by Burckhardt+Partner and which opened in May 2019, is a contemporary take on the traditional Korean “Hanok” house that also…