During the 18th century, the Dukes of Osuna owned up as much as 180 hectares of land in the northwest of the city of Madrid. In that area they built the Palacio del Capricho, an aristocratic country property surrounded by a large garden, the sole Romantic park in Madrid, as well as other buildings such as stables and the service house. Today, next to the Palacio del Capricho … [Read more...]
Mirador del Egüés. Bioclimatic dwellings in the Ecocity of Sarriguren
Valle de Egüés is a municipality located in the metropolitan area of Pamplona, north Spain, composed by several small towns. The capital of this valley is Sarriguren, a eco-friendly urban area settled in 1998. This eco-city is a pilot initiative of bioclimatic architecture and urbanism. In 2000, it was classified as "Good Practice" by the United Nations Centre for Human … [Read more...]
Spaces of living: urban reflections of Kuwaiti society. A research project on residential architecture in Kuwait
One of AGi architects’ main areas of practice is residential architecture. The office has designed a large number of their projects in Kuwait City, where domestic space must accommodate very diverse lifestyles and inhabitants. The projects that AGi architects develops are based on an understanding of the society and the context in which they are located, both locally and … [Read more...]
New Residential Projects
AGi architect is currently designing a new set of residential projects located in an area of great geographic scope, going from the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean Coast, to the Middle East. Landscape and climate are protagonists, to address a sustainable architecture that empowers wellbeing. Marassi Villas form a Premium Luxury development in Egypt … [Read more...]
Nuevos Ministerios Art Center for the collection of ENAIRE Foundation
The arcade of Nuevos Ministerios —la Arquería— was conceived by Secundino Zuazo as a mediating filter between the urban space and the garden of a new ministerial complex. Recently an architectural competition has been called to create an Art Center in the Archery, in which the proposal by AGi architects has received a second prize. Nuevos Ministerios sketch of … [Read more...]
Natural context and educational architecture: Losbates new school
Educational architecture proposal in Louňovice, Czech Republic. Lakes, beech and oak forests, and some birches, lime trees and aspens. Around 1100 people live in Louňovice, in the region of Central Bohemia, east of Prague. One or two floor houses, often built in stone, and a natural reserve, a beech forest protected since 1955, give character to this place. In this rural … [Read more...]
Breast Imaging & Diagnostic Center by AGi architects in Kuwait
The new Breast Imaging & Diagnostic Center in Kuwait draws from the understanding of the sanitary space as a place that oscillates between the public and the private, between the open and the intimate, having to address both aspects at the same time. Buildings dedicated to sanitary programs require going beyond the purely functional requirements, incorporating the … [Read more...]
Healthcare architecture in Kuwait: new project by AGi architects
The concept of public space is fundamental in our commercial and cultural projects, as well as in the healthcare architecture projects developed by our office. After finishing in 2014 the Al-Ghanim Clinic and, in 2015, the Hisham A. Alsager Cardiac Hospital, for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, AGi architects is currently developing a new hospital project, a center … [Read more...]
Three Gardens House, awarded at Identity Design Awards 2017
Three Gardens House by AGi architects has just been recognized with a new award: the Identity Design Award in the “Residential Interior" category, as it was made public on Sunday evening, October 15th, in Dubai. Three Gardens House was selected by the Jury amongst other seven finalist projects in that category. In addition, our house was also nominated in the category of … [Read more...]
In Natura Veritas, awarded at LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 for Europe
Our project In Natura Veritas for the restoration and musealization of 18 Galician-Roman sites in the province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, has been recognized at the European section of the fifth edition of the International LafargeHolcim Awards, with an Acknowledgement prize. The proposal was chosen by the European jury -led by the Swiss architect Harry Gugger, author … [Read more...]