The Orrios Exchange (Lonja) building reflects the traditional "Exchange–Town Hall" typology characteristic of Teruel's vernacular architecture. The structure features a Renaissance loggia with masonry semicircular arches on the ground floor, topped by two upper levels added during subsequent periods.
In the 1970s, Cuba faced a severe nationwide housing shortage due to population growth, rural-to-urban migration, and the degradation of existing housing stock. The government's answer was a system that pulled ordinary workers off their regular jobs and put them on building sites instead. This program, known as the Microbrigadas (microbrigades), reshaped entire districts of […]
A12 Apartment transforms a historic Roman apartment into a contemporary home by using color, geometry, and spatial continuity to establish a new relationship between the existing architecture and everyday life.