MGM Morales Giles Mariscal N.51

Laurent Beaudouin, Sara de Giles, José Morales, Carles Muro, Ciro Najle

Away from the traditional focal points of Spanish architecture-Madrid and Barcelona-, the Sevillean studio MGM Arquitectos stands out among this new batch of Spanish architects, adding a peripheral condition of sorts to the substratum of good workmanship. MGM’s outstanding work with skins and their materials is not restricted to merely epidermal issues, but rather envelops and contains a whole series of intermediary spaces that are neither exterior nor interior, that give an added value to both apartment and public buildings, and pick up in turn on a whole tradition of intermediary spaces typical of Andalusian architecture.

Works and projects: Social housing in San Jerónimo, Seville/ Refurbishment and extension of the Ramos Carrión Theatre, Zamora/ Herrera House, El Garrobo/ Performing Arts Centre, Níjar/ Social housing in Monte Hacho, Ceuta/ Classroom and department block for Pablo de Olavide University, Seville/ Central Library, Jerez de la Frontera/ Rehabilitation of the “Banana House”, Cadiz/ Apartment building, Ceuta/ Secondary school, Galisteo/ Social housing, Úbeda/ Hotel Holos, Seville/ Architecture and Civil Engineering Documentation and Information Centre, Seville/ Refurnishment and extension of the Architectural Association headquarters, Cordoba/ Portos de Galicia headquarters, Santiago de Compostela/ Institute of Advanced Medical Techniques, Seville