Dezeen Debate features “delicate and restrained” restoration in Barcelona
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the renovation of an early 20th-century apartment in Barcelona. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.
Local practice Sigla Studio renovated preserved the original mosaic floors and mouldings. Readers were impressed by the restoration, with one describing it as “delicate, sensitive and restrained”, while another praised the “lovely blend of the best of the existing with some sympathetic modern additions”.
Other stories in this week’s newsletter that fired up the comments section included James Turrell’s plans for an installation in Saudi Arabia’s AlUla desert, a research centre in Basel by Herzog & de Meuron and Valerio Olgiati’s plans for a trio of skyscrapers in Albania.