RCR Arquitectes
Landscape-Integrated, Low-Impact Architecture (Spain)
Olot, Catalonia, Spain
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Pritzker-winning architecture deeply integrated with landscape, using local materials and passive strategies.
Extended description
RCR Arquitectes, the Pritzker-winning practice based in Olot, Catalonia, creates architecture deeply integrated with its landscape, based on local materials, passive strategies and a minimal environmental footprint. Its buildings achieve very low energy demand through passive design and make intensive use of recycled steel and local materials. The studio exemplifies a place-based, low-impact approach that ties architecture closely to its natural setting.