English · 01. marzo 2022

The material and design of the countertop has a decisive influence on the functionality and aesthetics of our kitchen. We can invest up to 20% of our budget in the kitchen counter top.

English · 03. febrero 2022

There has been a building regulation in Spain since 1944 called “Order of the Ministry of the Interior of 29 February 1944”. That law laid down the minimum conditions to be met by all kinds of homes, regardless of ownership throughout Spain. Believe it or not this legislation is still in force in several autonomous regions (including the Murcia region) where they do not have a particular law which lay down the minimum conditions to be met in the design of any type of home.

English · 28. octubre 2021

I have been asked this question pretty often and apart from answering (discourteously, I must say) with another question such as how long is a piece of string? This week we will try to provide a reasonable accurate answer to this question by analysing the cost of construction of a typical house. The reason I decided to write this week’s article on this subject is because it has come to my attention the report published by the world wide consultancy EC Harris.

English · 28. octubre 2021

This is the first question you are going to ask yourself if you have the idea of building your own house. Building a house always creates many uncertainties and the most important one is the relative to which total budget you will have to face. It is easier to achieve the total budget hit, since building a home is a complex process in which many variables involved.

English · 12. noviembre 2019

A brithish-led investment fund has taken over a gold resort development scheme in Murcia which was one of the first in Spain to collapse when the economic crisis hit the country more than 10 years ago. Juan Pacheco is the chief architect and engineer for the project at Altaona Golf and Country village, supported by the entire team of Pacheco and Associates Architects. Our chief architect explained that there are around 400 dwellings already built at the site which is close to the Sierra Altaona...

English · 23. agosto 2019

A building site is not exactly a rose garden. And often you have to draw the line somewhere. I am referring to the situation when the contractor on site is not doing his job properly or when a member of the contractor’s team is not up to the standard that it is required.

English · 23. agosto 2019

As I have mentioned in many previous articles since 2007, the new Building Regulation in Spain have changed tremendously as to the way we architect have to design and build new buildings.

English · 16. junio 2019

I have been approached by a number of owners from a large development in the province of Alicante asking me to survey certain works carried out by their president.

English · 12. junio 2019

There is a popular saying in Spanish that says: “those who works with honey can’t help sucking their fingers”.

English · 03. junio 2019

When I was doing my second year in architecture I stumble upon tensile structure and my life changed from then on.