Architecture in white II. Single-family houses |Spain and Portugal

The second volume of "Arquitectura en Blanco" explores the color white as an essential element in contemporary residential architecture in Southern Europe.

From João Álvaro Rocha's "Casa na Rua do Arco" to Fran Silvestre's "Casa Sabater", the book presents a range of projects that, while sharing the predominant use of white, each reveals a unique identity.

As in the first volume, the publication combines a careful selection of projects with in-depth analysis through photographs, plans, and construction details. This allows the reader to understand not only the elegance of the design, but also the technical challenges and solutions implemented to achieve the effects of white.

César Jiménez's text focuses on the importance of communicating architecture, highlighting how communicators and disseminators can be the public's first contact with the discipline, expanding its reach and influence.

Ricardo Meri, for his part, makes a poetic digression on the multiple nuances and meanings acquired by the color white in architecture, approaching it from historical, symbolic and aesthetic aspects.

Finally, Paolo De Marco traces a journey through the modern and Mediterranean influences that have characterized Iberian white architecture throughout the 20th century, highlighting the experiments and "third ways" proposed by figures such as Fernando Távora and Álvaro Siza.

Together, these introductory texts provide an essential conceptual and contextual framework for a full understanding of the publication.

In short, this new selection offers a panoramic and profound vision of the validity and richness of the color white in contemporary architectural production.