Abalos & Herreros

Abalos & Herreros was a Spanish architecture practice founded in Madrid by architects Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros. The office worked across architecture, urban design, and architectural research, and was associated with the development of Spanish architecture from the 1980s onward. Its interests included modern architecture, the urban environment, and the relationship between buildings and their social and technological conditions. The practice handled projects involving housing, public buildings, educational facilities, urban spaces, and adaptive work. It gained recognition in international architectural circles through both built projects and theoretical writing concerning urbanity, modernity, and design methods in contemporary Spain. The partnership ended in the mid-2000s, after which the two founders continued their work through separate practices, so Abalos & Herreros is no longer the current name of their joint office.

Abalos & Herreros was established in Madrid in 1984 by Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros. The practice emerged during a period of strong development in Spanish architectural culture and combined architectural commissions with teaching, writing, and research. Its work examined the relationship between buildings and the city, using housing, public buildings, urban spaces, and adaptive projects to investigate questions of form, use, and social conditions. The office became associated with the international visibility of contemporary Spanish architecture, and some of its projects and publications received attention in professional and academic circles. The partnership ended in the mid-2000s. Ábalos subsequently established Ábalos+Sentkiewicz with Renata Sentkiewicz, while Herreros continued practice through Juan Herreros Arquitectos. Abalos & Herreros therefore represents a completed period of joint practice rather than the founders’ current office name.

• 1984

  Firm Founded

  Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros co-founded the architecture firm Abalos & Herreros in Madrid.

• Partnership Ended

  The two founders ended their collaboration in the mid-2000s and continued practicing under new architecture firms respectively.

A Spanish professional architecture firm focused on architectural design, urban design, and architectural theory.

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