SUMA arquitectura
Architecture Firm Madrid / Spain
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SUMA is an architectural firm specialized in singular residential and public architecture, whose work is characterized by research and a pioneering and entrepreneurial drive. They have developed an ecosystemic design system that fosters social bonds in our built environment, the use of bio materials such as wood and a high ecological responsibility.
Their works have won numerous awards: EUmies Awards 2024 Emerging Architecture Award, COAM First Prize, IFLA Award for Best Public Library in the World, FAD Award, Ciutat de Barcelona Award, ASPRIMA-SIMA Awards, NAN Award, REBUILD Awards, AITIM-ASA-ONESTA Wood Architecture Awards and Wood Design Awards.
The studio is led by Elena Orte and Guillermo Sevillano. Architects graduated from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSAM), Master in Advanced Architectural Design from the same school and from Columbia University in New York, respectively. Elena and Guillermo founded SUMA in 2005 and are currently professors at the Polytechnic School of Architecture in Madrid and at the IAAC in Barcelona. SUMA has participated in different exhibitions (IFEMA Madrid Fair, Matadero, EMVS, Fresh Madrid) and conferences in New York, Beijing, Austria, Turkey, Australia, Luxembourg, Latvia and Uruguay.
SUMA is located in Madrid and comprises a multidisciplinary team of professionals who participate in the design process: architects, engineers, agronomists, landscape architects, experts in sustainability, architectural communication, sociologists, etc.
SUMA has won several national and international competitions including the Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona, the Library and Multipurpose Center of Fuerteventura, 91 public housing units in San Francisco Javier and 73 public housing units in San Sebastián de los Reyes (for the Municipality and Government of Madrid). They have also been selected and awarded prizes in competitions such as the Helsinki Central Library and the Verín Arts Center in Galicia.
Their works have won numerous awards: EUmies Awards 2024 Emerging Architecture Award, COAM First Prize, IFLA Award for Best Public Library in the World, FAD Award, Ciutat de Barcelona Award, ASPRIMA-SIMA Awards, NAN Award, REBUILD Awards, AITIM-ASA-ONESTA Wood Architecture Awards and Wood Design Awards.
The studio is led by Elena Orte and Guillermo Sevillano. Architects graduated from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSAM), Master in Advanced Architectural Design from the same school and from Columbia University in New York, respectively. Elena and Guillermo founded SUMA in 2005 and are currently professors at the Polytechnic School of Architecture in Madrid and at the IAAC in Barcelona. SUMA has participated in different exhibitions (IFEMA Madrid Fair, Matadero, EMVS, Fresh Madrid) and conferences in New York, Beijing, Austria, Turkey, Australia, Luxembourg, Latvia and Uruguay.
SUMA is located in Madrid and comprises a multidisciplinary team of professionals who participate in the design process: architects, engineers, agronomists, landscape architects, experts in sustainability, architectural communication, sociologists, etc.
SUMA has won several national and international competitions including the Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona, the Library and Multipurpose Center of Fuerteventura, 91 public housing units in San Francisco Javier and 73 public housing units in San Sebastián de los Reyes (for the Municipality and Government of Madrid). They have also been selected and awarded prizes in competitions such as the Helsinki Central Library and the Verín Arts Center in Galicia.
SUMA is an architectural firm specialized in singular residential and public architecture, whose work is characterized by research and a pioneering and entrepreneurial drive. They have developed an ecosystemic design system that fosters social bonds in our built environment, the use of bio materials such as wood and a high ecological responsibility. Their works have won numerous awards: EUmies Awards 2024 Emerging Architecture Award, COAM First Prize, IFLA Award for Best Public Library in the...