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Guided tours of Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Madrid
From September 28, 2024 until September 29, 2024The tours of Casa Árabe’s headquarters will be taking place on Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m
MADRID
Casa Árabe headquarters (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
The tours of Casa Árabe’s headquarters will be taking place on Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m
Admission without registration. Small groups.
In Spanish
On Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29, we invite you to take a closer look at the special features of our building as part of the International Festival of Architecture and City Open House Madrid (OHM), the tenth edition edition of which is being held this year. Come and meet us.
For yet another year, Casa Árabe is collaborating with this festival by organizing two guided tours of its emblematic neo-Mudéjar style building, the Escuelas Aguirre, which dates back to 1881. It was officially opened in 1886. The building is one of the most representative works by architect Emilio Rodríguez Ayuso in Madrid’s neo-Mudéjar style.
Designed in a two-story free-standing rectangular shape, the building’s surface area on the main floor is reduced to form a U shape, with a courtyard left open onto the rear façade. Above the stairwell is a 37-meter tower, with three brick bodies and a glazed metal attic, a unique feature in Madrid’s skyline.
The building has been enlarged and refurbished on several occasions by professionals like Luis Bellido González, Antonio Flórez Urdapilleta, Bernardo Giner de los Ríos and Guillermo Costa Pérez-Herrero, and its functions have ranged from being a school to housing municipal offices. Since 2008, it has been home to the Madrid headquarters of Casa Árabe.
The tours of Casa Árabe’s headquarters will be held on Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. The tours will be given to small groups, and in order to take part you need not register in advance.
Open House is a city architecture festival that takes place one weekend per year in more than 50 cities around the world. It has been held in Madrid since 2015. Every year, architecture plays the main role on Madrid’s urban scene during the last weekend of September, demonstrating that architectural culture is essential. At this year’s edition of Open House Madrid (the tenth), held from September 26 to 29, the most interesting and inaccessible buildings in Madrid can be visited free of charge, with the goal of allowing people to experience the city and its architecture in a unique way, helping them gain an understanding of the value of each space and while soaking up the unique features of buildings usually closed to the public. Thus, architecture lovers are looking forward to Open House Madrid, the most anxiously awaited festival of the year. Open House Madrid relies on the support of the Municipal Government of Madrid, which, by backing initiatives like this, seeks to promote the revival of tourism in the capital, constantly striving to ensure the safety of all participants.
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Designed in a two-story free-standing rectangular shape, the building’s surface area on the main floor is reduced to form a U shape, with a courtyard left open onto the rear façade. Above the stairwell is a 37-meter tower, with three brick bodies and a glazed metal attic, a unique feature in Madrid’s skyline.
The building has been enlarged and refurbished on several occasions by professionals like Luis Bellido González, Antonio Flórez Urdapilleta, Bernardo Giner de los Ríos and Guillermo Costa Pérez-Herrero, and its functions have ranged from being a school to housing municipal offices. Since 2008, it has been home to the Madrid headquarters of Casa Árabe.
The tours of Casa Árabe’s headquarters will be held on Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. The tours will be given to small groups, and in order to take part you need not register in advance.
Open House is a city architecture festival that takes place one weekend per year in more than 50 cities around the world. It has been held in Madrid since 2015. Every year, architecture plays the main role on Madrid’s urban scene during the last weekend of September, demonstrating that architectural culture is essential. At this year’s edition of Open House Madrid (the tenth), held from September 26 to 29, the most interesting and inaccessible buildings in Madrid can be visited free of charge, with the goal of allowing people to experience the city and its architecture in a unique way, helping them gain an understanding of the value of each space and while soaking up the unique features of buildings usually closed to the public. Thus, architecture lovers are looking forward to Open House Madrid, the most anxiously awaited festival of the year. Open House Madrid relies on the support of the Municipal Government of Madrid, which, by backing initiatives like this, seeks to promote the revival of tourism in the capital, constantly striving to ensure the safety of all participants.
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