RCR Arquitectes

Surface acting as spatial structure.

RCR Arquitectes is a Catalan architecture studio founded by Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, and Ramon Vilalta. Their buildings integrate deeply with landscape, using weathered steel, basalt, glass, and earth to shape immersive spatial experiences. RCR’s work is characterized by elongated forms, rhythmic framing, and meditative transitions between interior and exterior.

The studio received the Pritzker Prize in recognition of its poetic, site-attuned architecture.

RCR Arquitectes is a Catalan architecture studio known for landscape-integrated design and poetic use of steel and stone.

RCR Arquitectes is a Catalan architecture studio known for poetic, landscape-driven buildings shaped from steel, basalt, and filtered light.

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