Architecture for those who see risk as value
Raúl Sánchez Architects works with clients who are not looking for the predictable. Individuals and institutions who understand architecture as a cultural, spatial, and vital act, and who want their project to have identity, depth, and a clear position in the world.
Our work operates at the intersection of research, creativity, and constructive rigor. We approach each commission as a shared process of exploration: listening to an intuition, challenging it, giving it form, and transforming it into precise, coherent, and well-built architecture.
We do not produce standard solutions or neutral projects. We are interested in assuming intellectual risk, questioning what is given, and proposing spaces that transform the way people inhabit, work, or represent themselves. Always through a clear methodology, a close relationship with the client, and an absolute commitment to materiality and process.
Our projects have been published and internationally recognized, but every work begins in the same way: with an honest conversation about what that building wants to say and why it needs to exist
Raúl Sánchez Architects works with clients who are not looking for the predictable. Individuals and institutions who understand architecture as a cultural, spatial, and vital act, and who want their project to have identity, depth, and a clear position in the world.
Our work operates at the intersection of research, creativity, and constructive rigor. We approach each commission as a shared process of exploration: listening to an intuition, challenging it, giving it form, and transforming it into precise, coherent, and well-built architecture.
We do not produce standard solutions or neutral projects. We are interested in assuming intellectual risk, questioning what is given, and proposing spaces that transform the way people inhabit, work, or represent themselves. Always through a clear methodology, a close relationship with the client, and an absolute commitment to materiality and process.
Our projects have been published and internationally recognized, but every work begins in the same way: with an honest conversation about what that building wants to say and why it needs to exist
AWARDS
CDICV awards 2025. Shortlisted (The Polonio)
Dezeen Awards 2025. Longlisted (Casa Magarola)
ROOM DISEÑO awards 2025 – Shortlisted (The Polonio)
Createrus Design Awards 2024. Longlisted (The polonio)
Architecture Masterprize 2024. Honorable Mention (The polonio)
IFI GAP 2024. Finalist (Girona st. Apartment)
Createrus Design Awards 2023. Longlisted (BSP20 House)
Architecture Masterprize 2023. INTERIOR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Dezeen Awards 2022. WINNER OF EMERGING INTERIOR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2022
Interior Design /Best of Year Awards 2022. Winner, residential transformation (BSP20 House)
Architecture Masterprize 2022. Best of Best, renovation category (BSP20 House)
Frame Awards 2022. Shortlisted (BSP20 House)
Dezeen Awards 2022. Longlisted. (BSP20 House)
Japan Design Award 2022. Platinum Prize (BSP20 House)
Japan Design Award 2022. Pioneer Prize (Residence 0110)
Japan Design Award 2022. Pioneer Prize (Gallery House)
Japan Design Award 2022. Pioneer Prize (Impress Madrid Teens)
American International Innovation Design Awards 2022. Gold Prize (Residence 0110)
American International Innovation Design Awards 2022. Silver Prize (Gallery House)
American International Innovation Design Awards 2022. Innovation Prize (BSP20 House)
American International Innovation Design Awards 2022. Innovation Prize (Impress Madrid Teens)
Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2022. Best single residential (BSP20 house)
Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2022. Best residential renovation (Residence 0110)
Architecture Masterprize 2021. Winner (Residence 0110)
Golden Trezzini Awards 2021. Spetial Mention (Residence 0110)
Golden Trezzini Awards 2021. Spetial Mention (Impress dental studio)
Golden Trezzini Awards 2021. Spetial Mention (Gallery House)
Loop Design Awards 2021. Honorable mention (Impress Dental Studio)
Dezeen Awards 2020. Longlisted (Impress dental studio)
Dezeen Awards 2020. Longlisted (Atic Aribau)
Frame Awards 2020. Winner. Jury Prize (Impress dental studio)
Frame Awards 2020. Winner. People’s choice (Impress dental studio)
Frame Awards 2020. nominee. (Atic Aribau)
Frame Awards 2019. nominee. (Duplex Tibbaut)
Dezeen awards 2018. shortlisted (Duplex Tibbaut)
premis FAD 2018. selected (Duplex Tibbaut)
premis FAD 2017. selected (Apartment Tibbaut)
arquia próxima V. Spetial mention of the jury
premis catalunya construcció 2016. selected
ecobarrios competition. honourable mention
15 dwellings cazorla. 3rd prize
europan 8 valladolid, spain. 1st prize
Dezeen Awards 2025. Longlisted (Casa Magarola)
ROOM DISEÑO awards 2025 – Shortlisted (The Polonio)
Createrus Design Awards 2024. Longlisted (The polonio)
Architecture Masterprize 2024. Honorable Mention (The polonio)
IFI GAP 2024. Finalist (Girona st. Apartment)
Createrus Design Awards 2023. Longlisted (BSP20 House)
Architecture Masterprize 2023. INTERIOR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Dezeen Awards 2022. WINNER OF EMERGING INTERIOR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2022
Interior Design /Best of Year Awards 2022. Winner, residential transformation (BSP20 House)
Architecture Masterprize 2022. Best of Best, renovation category (BSP20 House)
Frame Awards 2022. Shortlisted (BSP20 House)
Dezeen Awards 2022. Longlisted. (BSP20 House)
Japan Design Award 2022. Platinum Prize (BSP20 House)
Japan Design Award 2022. Pioneer Prize (Residence 0110)
Japan Design Award 2022. Pioneer Prize (Gallery House)
Japan Design Award 2022. Pioneer Prize (Impress Madrid Teens)
American International Innovation Design Awards 2022. Gold Prize (Residence 0110)
American International Innovation Design Awards 2022. Silver Prize (Gallery House)
American International Innovation Design Awards 2022. Innovation Prize (BSP20 House)
American International Innovation Design Awards 2022. Innovation Prize (Impress Madrid Teens)
Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2022. Best single residential (BSP20 house)
Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2022. Best residential renovation (Residence 0110)
Architecture Masterprize 2021. Winner (Residence 0110)
Golden Trezzini Awards 2021. Spetial Mention (Residence 0110)
Golden Trezzini Awards 2021. Spetial Mention (Impress dental studio)
Golden Trezzini Awards 2021. Spetial Mention (Gallery House)
Loop Design Awards 2021. Honorable mention (Impress Dental Studio)
Dezeen Awards 2020. Longlisted (Impress dental studio)
Dezeen Awards 2020. Longlisted (Atic Aribau)
Frame Awards 2020. Winner. Jury Prize (Impress dental studio)
Frame Awards 2020. Winner. People’s choice (Impress dental studio)
Frame Awards 2020. nominee. (Atic Aribau)
Frame Awards 2019. nominee. (Duplex Tibbaut)
Dezeen awards 2018. shortlisted (Duplex Tibbaut)
premis FAD 2018. selected (Duplex Tibbaut)
premis FAD 2017. selected (Apartment Tibbaut)
arquia próxima V. Spetial mention of the jury
premis catalunya construcció 2016. selected
ecobarrios competition. honourable mention
15 dwellings cazorla. 3rd prize
europan 8 valladolid, spain. 1st prize
PUBLICATIONS
(printed)
(printed)
Telva Living 2. Spain.2025
Design Anthology 21. UK. 2025
Casa Naturale 137. Italy. 2025
Diseño Interior 383. Spain. 2025
Elle Decor Uk Jul/Aug 2025
Architectural Digest 205. Spain. 2025
Nan Arquitectura 190. Spain. 2025
Room Diseño 47. Spain. 2025
Diseño Interior 380. Spain. 2025
PLATFORM 50. Italy. 2025
DEAR magazine 30. Spain. 2025
Arquitectura y Diseño. Spain. Dec 2024
Id+C 11. China. 2024
Stavebnictvo a byvanie. Slovakia. 2024.
Building in existing contetxs. Germany. 2024
Abitare 638. Italy. 2024
Lecna Srecna Magazina. Serbia. 2024
Diseño Interior 372. Spain. 2024
NAMAS ir AS 218. Poland. 2023
Arquitectura Plus 29. Spain. 2023
Kitchen interiors. Gestalten. Germany. 2023
Upgrade your house. Gestalten. Germany. 2023
B-guided spring/summer. Spain. 2023
Id+C 08. China. 2023
AIT 7/8. Germany. 2023
Detail 7/8 2023. Germany.2023
Abitare 626. Italia. 2023
Design Converge 11-12. China. 2022
AIT 11/22. Germany. 2022
Platform 36. Italy. 2022
MD magazine special edition. Germany. 2022
ELLE Decor NL aug/sep 2022. Netherlands. 2022
NAN arquitectura 172. Spain. 2022
Diseño Interior 349. Spain. 2022
Neo2 178. Spain. 2022
Diari Ara #415. Spain. 2022
AIT. 03/22. Germany. 2022
My Home 01/22. Taiwan. 2022
AIT. 11/21. Germany. 2021
Diseño Interior 345. Spain. 2021
Id+c 327. China. 2021
Lecna Srecna Magazina. Serbia. 2021
Diseño interior 340. Spain. 2021
Diari Ara. Spain. 2021
Elle Decor NL. Netherlands. 2020
WallPaper April 2020. United Kingdom. 2020
Wide Print issue 13. Argentina. 2020
The Home Upgrade. Gestalten. Germany. 2019.
Diseño Interior 316. 2019. Spain
Thinking color in space. Birkhauser. 2019. Germany
IW 126. 2019. China
Summa 164. 2018. Argentina
Layout Zine 3. 2018. Armenia
Divisare books 134. 2018. Italy
BOB Magazine 163. 2018. Korea
ON Diseño 376/377. 2018. Spain
Interior Design Magazine 108. 2018. Bulgary
Color Trends. Al-Jazeera Paints. 2018. International
DDN design diffusion news 235, 2017. Italy
345 maneras de viure a Barcelona, 2017. Spain
futuro imperfecto, V Arquia/Próxima, 2016. Spain
FRAME 107, 2015. Netherlands
mexicodesign 39, 2015. Mexico
quaderns 261. Spain
j5 competition catalogue. Spain
revista arquitectos 2007. Spain
europan 8 catalogue. Europe
europan 8 catalogue. Spain
bauwelt 2006. Germany
av proyectos 13. Spain
pasajes de arquitectura y crítica 76. Spain
Design Anthology 21. UK. 2025
Casa Naturale 137. Italy. 2025
Diseño Interior 383. Spain. 2025
Elle Decor Uk Jul/Aug 2025
Architectural Digest 205. Spain. 2025
Nan Arquitectura 190. Spain. 2025
Room Diseño 47. Spain. 2025
Diseño Interior 380. Spain. 2025
PLATFORM 50. Italy. 2025
DEAR magazine 30. Spain. 2025
Arquitectura y Diseño. Spain. Dec 2024
Id+C 11. China. 2024
Stavebnictvo a byvanie. Slovakia. 2024.
Building in existing contetxs. Germany. 2024
Abitare 638. Italy. 2024
Lecna Srecna Magazina. Serbia. 2024
Diseño Interior 372. Spain. 2024
NAMAS ir AS 218. Poland. 2023
Arquitectura Plus 29. Spain. 2023
Kitchen interiors. Gestalten. Germany. 2023
Upgrade your house. Gestalten. Germany. 2023
B-guided spring/summer. Spain. 2023
Id+C 08. China. 2023
AIT 7/8. Germany. 2023
Detail 7/8 2023. Germany.2023
Abitare 626. Italia. 2023
Design Converge 11-12. China. 2022
AIT 11/22. Germany. 2022
Platform 36. Italy. 2022
MD magazine special edition. Germany. 2022
ELLE Decor NL aug/sep 2022. Netherlands. 2022
NAN arquitectura 172. Spain. 2022
Diseño Interior 349. Spain. 2022
Neo2 178. Spain. 2022
Diari Ara #415. Spain. 2022
AIT. 03/22. Germany. 2022
My Home 01/22. Taiwan. 2022
AIT. 11/21. Germany. 2021
Diseño Interior 345. Spain. 2021
Id+c 327. China. 2021
Lecna Srecna Magazina. Serbia. 2021
Diseño interior 340. Spain. 2021
Diari Ara. Spain. 2021
Elle Decor NL. Netherlands. 2020
WallPaper April 2020. United Kingdom. 2020
Wide Print issue 13. Argentina. 2020
The Home Upgrade. Gestalten. Germany. 2019.
Diseño Interior 316. 2019. Spain
Thinking color in space. Birkhauser. 2019. Germany
IW 126. 2019. China
Summa 164. 2018. Argentina
Layout Zine 3. 2018. Armenia
Divisare books 134. 2018. Italy
BOB Magazine 163. 2018. Korea
ON Diseño 376/377. 2018. Spain
Interior Design Magazine 108. 2018. Bulgary
Color Trends. Al-Jazeera Paints. 2018. International
DDN design diffusion news 235, 2017. Italy
345 maneras de viure a Barcelona, 2017. Spain
futuro imperfecto, V Arquia/Próxima, 2016. Spain
FRAME 107, 2015. Netherlands
mexicodesign 39, 2015. Mexico
quaderns 261. Spain
j5 competition catalogue. Spain
revista arquitectos 2007. Spain
europan 8 catalogue. Europe
europan 8 catalogue. Spain
bauwelt 2006. Germany
av proyectos 13. Spain
pasajes de arquitectura y crítica 76. Spain
LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS
Retail Projects. ESDI Sabadell. 2025
Interihotel. Barcelona. 2025
‘cuestión de espacio’. Granada. 2025
BSP20 House. Barcelona. 2023
Design Crush. Barcelona. 2023
´nada por azar’. Málaga. 2023
Bamboo Expo 18. Tokyo. 2022
‘nothing by chance’. Bucarest. 2022
‘nada por azar’. Elisava-Barcelona. 2022
‘some projects’. EsDesign. 2019
‘against specialization’. Escola d’art i disseny de Reus. 2018
‘the city at home’. soho house barcelona. 2017
architecture competitions with jury. sevilla 2007
surban 07. sevilla 2007
lisbon architecture triennal. 2007
construmat. barcelona 2007
energiehuis. dordrecht 2006
colegio oficial de arquitectos de granada. 2007
science museum príncipe felipe. valencia 2006
arquerías de nuevos ministerios. madrid 2006
europan 8. madrid 2006
barrio alto. granada 2006
generating the new. dordrecht 2006
europan 8. rotterdam 2006
Interihotel. Barcelona. 2025
‘cuestión de espacio’. Granada. 2025
BSP20 House. Barcelona. 2023
Design Crush. Barcelona. 2023
´nada por azar’. Málaga. 2023
Bamboo Expo 18. Tokyo. 2022
‘nothing by chance’. Bucarest. 2022
‘nada por azar’. Elisava-Barcelona. 2022
‘some projects’. EsDesign. 2019
‘against specialization’. Escola d’art i disseny de Reus. 2018
‘the city at home’. soho house barcelona. 2017
architecture competitions with jury. sevilla 2007
surban 07. sevilla 2007
lisbon architecture triennal. 2007
construmat. barcelona 2007
energiehuis. dordrecht 2006
colegio oficial de arquitectos de granada. 2007
science museum príncipe felipe. valencia 2006
arquerías de nuevos ministerios. madrid 2006
europan 8. madrid 2006
barrio alto. granada 2006
generating the new. dordrecht 2006
europan 8. rotterdam 2006
RSA are Raúl Sánchez +
(current team)
Flavia Thalisa Gütermann, Adelais Parera, Marta Gamiz, Nerea Moya
(past team)
Paolo Burattini, Txaber Picó, Marco Kakoliris,Lucas Daniele, Anna Villarroya, Albert Montilla, Dimitris Louizos, Denisse Sandoval, Carlos Montes, Valentina Barberio, Miriam Corcuera, Sainza Hervella, Pau Just, Cayetano de la Torre, Juan Octavio Ferreyra
(current team)
Flavia Thalisa Gütermann, Adelais Parera, Marta Gamiz, Nerea Moya
(past team)
Paolo Burattini, Txaber Picó, Marco Kakoliris,Lucas Daniele, Anna Villarroya, Albert Montilla, Dimitris Louizos, Denisse Sandoval, Carlos Montes, Valentina Barberio, Miriam Corcuera, Sainza Hervella, Pau Just, Cayetano de la Torre, Juan Octavio Ferreyra