Approach

Design, Technology and Efficiency

Solano & Catalán is an architecture firm with more than 40 years of experience. We develop infrastructural projects, urban plans and buildings that cover the vast majority of architectural typologies.

Our work system seeks to achieve the highest level of quality and excellence and is based on the use of flexible and dynamic structures adaptable to the needs of each commission. Our solutions are based on a rigorous analysis of the context and we understand our design processes as a mean to improve our environment, optimize building systems and make efficient use of resources. The team is formed by architects and engineers from different specialties, who are spread out between their offices in Madrid and Guadalajara. Solano & Catalán develops projects in several Spanish cities as well as in Bucharest (Romania) and Panama City.

Acknowledgments

Awards

2023 Uponor Award. Social housing hi! Cañaveral
2022 Castilla la Mancha Architecture Awards. Finalist. Cismigiu Building in Bucharest.
2022 CSCAE Architecture Awards. Selected. Affordable housing building in Guadalajara.
2019 EMVS. 86 units affordable housing competition in El Cañaveral, Madrid.
2012 Asprima Award. Best energy efficient building. Uponor headquarters. Móstoles, Madrid.
2010 Asprima Award. Best international development. High density district in Bucharest, Romania.
2009 80 units housing competition in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid. Project commission.
2008 Asprima Award. Best restoration project. Giralt building in Gran Vía steet, Madrid.
2008 APC Award. Best restoration project. Giralt building in Gran Vía steet, Madrid.
2007 Asprima Award. Best residential building. Mixed use building in Sto. Domingo square, Guadalajara.
2006 62 affordable housing units in El Fuerte de San Francisco, Guadalajara. Project commission
2006 Public square and parking building competition in Guadalajara. Project commission
2005 Honour distinction from the Castilla la Mancha Architects Association, COACM. Hi! Business Center
2004 Public competition for 224 affordable housing units in Guadalajara. Project commission
2004 Public competition for housing building in Aravaca, Madrid. Project commission
2001 Honour distinction from the Castilla la Mancha Architects Association, COACM. Hotel AC
2001 Castilla la Mancha Architecture Award. Finalist. Rio Tajo sports center.
1998 Honour distinction from the Castilla la Mancha Architects Association, COACM. Book "Arquitectura e historia urbana de Guadalajara durante el franquismo"

Publications

Bookshop

Juan Guas. Arquitecto

Javier Solano. Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes de Castilla-La Mancha, 2018

Solano&Catalán 2000-2010 Arquitecturas Diversas

Editorial Aache + Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Castilla la Mancha. Demarcación de Guadalajara, 2010. English and Spanish.

Historia urbana y arquitectura en Guadalajara durante el franquismo (1939-1959)

Javier Solano. Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Castilla la Mancha, 1998.
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