Approach

Architecture, Context and Construction

Solano & Catalán Arquitectos is an architecture and urban planning practice with over fifty years of experience. Our work spans a range of scales and building types, with particular expertise in collective housing and its role in shaping the city.
We approach each project through a close understanding of its setting, brief and the ways in which spaces will be used. Spatial quality, technical feasibility and the responsible use of resources inform our design decisions from the outset.
Our multidisciplinary team brings architecture, urban planning and construction together in a coordinated process. From the organization of the program to the choice of construction methods and the resolution of details, we develop a coherent architectural response to the ambitions and practical requirements of each commission.
With experience across Spain and other European countries, we work in diverse contexts and address evolving housing and urban challenges. We build on this experience by continually exploring how we live and how we build, creating buildings and places that remain useful, adaptable and architecturally relevant over time.

Awards

Acknowledgments

2026 Castilla-La Mancha Architecture Awards. Award for professional career achievement of Javier Solano
2026 ASPRIMA Award. Best affordable housing project. Honorable Mention. 156 rental homes in Guadalajara.
2026 Castilla-La Mancha Architecture Awards. Finalist. 86 homes in El Cañaveral for EMVS
2026 CSCAE Architecture Awards. Selected. 86 homes in El Cañaveral for EMVS
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.

Rodando en Guadalajara

Javier Solano y Fernando Benito Nueva Alcarria, 2021

50th anniversary poster

Solano&Catalán Arquitectos
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