FRAN SILVESTRE ARQUITECTOS

STUDIO

PROFILE     VALUES     TEAM     ABOUT US

Fran Silvestre Arquitectos is an architecture and design studio in search of the Efficient Beauty. It was founded in 2005 by Fran Silvestre and is formed by a multidisciplinary group of professionals who carry out residential, cultural, corporate and public projects on an international level.

We work as a team from the start of each assignment, delving into the initial concepts and ideas, which to us are the soul of the project, including the structure and interior design. For each project, we prepare at least 3 different design proposals, all addressing the wish list from the clients, the plot, and all the regulations. For us, it is a conceptual challenge that drives us to improve and pushes us to always go a little further to step out of our comfort zone. For our clients, knowing that their choices will become a part of the design process, establishing a foundation of trust.

Regarding the projects scale, we work from masterplans, groups of buildings or residences, down to small-scale projects, attending to the smallest detail. In development projects, we take charge of brand branding, corporate design, graphic design, web, promotional images and/or videos, plans, and construction, trying to cover everything with the same perspective to thus generate a comprehensive project. Every project is as important as the others and we value each one as if it were the first, the last, and the only one.

The studio has received awards such as the MHK award in Berlin in 2009, the Red Dot Design Award in 2013, the First Prize at the XIII Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial 2016 in the Product Category, the NYCxDESIGN Awards 2016 in New York and the German Design Award in 2020 and 2021, and the IFI DDA awards in 2022, among others. We have been invited to present our work at numerous conferences at Universities and international institutions, including Kansas State University, the AIA New York, and Virginia Tech. We have also exhibited in various museums, as well as art and design galleries, such as the Serralves Museum within the framework of Inovdesign, or the MoMA. The studio’s projects are spread all over the world, highlighting locations such as China, the United States, Brazil, Croatia, and Spain, and have been published in international architecture and interior design magazines. The studio’s projects are located all over the world, highlighting locations such as China, the United States, Brazil, Croatia, and Spain, and have been published in international architecture and interior design magazines.

Among them, GA Houses, On-Site, IW Magazine, Architectural Record, Architectural Digest, and Arquitectura Viva. Working with publishers such as Phaidon, Taschen, Thames & Hudson, and GG. Likewise, various monographs that collect much of the studio’s work have also been published, such as those by Rizzoli, TC Cuadernos, A.Mag, and Arianuova.

Fran Silvestre is an architect with honors from the UPV and an urban planner from the TU/e in the Netherlands, as well as a Cum Laude Doctor from the UPV. He is also a professor in the Projects Department of the UPV and the European University of Valencia, and Director of the MArch Architecture and Design programs.

The studio works in collaboration with Alfaro Hofmann in Interior Design on its projects. Additionally, it has collaborated with international studios, notably with Pritzker Prize laureate Álvaro Siza.

STUDIO

VALUES

Architecture can be small in the grand or grand in the small, if each commission is understood as an opportunity to materialize a good project.

The focus of the project arises from a dual commitment: the will to give a technical answer to a specific context (program needs, budgets, policy, environment…) and the desire to seek beauty trough the built work. This process seeks satisfaction, understood in its fullest sense, of all those actively involved in its development: customers and users in particular, but also collaborators, builders and designers.

During our career can be found very different types of building. There are new-builds, rehabilitations, alterations, housing blocks, public buildings… Works made with high budgets and small budgets, but in all cases great attention has been paid to the economy, without waste. The architecture may be a grand gesture or a great detail, if each brief is seen as an opportunity to realize a good project.

Another feature of the process is continuity. Continuity with an environment that must be respected, spatial continuity, the use of few materials, integration of facilities, of lighting… Are all common aspects in the exhibits. Also, continuity in time is also searched, evaluating the architecture that is able to endure without becoming obsolete.

It emphasizes the use of innovation trough new materials, new technologies which improve people’s lives. Innovation based both on experience and the improvement on tradition.

Accuracy is a key concept in the working method. It requires a focused and attentive activity throughout the whole process, ranging from the initial idea, trough the drafting of the project until its realization: the construction, the furniture, its maintenance…

Dialogue is always present, since the work becomes part of the identity of those who inhabit it. The house and, where appropriate, the work space are an accurate reflection of those who live or work there, an unmistakable expression of their personality or their corporate culture. This dialogue seeks comfort and also utility, examines the conflicts and joys of daily acts of human life, which defines architecture against the other arts.

The answer given to these concepts, developed with extremely subjective parameters, characterizes the projects, each of them different from the rest.

And finally, let us consider the team. Excellence is design is based on the integration of a network of professionals that enjoy the pleasure for their work. A team of specialists in the calculation of structures, acoustics, building services, graphic design, interior design, architecture… that produces a shared creative environment capable of generating contagious motivation, taking care of what is in progress and excited about what is to come next.

STUDIO

TEAM

STUDIO

AWARDS

German Design Award 2020

Hofmann House
Winner
Frankfurt, 2020



Archdaily, Building of the Year 2019

Hofmann House
Finalists
New York, 2019



XIV Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo 2018

Pioneros del Diseño
Selected in the Publications Category
Madrid, 2018



Archdaily, Building of the Year 2018

Petra | The Stone Atelier
Finalists
New York, 2018



Global Excellence Awards 2018 AI Magazine

Outstanding for Residential Architecture and Design 2018
UK, 2018



Restricted Contest Mondraker

First Prize
Elche, Alicante, 2017



WAN Awards 2015

Balint House
Selected
United Kingdom, 2015



NYCxDESIGN Awards 2016

Blau Collection
First Prize in the Outdoor Category
New York, 2016



German Design Award 2016

Balint House
Special Mention
Frankfurt, 2016



ECOLA Award 2015

House on mountainside overlooker by castle
Nominated
London, 2015



BUILD Architecture Awards Best Residential Architect

First Prize
United Kingdom, 2015



Archdaily, Building of the Year 2015

Balint House
Finalist
New York, 2015



ENOR Architecture Award 2014

House on the cliff
Selected
Vigo, 2014



Premios Tendencias Diseño CV Best Architecture Studio 2013

First Prize
Valencia, 2013



Red Dot Award: Product Design 2013

House on the cliff
First Prize
Essen, 2013



Endesa Awards 2013. Sustainable Housing

House on the cliff
Selected
Madrid, 2013



XII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism 2013

House on the cliff
Selected
Madrid, 2013



Archdaily, Building of the Year 2012

House on the cliff
Finalist
New York, 2012



Nagrade Hiše Awards 2011 Hiše Magazine

Selected
Slovenia, 2011



Archdaily, Building of the Year 2010

House on mountainside overlooker by castle
Finalist
New York, 2011



MHK Group Competition

Atrium House Kitchen Design
First Prize
Berlin, 2010



Restricted Competition Single-Family House in Madrid

First Prize
Madrid, 2011



International Competition Foundation for Contemporary Architecture Headquarters

Third Prize
Cordoba, 2010



COACV Awards 2007 - 2009

Atrium House Mention in the Architecture Category
Valencia, 2010



Restricted Competition Multipurpose Space in Tinglado nº 2 in Valencia

First Prize
Valencia, 2009



On Site: Architecture in Spain MoMA

Selected
New York, 2009



National Competition Art Center and Auditorium

First Prize
Alfafar, Valencia, 2005



Restricted Competition Public Garden, Shopping Center, and Residential Building

First Prize
Bétera, Valencia, 2004



Iberian Pladur Competition Access Pavilion and Custody of Gaudí's Crypt in Colonia Güell

First Prize
Barcelona, 2002



National Ideas Competition Constitution Park in Barañáin

Honorable Mention
Barañáin, Navarre, 2001



STUDIO

PUBLICATIONS

Detail

Taiwan | Detail'20, '19, '18



GA Houses

Japan | Numbers 169, 161, 151, 148, 146, 141, 136, 130, 127, 125, 121, 120, 86



IW Magazine

Taiwan | Numbers 132, 130, 128, 126, 125, 123, 122, 119, 11



id+c

China | Number 06



Monografía Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

Portugal | AMAG, 2019



Inmag

Spain | Numbers 02



Abitar Hogares

Spain | Octubre 2019



La Belleza Eficaz

Italy | Libria, 2019



Diseño Interior

Spain | Numbers 313, 284, 268, 252, 245



Robb Report

USA | March 2019



Esquire

Spain | Number 127



On Diseño

Spain | Numbers 384, 382, 341, 340



Roof magazine

Porto



Architecture and Art'18 International Congress

Portugal | AAICO



The Swimming Pool in photography

Belgium | Hannibal



Minimalissimo

UK | Number 3



Villas & Golfe

Portugal | 16 - 2018



Архитектура и урбанизам

Serbia | Number 46



Arquitectura y Diseño

Spain | Number January 2018



University of Nis, 2018

Taiwan | 2nd International Exhibition of Contemporary Housing



Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Escenarios para la vida, 2005-2017

Spain | TC Cuadernos. 2017



DXI Pocket

Spain | Number 9



Room

Spain | Numbers 15, Record Interiors 2014



Interiors

Rusia



100 Contemporary Concrete Buildings

Taschen. 2016



Spend in

Spain | La esencia de lo esencial



Alternativas. Alternatives

Spain | XIII Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo



Construyendo nuevos mundos 1914 - 1945

Spain | Las vanguardias históricas en la colección del IVAM



TAIDD

Germany | Número 59



STUDIO

EXHIBITIONS

Open house Valencia

Vinoteca Vegamar Selección
Valencia, 2019



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2019

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2019



Histórias construídas

Exposición colectiva
Garagem Sul, CCB
Lisboa, 2018



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2018

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2018



ALFAROSIZA. Ideas encontradas

Exposición
Espai Alfaro
Valencia, 2018



Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Escenarios para la vida, 2005 – 2017

Exposición individual
Petra The Stone Atelier
Valencia, 2017



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2017

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2017



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2016

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2016



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2015

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2015



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2014

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2014



Skyscraper. La ciudad en altura

Exposición colectiva
Espai Alfaro
Godella, 2014



XL/XS. Diseño de arquitectos

Exposición colectiva
Espai Rambleta
Valencia, 2014



Made by architects. Diseño de mobiliario hecho por arquitectos

Exposición colectiva
Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Alicante
Alicante, 2013



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2013

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2013



Aimer, aimer, aimer: bâtir

Exposición colectiva
Villa Noailles
Hyères, 2013



Eólica. Aerogenerador urbano

Exposición individual
Espai Alfaro
Godella, 2012



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2012

Exposición colectiva GA Gallery Tokio, 2012



Neuf architects, neuf propositions pour habiter

Exposición colectiva
Villa Noailles
Hyères, 2012



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2011

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2011



Modus vivendi. Interiorismo en Valencia

Exposición colectiva
Ayuntamiento de Valencia
valencia, 2010



Silvestre Hofmann. Arquitectura de la casa

Exposición individual
Espai Alfaro
Godella, 2010



Obras y proyectos

Exposición individual
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Valencia
Valencia, 2009



Centro de Arte y Auditorio de Alfafar y otros proyectos

Exposición individual
Galería Edgar Neville
Alfafar, 2008



On-site. New architecture in Spain

Exposición colectiva
MoMA
Nueva York, 2006



Inéditos 2005. Proyectos expositivos de creación artística actual

Exposición colectiva
La Casa Encendida
Madrid, 2005



Inéditos 2005. Proyectos expositivos de creación artística actual

Exposición colectiva
Fundación Caja Madrid
Barcelona, 2005



Exposición Concurso de Ideas

Exposición colectiva
Casa Batlló
Barcelona, 2002



La mecanización de la vivienda

Exposición colectiva
Alfaro Hofmann Colección
Godella, 2001



Concurso Fundación Caja de Arquitectos

Exposiciones colectivas
Exposición itinerante por Escuelas de Arquitectura de España
España, 2002



Concurso Fundación Caja de Arquitectos

Exposición colectiva
Palacio de Congresos y de la Música de Bilbao
Bilbao, 2001



STUDIO

CONFERENCES

Podcast. El proceso creativo

Arquiphilia



La belleza eficaz

Universidad de Buenos Aires



La belleza eficaz

Colegio Mayor Albalat Valencia, 202
Lisboa, 2018



La belleza eficaz

Living Forum
Praga Tokio, 2018



Presentación monografía Aires Mateus 2003-2020

Coloquio
TC Cuadernos Valencia, 2018



Utopía tangible

Universidad de ISTMO
Guatemala Valencia, 2017



La belleza eficaz

CONARQ 2020
Argentina



Visualización arquitectónica

Escuela 3D School-ing
Madrid, 202



La belleza eficaz

Arkitera
Estambul, 2019



La belleza eficaz

FISTA 2020
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa



Diálogos en corrección. Amparo Tormo

Conversación
Galería Punto



Presentación monografía A.MAG

Presentación
Espai Alfaro 2019



24 tonos de verde y 13 nombres para la nieve

Conferencia
Festival Dimensión
Ecuador, 2020



Conferencia. Casa Hofmann

Conferencia
Archmarathon Stone Awards
Verona, 2019



24 tonos de verde y 13 nombres para la nieve

Conferencia Feria Hábitat Valencia 2019



Conferencia. Torre Eólica

Conferencia
Valencia Capital Mundial del Diseño 2022



La belleza eficaz

Conferencia
Escuela Técnica superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla
Sevilla, 2019



24 tonos de verde y 13 nombres para la nieve

Conferencia
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Granada
Granada, 2019



La belleza eficaz

Presentación monografía
Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Valencia
Valencia, 2018



24 tonos de verde y 13 nombres para la nieve

Conferencia
Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Granada
Granada, 2019



Inovdesign 2018

Conferencia
Fundación Serralves
Oporto, 2018



Trienal Bang

Conferencia
Altice Froum Braga
Braga, 2018



VIBRArch Valencia

Conferencia
Universitat Politècnica de València
Valencia, 2018



Architecture and Art'18 International Congress

Conferencia
Casa da Arquitectura
Matosinhos, 2018



Pensado a mano y fabricado en serie

Conferencia
Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Castellón
Castellón, 2018



Porto Academy 2018

Conferencia
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto
Oporto, 2018



VII Semana del diseño

Conferencia y workshop
Escuela de arte de Almería
Almería, 2018



La casa que no se podía

Conferencia
Universidad Europea de Valencia
Valencia, 2018



XIII Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo

Conferencia
Sede El Croquis
El Escorial, Madrid, 2018



Arquitectura y arte

Conferencia
ArqFest 2017, Teatro Diana
Guadalajara, México, 2017



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