Passenger traffic at Seville – Santa Justa Train Station reached an all-time record in 2023, with more than 10.1 million passengers per year. This figure represents a significant growth compared to previous records, including the numbers obtained during the 1992 Universal Exhibition. The station, designed by our study, inaugurated in 1991 and has shown a steady increase in transport demand, partially due to the entry of new competitors in the liberalisation of high speed rail network.
This achievement highlights the important role of Seville – Santa Justa train station as an important national and regional transport centre.

Access to the complete news on the following link:
https://www.diariodesevilla.es/la-catenaria/estacion-Santa-Justa-record-10-millones-pasajeros-Sevilla-Adif-video_0_1877514481.html

As part of the series organised by COAM  ( Official Architects Association of Madrid): “Extramuros, Architecture outside Spain”, Antonio Ortiz presents some of our studio’s most emblematic international projects, including the Rijksmuseum, the Basel railway station and FC Lugano’s new football stadium.
Place:
COAM/ Hortaleza, 63 in Triangular Hall, Madrid
24 January at 7 p.m.
You can register at the following link:
https://www.coam.org/agenda-coam/cruz-y-ortiz-ciclo-extramuros-arquitectura-fuera-espana

During the 2nd edition of Open House Seville (International Architecture Festival), on the 20th October, Cruz y Ortiz opened the doors of its studio to show the different uses and spaces to a large number of attendees.
On the other hand, the housing in María Coronel Street (1976), the “Picasso” Building (2016) and the Hotel Mercer (2016), all of them projects by Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos, were some of the buildings selected by the organisation to visit during the Festival.
The Open House Worldwide is an annual festival that since 1992 and during 3 days, shows for free emblematic buildings of the most important cities in the world. In 2022 Seville became part of the Open House cities.

Cruz y Ortiz celebrates this type of initiatives to promote the importance of good architecture, design and urban planning.

Access the complete news in the following link:
https://www.archdaily.cl/cl/1008730/open-house-sevilla-2023-mas-de-50-edificios-y-estudios-de-arquitectura-abrieron-sus-puertas

After 11 years of a long planning phase and the completion of legal and financialprocedures, the construction of our project in Switzerland has begun: the newFC Lugano football stadium.The construction of the project is planned in three phases. 
During this initial phase, the construction of the stadium (2023-2025) and the Palazzettodello sport (2024-2026) will be carried out.
Between 2025-2028 the second phase will start with the construction of two towers,service building, general car park and the main external public spaces.
Between 2026-2029, phase 3 will begin, focusing on private facilities: the west building for housing and private outdoor areas.

 Click on the following link to access the complete information:
https://www.tio.ch/ticino/attualita/1698610/pse-iniziano-ufficialmente-i-lavori-per-i-luganesi-e-una-questione-d-orgoglio

Our transformation project Herenstaete has officially been given a new name, once the construction came to an end. The new brand is The Gent. A very exceptional office space with a contemporary and classic realm, in the historic centre of Amsterdam, along its UNESCO Canal Herengracht. The building with its historical use as Bank, now offers multiple office areas. The building can be rented both single as well as multi-tenant, both classic as modern. The energy performance is outstanding and has been set at Label A+++, Excellent Breeam-in-use and Platinum for WELL. We our proud of our team.

Visit The Gent’s website at the following link:
 https://www.thegent.nl/

 

On July 28, Banco Santander inaugurated its new territorial headquarters in Cantabria, in the old Banco Mercantil building, a historic building from 1903 that has undergone comprehensive rehabilitation by our firm.

Access the full news at the following link:
https://www.europapress.es/cantabria/noticia-banco-santander-inaugura-nueva-sede-territorial-cantabria-20230729094113.html

 Lugano, July 2023
The demolition of the east stand of the current stadium, the Monte Bre stand, marks the beginning of the construction of the new Football Stadium of FC Lugano, Switzerland, by our studio
The project is planned to be built in three phases. The first phase will include the construction of the new Stadium (2023-2025) and the Palazzetto dello Sport (2024-2026). 

For more information, please click on the following link:
https://www.cdt.ch/sport/cornaredo-come-il-camp-nou-le-ruspe-fanno-spazio-al-futuro-322436

“If only the hinge remains, there is no point in rebuilding”.
Antonio Ortiz talks in the Tourinews portal about the reconversion of old infrastructures into spaces for tourist use.

Access to the complete interview in the link:
https://www.tourinews.es/noticias/arquitectos-reconversion-edificios-historicos-antonio-ortiz-cruz_4475677_102.html

 

On 13th June, Antonio Cruz was a member of the jury for the 17th edition of the Félix Hernández Architecture Prize of the COACo (Official Association of Architects of Córdoba). The winning projects in this edition were the reform of the CEFC (Francisco Javier Terrados Cepeda and Fernando Suárez Corchete), and the Wildlife Observatory in Los Pedroches, (Rafael de la Hoz Castanys).

Access all the information in the following link:

https://coacordoba.org/premio-felix-hernandez/la-reforma-del-cefc-y-el-observatorio-de-fauna-en-los-pedroches-galardonados-con-el-xvii-premio-felix-hernandez-del-coaco/

On 16th of June, Antonio Ortiz took part in the Capital Radio programme: Bungalow 103. Under the title “Renovar – Reformar – Recuperar – Reconvertir – Rehabilitar” (Renovate – Refurbish – Recover – Reconvert – Rehabilitate), they talked about a very trendy topic in Spain: the reconversion of ancient infrastructures into spaces for tourist facilities. Antonio Ortiz’s intervention can be heard from minute 16:15 onwards.

https://www.capitalradio.es/audio/20230615_BUNGALOW103/116073558