Open House Seville 2023: More than 50 buildings and architecture studios opened their doors

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Published on October 24, 2023

From October 20 to 22, 2023, Seville hosted the second edition of the international architecture festival Open House. Aimed at fostering knowledge of the city and highlighting the value of urban space, architecture, and design, the event opened the doors of more than 50 spaces, including buildings and architecture studios, free of charge.

Among the highlights of this edition were the Sevilla Tower by César Pelli, the San Telmo Palace, and the Palacio de las Dueñas. Alongside the guided city tours, the program also featured pottery demonstrations by Taller Barrería San Mateo and live applications of lime mortar.

Visitors also had free access to venues such as the Archive of Notarial Protocols in the former Convent of Santa María de Monte-Sion; the Institutional Headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce, renovated by González Cordón; Casa de la Cruz, a three-story single-family home designed by Tousidonis Anisi; and the Expo '92 Pavilion of the Future—current headquarters of the General Archive of Andalusia—guided by Rafael Osto Vizcaíno, who led the latest conservation and restoration efforts in 2019.

Explore all the participating buildings and architecture studios below.

Buildings

Former Hospital de las Cinco Llagas – Parliament of Andalusia
Notarial Protocols Archive of Seville
Bank of Spain / Antonio Illanes del Río
Palmas Altas Technology Center / Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners - Vidal y Asociados arquitectos
Loyola University Campus / luis vidal + arquitectos
Neo-Gothic Chapel of the Immaculate Conception (Colegio Sagrado Corazón de las Esclavas del Divino Corazón) / González de Rojas
Carande / DPYA Arquitectura
Cartuja Center Cite (SGAE Theater) / Santiago Fajardo
CHN House / U+G Arquitectura
Casa de la Cruz / Tousidonis Anisi

Casa del Rey Moro – Blas Infante Foundation
Casa Espiau (Espacio Derivado Art Gallery)
Triana House / Studio.NOJU
Cavalta Boutique Hotel / Ramón Balbuena y Huertas
Fundación Cajasol Cultural Center / 16th century / Aníbal González, 1918 / Rafael Manzano, 1984 / Rafael Osto, 2019
Hogar Virgen de los Reyes Multipurpose Social Center / Antonio Delgado Roig
Ponce de León Palace and Convento de los Terceros Monumental Complex
“Manuel Castillo” Superior Conservatory of Music
Consulate of Portugal / Carlos and Guilherme Rebelo de Andrade
Convent and Church of San Alberto Magno (Oratory of San Felipe Neri)

Office Building for Ybarra y Cía / Aníbal González
Helvetia Seguros Building / Rafael Moneo
“Picasso” Building / Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Reale Seguros Building / Honorio Aguilar Arquitecto
Tres Culturas Foundation – Morocco Pavilion / Michel Pinseau
Hotel Alfonso XIII / José Espiau y Muñoz
Hotel Casa de Indias by Intur
Mercer Hotel 5* at Casa Palacio Castelar / Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Hotel Posada del Lucero
Church of the Ascension of the Lord / Salvador Cejudo and Joaquín Pérez Goicoechea
Monastery Church of Santa Clara

Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage / Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra
Pavilion of the Future – General Archive of Andalusia / MBM Arquitectos (Bohigas-Martorell-Mackay), 1992 / Rafael Osto Vizcaíno, 2019
Palacio de las Dueñas / Benvenuto Tortello
San Telmo Palace Restoration / Vázquez Consuegra
Teatro de la Maestranza
Torre de la Plata – Almohad Shipyard Wall
Torre Sevilla / PE Pelli Clarke & Partners + Broadway Maylan Architects
Torre Triana / Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Institutional Headquarters of the Seville Chamber of Commerce / Jacobo Gali Lassaletta 18th century / Antonio González Cordón, 1982
Patio Riñón Housing / Antonio Cruz and Antonio Ortiz