Tactile materials “accentuate the value of shadows” in Bolívar House

Spanish architect Juan Gurrea Rumeu used a palette of warm, textural materials and carefully positioned voids to create atmospheric living spaces inside this house he designed for himself and his wife in Barcelona.

Rumeu and his wife, the Madrid-born artist Beatriz Dubois, decided to move to the architect’s home city for work after living for several years in Paris.

Bolívar House takes up a narrow site on Barcelona’s Carrer de Bolívar

They purchased a site occupied by a derelict storage building in the Vallcarca district that was affordable due to its northern aspect, narrow proportions and busy urban context.

Bolívar House is located on the Carrer de Bolívar and is

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