El Pórtico Building, Madrid, Spain

Tertiary Project El Pórtico: office building class A+ , 34,000 m2 GBA, ground floor + 8 floors and 400 parking spaces. Located at the entrance of Campo de las Naciones, Madrid. Works during 2004-06; winner of the “best office building award 2006” on the International Congress of Professional Real Estate (Mipim 2006) held in Cannes (France).

According to their creators, during the construction of El Pórtico “it had minimized the acoustic impact of the exterior and had maximized energy savings with solar screens and an external stainless steel curtain.”

In addition, it contains a system that allows surplus energy to be derived from one zone of the building to another. These characteristics make El Pórtico “the first sustainable office building in Madrid”.

Designed by SOM Architects (London) and Rafael de la Hoz & Partners (Madrid)