Issue 07 · Autumn 2026 · Barcelona
Buildings with good manners.
The portfolio of architect Marta Ruiz: housing, interiors and small public buildings, edited like a magazine.
- 6projects, built and unbuilt
- 1long interview about stairs, light and neighbours
- 12pages of drawings nobody usually shows
Contents
Issue 07
p. 12Casa Patio, Sant Cugat. The orange tree came first.
Feature
A house around a tree
The clients asked for a house; the site offered an old orange tree. Every room of Casa Patio looks at it, and the stair winds around it like a bench. It is the smallest house Marta has built, and the one she talks about most.
"The tree was the client we listened to most."
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