Concrete and stone buildings with sculpted green rooftops are arranged around generous courtyards at this prison complex near Tarragona, Spain, by AiB Estudi d'Arquitectes and Estudi PSP Arquitectura (+ slideshow). More »
Tag: prisons
Mas d’Enric Penitentiary
Het Arresthuis hotel in a former prison
by Van der Valk hotels
A nineteenth century prison in the Netherlands has been converted into a boutique hotel where guests sleep in the former cells. More »
Civic Centre in Palencia by Exit Architects
and Eduardo Delgado Orusco
Slideshow: in our second project this week by Madrid studio Exit Architects, the designers teamed up with architect Eduardo Delgado Orusco to create this civic and cultural centre inside a former prison in Palencia, Spain. More »
Danish State Prison by C. F. Møller

Danish architects C. F. Møller have won a competition to build a new state prison on the island of Falster in Denmark. More »
Espacio Talca by Guillermo Hevia García,
José Tomás Rodríguez and Nicolás Urzúa

Architects Guillermo Hevia García, José Tomás Rodríguez and Nicolás Urzúa have won a competition to reuse a former prison in Talca, Chile, as a public space and arena. More »
