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Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute ("Corona de Espinas"): Context
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Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute ("Corona de Espinas"): Exterior · Headquarters of the Cultural Heritage Institute of Spain, Madrid
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Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute ("Corona de Espinas"): Exterior
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Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute ("Corona de Espinas"): Interior · Biblioteca del Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España
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Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute ("Corona de Espinas"): Interior
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Civic · Brutalism

Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute ("Corona de Espinas")

Fernando Higueras and Antonio Miró · Madrid, Spain · 1970

Key featuresRing of stacked concrete terraces around a round courtyard, crowned by spiky fins: the "Crown of Thorns".

Architect
Fernando Higueras and Antonio Miró
Place
Madrid, Spain
Year
1970
Typology
Civic
Movement
Brutalism
Region
Europe
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