Studio Roman Izquierdo Bouldstridge is an architectural studio based in Barcelona. The innovation and conceptualization of its work are a consequence of a permanent research to find new forms of expression. Its creative process starts from an attitude of pursuing the beauty of the simple, which tries to understand the nature of the existing space and its environment. His work is conscious and coherent with the environmental responsibility that it entails. The projects blur the boundaries between the artificial and the natural, giving rise to sceneries full of calm and harmony, where the interaction of light plays a poetic role.
The studio covers diverse fields of design, from architecture to interior design and furniture. Roman Izquierdo Bouldstridge combines his professional practice with teaching and artistic experimentation. His creative sensitivity and Japanese influence are manifested through a warm architecture where nature, light and time merge into unique atmospheres. He graduated in the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB). His professional career starts in the Japanese studios Junya Ishigami and Kengo Kuma. In 2014 he founded his own studio.
The studio has been invited to participate at the Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition 2021, with theme Time Space Existence, and has been finalist in the Dezeen Awards 2020, as the Emergent Interior Designer of the Year. In the last years, his work has been recognized by prestigious international awards, such as the International Design Awards IDA and the Rethinking the Future Awards. He has also been finalist in the Society of British Interior Design SBID Awards, the World Interiors News WIN Awards and nominated for the Building of The Year Awards. He is currently teaching the Domestika course Japanese-Inspired Interior Design with Wood and he is professor at Artidi, Barcelona School of Visual Merchandising and Design, teaching the subjects Light, Concept and Form, Materials and dialogue with Space and Commercial Interior Design.
AWARDS
2023
Building of the Year Awards
Nominated in the category of Residential
Obra del Año Awards
Nominated in the category of Houses
2022
Project of the Year Awards
Nominated in the category of Bar, Archello
Building of the Year Awards
Nominated in the category of Residential
2021
International Design Awards IDA
Bronze Prize in the category of Interior Design
Design & Build Awards
First Prize in the category of Leading Architecture Studio, Barcelona
2020
Society of British Interior Design Awards
Finalists in the category of Retail Design
Dezeen Awards
Finalist in the category of Emerging Interior Designer of the Year
Rethinking the Future Awards
First Prize in the category of Interiors Retail
Dezeen Awards
Nominated in the category of Retail Interior
Best Project Awards
Finalists in the category of Interior Design, Archilovers
2019
Obra del Año Awards
Nominated in Plataforma Arquitectura Magazine
Best Project Awards, Archilovers Magazine
Finalists in the category of Interior Design
Building of the Year Awards
Nominated in Archdaily Magazine
2018
Project of the Year Awards
First Prize in the category of Residential, Archello
2016
World Interior News Awards
Nominated in the category of Retail
EXHIBITIONS
2021
Venice Architecture Biennale, Time Space Existence
Exhibition with title: Torii, the gate of emptiness
Organized by the European Cultural Centre
Palazzo Bembo, Venice
LECTURES & INTERVIEWS
2022
Interview for the Magazine El Confidencial
September 2022, Spain
Interview for the Magazine Architizer
September 2022, New York
2021
Interview in Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition
April 2021, Italy
Talking in Klein
February 2021, Italy
2019
Interview for the Magazine À vivre
December 2019, France
PUBLICATIONS
2023
Nan Arquitectura
number 176, January/February 2023, Spain
Architizer
Best Architecture Firms in Spain, January 2023, New York
Madera y Construcción
March 2023, Spain
2022
El Confidencial
September 2022, Spain
Archello Magazine
Top 25 Spanish Architecture Firms, Netherlands
2021
Venice Architecture Biennial
Time Space Existence
April 2021, Italy
2020
Architektur
number March/April 2020, Germany
AIT
number 09.2020, August 2020, Germany
Casa Naturale
number 106, May/June 2020, Italy
Interni & Décor
May 2020, China
International Magazine of Design
number 182, China
2019
AIT
number 10.2019, November 2019, Germany
À Vivre
number 45, January/February 2019, France
Design Architecture Style
number 24, Russia
L’Arreda Negozi
number 154, November/December 2019, Italy
2017
Casa Viva, Proyecto Contract
number 124, Spain
2016
Interior-Exterior Magazine
number 32, April 2016, UK
Ladenbau
number 5-16, November 2016, Germany
Sites Archi
number 256, March 2016, France
TEACHING
2023
Light, Concept and Form
Artidi, Barcelona School of Visual Merchandising and Design
Materials and dialogue with Space
Artidi, Barcelona School of Visual Merchandising and Design
Commercial Interior Design
Artidi, Barcelona School of Visual Merchandising and Design
2021
Japanese-Inspired Interior Design with Wood
Domestika