Borja Fernández Fernández, Laura Izzo, Adrián López Rancaño, Daniel Gómez Magide. FIRM Architects

FIRM Architects is an architecture practice founded in 2022 by Borja Fernández Fernández, Laura Izzo, Adrián López Rancaño, and Daniel Gómez Magide, based in Lugo, Galicia. The practice is currently led by Daniel Gómez Magide and Adrián López Rancaño, while the other two founders remain involved as regular collaborators.

Its work and research focus on contemporary ways of inhabiting rural and urban environments. The practice undertakes residential, cultural, commercial, and public space projects for both public and private clients, with particular attention to the rehabilitation of existing buildings, the use of local materials, and the recovery of traditional construction techniques and craftsmanship, combined with contemporary building systems.

Among its projects is the rehabilitation of the former Town Hall of A Fonsagrada (Lugo), transformed into the Forges Cultural Centre. The project received the PEFC Sustainable Timber Architecture Award at the 2025 CESUGA–Pino de Galicia Awards, an honourable mention in the Heritage Rehabilitation and Restoration category at the 2025 COAG Awards, and a special mention at the 2026 arquia/próxima Awards.