"La biblioteca redonda parece una caracola. Mesas de madera recorren la estructura circular coronada por una claraboya. Las paredes son de hormigón visto y de libros. En el centro, un hombre da una conferencia. Es un cirujano plástico con la cara de Antonio Banderas. .../..."
all the article in El Pais, below:
The building that houses the Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain was built in reinforced concrete saw, geometry mark a circle of 40 meters radius in which it falls, which in turn are subdivided into 30 segments divided in turn into two when viewed from the outside corridor. The program is organized into four circular floors, all connected by stairs and lifts vertically. The horizontal movement is performed using two internal concentric rings. The horizontal circulation system is completed with a third ring outside the building, which can move trucks with large sites to link directly to the workshop of double height. Higueras's work has been classified as a late organicism and expressionism and is regarded by some as a preliminary phase of postmodernism. It is one of the most significant works of contemporary Spanish architecture will be open next week.
