The new IMAM building – Women’s Institute and Municipal Archive – building designed by nodo17 (Manuel Perez Romero), this is the one of artistic institute building located in Mostoles, Madrid, Spain. Its an award winning building for a competition which called for new facilities for the Women’s Institute and also the city’s Municipal Archive. The competition brief called for the facade of a former casino to be rebuilt (see pictures). Galvanized steel plates were used on the facade. The architects’ wanted to create a ‘raw’ building, so the structure and services have been left exposed.

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