Taller Ocre is an architecture and interiors practice in Madrid. Since 2014 we have designed houses, refurbished flats and small public buildings across Spain: thick walls, deep openings, materials that age well.
Selected work
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Read the drawings
We draw every room before we build it.
Casa Pinar, ground floor. Open the plan and zoom in: walls, openings and steps are all drawn at 1:100 before the first brick goes down.
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How we work
Three habits that shape every drawing we make.
01
Light first.
We draw the sun before we draw the walls. Every project starts with a study of the site: where the morning comes in, and where August needs shade.
02
Few materials, well made.
Lime, stone, solid timber, terracotta. A short palette, detailed with care, costs less to maintain and gets better with age.
03
Keep what works.
In refurbishments we keep original floors, ceilings and joinery wherever they still do their job. Demolition is the last resort, not the first move.
Materials we work with
62
projects completed
18,400 m²
built
11
years of practice
4
people, one table
“They kept the old tiled floor and the beams, and the flat finally gets sun in the afternoon. We would hire them again tomorrow.”
Lucía and Andrés, Piso Chamberí, Madrid
We work in Spanish and English.
Trabajamos en español e inglés.
Briefs, drawings and site meetings in either language. This whole site is in Spanish too.
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From the journal
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18 Sep 2026 · Materials
Why we still specify lime plaster
It is slower to apply and harder to find good plasterers for. We use it on almost every project anyway. Here’s why.
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2 Jul 2026 · Process
Refurbishing a corrala flat: what we keep and what goes
Before we draw a single wall, we spend a day on site with a camera, a moisture meter and a list. This is the list.
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21 Apr 2026 · Materials
Board-formed concrete, done honestly
The grain of the timber stays in the wall forever. That’s the point, and also the risk.
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Taller Ocre
Taller Ocre, architecture and interiors since 2014.
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