Foster + Partners to transform old gas plant into Acciona Ombú offices
A vacant natural-gas plant in Madrid, Spain is set to be overhauled by Foster + Partners to create the plant-filled and timber-lined Acciona Ombú offices. The abandoned industrial building, constructed in 1905 by Spanish architect Luis de Landecho, will be retrofitted with 10,000 square-metres of workspace for the sustainable infrastructure company Acciona. Top image: the existing building shell will be preserved. Above: Acciona Ombú will occupy a vacant gas plant Foster + Partners' overhaul, set to complete in 2022, focuses largely on the restoration of the building's brick envelope – w...