El Croquis 234: Peris+Toral Arquitectes documents the Barcelona studio's sustained investigation into habitation and construction — work that earned them the RIBA International Prize in 2024 and has reshaped how social housing is conceived and built.
About This Book
Founded by Marta Peris and José Toral in 2005, Peris+Toral Arquitectes has built a practice around questions that most studios sidestep: the relationship between cinema and architecture, the nature of contemporary domestic life, low-impact construction systems, and the meaning of comfort. This El Croquis monograph brings their theoretical and built work together in the publication's signature depth. It is essential reading for architects engaged with housing typology, material culture, and the intellectual frameworks that give form genuine purpose. Their work has been exhibited at the Cité de l'Architecture in Paris, the Kunstverein Bielefeld, and the Venice Biennale.
Key Features
- 335 pages of project documentation, critical texts, and architectural photography in the El Croquis format
- Published by El Croquis, 2025
What You'll Discover
- How Peris+Toral's research on cinema and architecture informs their spatial thinking and approach to domestic sequence
- The studio's theoretical position on low-impact construction systems and what comfort means as a design proposition
- The trajectory of work that led to the RIBA International Prize in 2024, contextualised within their broader research practice
- How their academic roles at ETSAB, the Politecnico di Milano, and EPFL feed back into the practice's intellectual output
About the Author
Marta Peris holds a PhD in architecture and is a professor at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB), with guest teaching positions at the Politecnico di Milano and, since 2024, the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). José Toral co-founded the studio with Peris in 2005 and shares the same academic and research commitments. Together they have contributed to the Venice Biennale in 2016 and 2025, and their projects have been the subject of a monographic retrospective at the Kunstverein Bielefeld.
Specifications
- Format: Semi-hard cover
- Pages: 335
- Dimensions: 240 × 340 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9788412823493
- Publisher: El Croquis
- Publication Date: 2025
Perfect For: Architects and researchers working in housing, academics studying contemporary European practice, and El Croquis collectors tracking the studio's evolution from early research to RIBA Prize recognition.