Commissioned illustration
Client: Madrid 1915 Private Suites (2020)
I’ve been doing architecture illustrations since I was little. At school I used to draw imaginary buildings and design temples inspired by those I loved from the Ancient Greek stories I loved to read.
Instead of becoming an architect I kept doing this kind of building illustrations, getting inspired from places I already know or making up my own. In this case, the subject is an Art Deco apartment building from 1915 located in Madrid that has a very interesting sculpture of an angel crashing face first on the terrace.
This place has been recently renovated and designed by its owners as luxury apartments for rent in a project called Madrid 1915 Luxury Suites. For them I customized an original print I had previously made with different backgrounds that would match the decoration in each floor: vintage, architectural, pop art, romantic…
You can get a signed limited edition of the original illustration here.