Rationalist architecture and panoramic views in an iconic tower of modern Madrid

Located in one of the towers that form the historic Plaza de Cristo Rey complex, this property is part of one of the most ambitious urban interventions in 1950s Madrid.

Designed by some of the most influential architects of the period — including Javier Carvajal, Rafael García de Castro, Emilio Canosa and Ramón Canosa — the project redefined the western entrance to the city through a composition of towers and residential buildings conceived to engage with light, landscape and the skyline of the Sierra de Guadarrama.

The home is set within one of the towers that make up this exceptional complex, inheriting the values that made it unique: generous proportions, luminosity, perspective and a close relationship between architecture and the urban landscape.

The residences were conceived for a new professional and cultural class — architects, entrepreneurs, doctors, intellectuals and individuals linked to the independent professions — who sought an architecture aligned with a more contemporary mindset and a new way of experiencing the city. In contrast to the more compartmentalised and enclosed bourgeois homes of earlier periods, this project introduced a far more open, luminous way of living, deeply connected to the urban landscape.

This property also occupies an entire floor of the tower, an exceptional feature that enhances privacy, natural light and panoramic openness over the city, reinforcing the sensation of a home suspended above Madrid, so characteristic of mid-century modern architecture.

Today, the home sensitively reinterprets that sophisticated and luminous spirit of modern architecture, where the scale of the spaces, the large windows and the continuous relationship between interior and exterior create a way of living deeply connected to light and the urban landscape.

The recent renovation, defined by clean lines and a mid-century essence, enhances the property’s original attributes — its visual breadth, open structure, fluid connection between rooms and privileged views — while incorporating noble materials, a serene palette and a warm language that respects the building’s original architectural identity.

The social area unfolds as a fluid sequence of interconnected spaces, where the kitchen, dining room and living room engage in continuous dialogue, allowing for different ways of living, sharing and entertaining. The large openings to the exterior and the terraces make natural light and the urban landscape a permanent part of the home, blurring the boundaries between inside and outside.

Thanks to the height of the property and its elevated position above the city, the views take on an exceptional prominence, creating a sense of space, calm and privacy rarely found in Madrid. The property also includes a parking space within the building with direct access, as well as the possibility of a second space in a nearby municipal car park — a particularly valuable feature in this area of the city.

A home conceived as a true ode to contemporary good living, where architecture, design and everyday life coexist naturally.

Parking space.