Raval house

Renovation of a XIX century flat in Barcelona by Qubba Arquitectes.

Room with ornate ceiling beams and patterned floor tiles, featuring a partially open wooden door and shuttered window.
Open door revealing a room with patterned floor tiles and exposed wooden beams on the ceiling.
Bright kitchen with patterned floor tiles, exposed wooden beams, and a minimalist work table.
Modern kitchen with patterned tiles, wooden accents, and a minimalist work table.
Room with patterned floor tiles, ornate beamed ceiling, and large windows with shutters.
Hallway with patterned floor tiles and wooden frame elements leading to a bright room.
Hallway with patterned floor tiles and a wooden frame leading to a bright room.
White door with a partially wooden panel and patterned floor tiles.
Room with vintage furniture, patterned floor tiles, and a sewing machine on a wooden cabinet.
Renovated balcony with wooden frames and iron railings overlooking a brick patio.

Interior Architecture Photography: Raval House by Qubba Arquitectes

This residential interior photography series documents the restoration and renovation of a 19th-century flat in Barcelona’s vibrant, historic El Raval neighbourhood. Designed by Qubba Arquitectes, the project brings modern functionality to a historical structure.

The photoshoot captures the dialogue between preserved historic Catalan elements and minimalist design updates, showing how craftsmanship can coexist with contemporary metropolitan life.

Documenting Heritage Details: Patterned Tiles and Ornate Beams

The visual storytelling of this interior design shoot centres on original structural textures, spatial depth, and a curated palette of materials.

  • Classic Hydraulic Flooring: A core focus of the images is the striking, intricately patterned floor tiles running throughout the home. The compositions consistently employ a lowered horizon line, drawing the eye across these geometric grids and showing how they define each room’s character.
  • Ornate Ceiling Frameworks: Looking upward, the flat features meticulously restored wooden ceiling beams. The photography uses balanced, diffused exposures to illuminate their depth, carvings, and rich grain, establishing a rustic frame that anchors the clean, white partition walls below.
  • Minimalist Spatial Flow: Partially open, original wooden doors are used compositionally to slice through frames, building a sense of mystery and spatial depth that leads the viewer from one room to the next.

Capturing the Modern, Sunlit Kitchen

In the heart of the home, a bright, modern kitchen blends into the historic shell. The photography highlights a sleek, custom-designed kitchen and a minimalist work table with clean wooden finishes. By balancing warm sunlight from traditional balconies with the cool surfaces of modern appliances, the photographs show how Qubba Arquitectes transformed dark, segmented 19th-century rooms into an airy, fluid, light-filled space.

Every shot maintains precise vertical lines and rigorous orthogonal framing, ensuring that historical details are displayed with maximum clarity and architectural fidelity.