About us

A small studio, on purpose, so we can look closely at every single build.

How we started

Amara started with a single commission: the home of a family who had spent two years let down by budgets that weren't honoured and deadlines that stretched on with no explanation. We finished that build on time, and decided that would be the standard, not the exception.

Since then we've kept the studio deliberately small: we'd rather say no to a project than stop staying on top of every one we take on.

Studio milestones

  1. 2010

    First project

    Amara is born as an architecture studio, with a single detached home as its calling card.

  2. 2014

    We bring construction in-house

    We stop just handing over blueprints: we bring in our own site team to see every project through to the handover of the keys.

  3. 2019

    First residential building

    We expand from single-family homes to multi-unit developments, without losing the feel of a bespoke project.

  4. 2023

    Sustainability commitment

    Every new project now starts from a bioclimatic approach and energy certification from the very first sketch.

Team

Elena Ruiz

Head of Architecture

Marcos Ibáñez

Site Manager

Laura Campos

Interiors and Materials

Diego Salas

Project Management

Certifications and accreditations

Energy certification APassivhaus (selected projects)ISO 9001 — quality managementMember of the Architects' Association