TAKK is an architecture and design studio based in Barcelona, founded by Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño. The studio's work critically engages with the integration of ecological frameworks into architectural discourse and spatial production, aiming to develop new material and political imaginaries for the built environment.
TAKK operates at the intersection of professional practice and academic research. Mireia Luzárraga is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Core I sequence at Columbia University GSAPP, where she also served as Dean’s Visiting Professor in 2023. She was the Kengo Kuma Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo in 2024, and Master Tutor at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona from 2018 to 2022.
TAKK’s work has received numerous accolades, including the Design Vanguard Award (2024), the Best Archilover Project Award (2023), the FAD Awards (2023), the COAM Award (2022), and the Temps de les Arts Award (2022). They have also been finalists in the ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards (2024), the XII Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, the ROOM Awards (2023), and the FAD Awards (2019 and 2023).
Their projects are part of prominent international museum collections, including the FRAC Centre-Val de Loire, the Vitra Design Museum, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture in Los Angeles, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rabat, and the Disseny Hub Barcelona. Their clients span both public and private sectors, with notable commissions from institutions such as the Musée Cantonal de Design et d’Arts Appliqués Contemporains (Lausanne), the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), and the Centro de Arte Santa Mònica (Barcelona). In the private sector, TAKK has developed projects for brands including Hermès, Moncler, Vitra, and Swatch.
TAKK’s work has been featured in leading international forums, including the Venice Architecture Biennale (Spain Pavilion 2014 & 2021, Slovenia Pavilion 2023), the San Sebastián Biennale (2017, 2023), Design Miami (2023), the Salone del Mobile (Milan, 2023), the Tallinn Architecture Biennale (2022), the Rome Architecture Festival (2022), the Orléans Biennale (2022), the Maia Biennale (Porto, 2019), the Rabat Biennale (2019), and the Oslo Architecture Triennale (2016).
They have been invited to lecture at prestigious institutions including Kyoto University (2024), the Royal Academy of Arts (2024), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2023), the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (2023), the University of Applied Arts – die Angewandte (Vienna, 2023), the University of Pennsylvania (2023), and ETH Zurich (2022).
TAKK’s work is widely published in both architectural and mainstream media. Architectural publications include A+U, Arquitectura Viva, Frame, Domus, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, Plot, and AMC. Their work has also been featured in major Spanish press outlets such as El País, El Mundo, El Periódico de Catalunya, and Diari Ara.
TAKK operates at the intersection of professional practice and academic research. Mireia Luzárraga is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Core I sequence at Columbia University GSAPP, where she also served as Dean’s Visiting Professor in 2023. She was the Kengo Kuma Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo in 2024, and Master Tutor at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona from 2018 to 2022.
TAKK’s work has received numerous accolades, including the Design Vanguard Award (2024), the Best Archilover Project Award (2023), the FAD Awards (2023), the COAM Award (2022), and the Temps de les Arts Award (2022). They have also been finalists in the ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards (2024), the XII Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, the ROOM Awards (2023), and the FAD Awards (2019 and 2023).
Their projects are part of prominent international museum collections, including the FRAC Centre-Val de Loire, the Vitra Design Museum, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture in Los Angeles, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rabat, and the Disseny Hub Barcelona. Their clients span both public and private sectors, with notable commissions from institutions such as the Musée Cantonal de Design et d’Arts Appliqués Contemporains (Lausanne), the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), and the Centro de Arte Santa Mònica (Barcelona). In the private sector, TAKK has developed projects for brands including Hermès, Moncler, Vitra, and Swatch.
TAKK’s work has been featured in leading international forums, including the Venice Architecture Biennale (Spain Pavilion 2014 & 2021, Slovenia Pavilion 2023), the San Sebastián Biennale (2017, 2023), Design Miami (2023), the Salone del Mobile (Milan, 2023), the Tallinn Architecture Biennale (2022), the Rome Architecture Festival (2022), the Orléans Biennale (2022), the Maia Biennale (Porto, 2019), the Rabat Biennale (2019), and the Oslo Architecture Triennale (2016).
They have been invited to lecture at prestigious institutions including Kyoto University (2024), the Royal Academy of Arts (2024), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2023), the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (2023), the University of Applied Arts – die Angewandte (Vienna, 2023), the University of Pennsylvania (2023), and ETH Zurich (2022).
TAKK’s work is widely published in both architectural and mainstream media. Architectural publications include A+U, Arquitectura Viva, Frame, Domus, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, Plot, and AMC. Their work has also been featured in major Spanish press outlets such as El País, El Mundo, El Periódico de Catalunya, and Diari Ara.