Working on our unique cultural heritage assets requires an organization with qualified staff, knowledge, and experience as appropriate for conservation and restoration jobs. KALAM has the highest company rating in the field of restoration of historic and artistic heritage and ornamentation, as well as in all other subcategories of construction.
The great wealth of heritage in Europe has allowed us to acquire invaluable experience in projects on unique properties, including over 40 interventions on World Heritage buildings, ensembles, and landscapes. These references vouch for the company internationally, along with others from outside Spain – from Portugal, France, Switzerland, Chile, the United States, or the Caribbean.
Since our firm’s inception we have sought to create, consolidate, and cultivate our own multidisciplinary workforce of highly specialized practitioners, along with restorers, history and fine arts graduates, traditional master craftspeople such as zinc workers, plasterers, gilders, carpenters, etc., allowing us to undertake restoration work with the necessary skill and rigor.
We have worked extensively in the public sector and also for private clients, as well as for the Church and for foundations responsible for exceptional heritage that needs to be suitably conserved. Many reputable clients have put their trust in our teams, on many occasions.
Here we would like to highlight two recognitions of our work which give us particular satisfaction, in the Europa Nostra / EU Heritage Awards: the first a special mention in 2016 in the Dedicated Service to Heritage category, and the second in 2018 in the Conservation category for the restoration the facade of the College of San Ildefonso at the University of Alcalá de Henares, in which the international jury highlighted our excellent work and the sensitive recovery of the historical patina on the stonework of this singular historic building.
In 2024, the restoration of the Giralda was awarded the Hispania Nostra Prize for Heritage Conservation. The phased, face-to-face intervention enabled meticulous research, documentation, restoration, and communication while ensuring that three of the elevations of this iconic monument remained visible without scaffolding throughout the process. This recognition highlights the quality of the work carried out by the distinguished multidisciplinary team of experts across various fields and trades.
Working on invaluable historic buildings over more than 35 years has allowed us to acquire a store of knowledge which we not only apply in our projects but have also shared through regular publications over more than 15 years, as well as in the scientific seminars and workshops which we take part in or sponsor, or in the research projects which we lead or contribute to.
It gives us satisfaction to contribute to the conservation of our cultural heritage and to the preservation of the traditional techniques and trades necessary for its maintenance.
We have been fortunate enough to work on the conservation and restoration of many historic buildings and ensembles forming part of our cultural heritage, putting together our own highly specialized team committed to the preservation of traditional crafts and to our cultural inheritance.
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The Restoration of the Casa del Labrador at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez: Heritage restoration requires multidisciplinary teams and specialized companies with experience in interventions on unique structures. The rehabilitation of the Casa del Labrador is a clear example of a complex and necessary undertaking,……
The intervention in La Giralda in Seville has followed an innovative methodology that has led it to be awarded the Hispania Nostra Prize for the Conservation of Heritage as a factor in Economic and Social Development. The bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville is……
The KALAM US team is carrying out work to replace the roof of the Olbrich Botanical Gardens Royal Thai Pavilion in Madison, Wisconsin. The scaffolding that will allow the work to be done over the winter has now been installed. The first preparation, inspection and……
We look arround the Strapwork Carpentry through Enrique Nuere’s glance Enrique Nuere Matauco, who joined the KALAM team as senior advisor in September 2021, tells us about his experience with strapwork carpentry in two volumes, “The Carpentry that Interlaced with My Life” and “From Castilla to the New World.” ……
