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The Universidad Europea has promoted the creation of a new urban campus in an attractive location bordering the historic center and the old Turia Riverbed. The team of professionals from KALAM, in a temporary joint venture with Vialterra, has carried out this ambitious large-scale project,……
KALAM has received in Chile the recognition for « Outstanding Preventive Performance during the period 2022-2023 », which is awarded to companies that have excelled in their preventive management, complying with the occupational health and safety plan established for that period and for the reduction of the……
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 team of technicians and artisans from KALAM, with extensive experience in building restoration and heritage conservation, is carrying out a significant intervention on the Royal Thai Pavilion, located in the Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. The pavilion, gifted by the government of……
We have updated our presentation video, incorporating some recent outstanding works and the evolution of the company’s internationalisation in recent years, to share it with our team and with all the professionals with whom we continue to build this shared trajectory. The presentation takes a……
The exhibition entitled « SPLENDOR LAPIDIS. Restoration work on the Sagrario (Tabernacle) Church of Seville Cathedral 2019 – 2023 » was inaugurated in the Vanguardia Hall of the Cajasol Foundation, with the collaboration of the Metropolitan Cathedral Chapter of Seville, which has promoted the work. The set……
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 are disseminating two calls for applications, which are currently open and close next April 2024. The Hispania Nostra Awards for Best Practices 2024 have a deadline for entries of 12 April 2024 until 14:00. These awards are given to outstanding examples of good practice……
The ventilated facade we know today, with all its technical complexity, stems from a concept originating in 19th century English construction, the « cavity wall ». This hollow wall appeared as an alternative to the solid wall that had been used for centuries in all types of……
Our division of Comprehensive Rehabilitation of buildings is executing several interventions simultaneously in the center of Madrid. On this occasion, we share the on-going process of these important works promoted by Mazabi that our team is developing in two buildings located in the central Atocha street in……
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.” ……
During this year 2022 we have been working on the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, with the aim of further improving our organization and control of our procedures. We have had the support of the TIC Cámaras program, of the Chamber of Madrid,……
This week the KALAM team is restarting restoration work on the north facade of the Giralda bell tower (and former minaret) in Seville, which had to be suspended due to the pandemic. We take the opportunity to share some pictures of the work that our……
KALAM periodically publishes special editions to disseminate relevant and interesting topics among heritage managers and architects, being editors together with our editorial teams – graduates in History of Art, Fine Arts and technical specialists – and with the direct collaboration of prestigious scholars and managers……
In line with KALAM’s global strategy of modernisation and operational efficiency, we have started 2024 with the introduction of a new innovation: a mobile application designed to simplify and speed up the process of managing worker access, allowing, among other utilities, a flow of communication……
The recovery of historical buildings is a sustainable act by itself, in the repurposing of existing built heritage in cities, generating a minimum impact on their environment through the reuse of structures, materials and land. This also contributes significantly to the guidelines of the Agenda 2030,……
On the occasion of the publication of the book of proceedings, we would like to recall here the International Scientific Symposium Security in Heritage, an event in which we poured effort and enthusiasm to create a space in which to share and debate such relevant……
Kalam’s team has put in practice the restoration of the mural “Historia de Concepción” made with fresco technique between 1943 and 1946 by the expert of Chilean muralism Gregorio de la Fuente and declared Historic Monument in 2009. Originally it decorated the lounge destined……
The Cabildo of S.M.P. Cathedral Church of Seville has once again trusted in KALAM for a new intervention in the World Heritage ensemble. The restoration and underpinning of the Sagrario Church is an important work that is undertaken after four years of study on the……
KALAM has intervened in the rehabilitation of the 1880 building located at 37 Bailén Street in Madrid. Our professionals have addressed its restoration returning the functionality of this building with the renovation of its facilities, improving its accessibility and optimizing the space for the creation……
From 16 October, a complete exhibition on the restoration process of the Giralda tower, which is being carried out, can be seen as part of the visit to the Cathedral of Seville. The set of interventions that have been carried out since 2015, aims……
Among the services offered by KALAM, the integral rehabilitation of buildings stands out. We refer to interventions in which our professionals cover a large number of works and scope in a single action to return a use or allow a new one in the best……
Through the School of Craft Trades of KALAM, EOAK, we participate and organize days of dissemination of knowledge about traditional techniques and crafts. Victor Carnero, Director of Procedures and Head of EOAK, was in charge of sharing with the attendees of the last edition of……
The latest edition of the European Union Cultural Heritage Awards, granted by the European Commission and Europa Nostra, has awarded three projects in Spain. In the Conservation Category, the award was granted to the restoration of the façade of the San Ildefonso School in Alcalá……
The work on the façades of the Banco de España (Bank of Spain) in Madrid has recently been completed. This building was built during successive phases and an extension was later added, until the current structure and configuration were completed. The oldest elements of the……
After the completion of a prior phase where the foundations of the northern and eastern areas of the Capitular Library of Colombina were reinforced, the Supreme Council of the S.M.P. Cathedral of Seville once again entrusted Kalam with carrying out the restoration of the High……
KALAM has participated in Cantabria in a new edition of the Summer Course of Traditional Architecture organized by INTBAU and the Prize Rafael Manzano. Two of our specialists, Fernando Aranda and Manuel Montañés, have shared their knowledge and the experience of Kalam in the implementation……
Last April, Kalam’s work on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation was received in the former Velasco Sarrá Palace in Havana, home of the Spanish Embassy in Cuba. This delivery concluded the work of restoring all the building’s enclosures, roofs and façades, both exterior……
The work of updating the buildings that represent our past to contemporary standards always presents complexities that need to be addressed with experience, knowledge and appropriate work. One of our newer heritage works, despite being from the twentieth century, is no exception. Rather, on the……
For an effective transformation towards a global economy with zero carbon emissions, which will allow us to stop and ultimately mitigate the climate changes that threaten our civilization, it is necessary to absolutely reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and increase energy efficiency. The European……
Once the tour of the different contents dealt with in each day has been completed, we would like to highlight in this publication some of the initial reflections that motivated the holding of the International Scientific Symposium Security in Heritage, which were not only reaffirmed……
We completed the series of content dedicated to the International Scientific Symposium on Safety in Heritage with the document derived from it, the Declaration of the Circle. Safety in heritage: Safety in the use, management, maintenance and conservation of cultural heritage, which you can access……
We continue the journey through the contents of the symposium with this fourth entry dedicated to its last day. In the closing thematic session, a debate was held on aspects related to current regulations, their shortcomings, proposals for improvement, new approaches and possibilities for development…….
In this third publication you can find the videos of the lectures given during the second day of the symposium along with the closing debate on the theme of this session. Thematic day two analyzes the most frequent risks generated in cultural heritage and its……
The Symposium agenda was structured around three main thematic areas, one per day, which defined the debate and provide a context for the presentations and papers presented each day. All of them had the goal of establishing the criteria for intervention in Cultural Heritage by……
Over six entries, we will share the most outstanding content presented at the celebration of the Safety in Heritage International Scientific Symposium, in both texts and audiovisual media related to the presentations and papers, the debates or the Declaration. This first publication is a general……
