About
KAL A is an architecture practice based in Madrid since 2017, led by Miguel Sotos and Sofía Romeo.
KAL A integrates architecture, carpentry, and landscape study, focusing on providing solutions through a paused process. They collaborate with small local industries and craftsmen, producing an extensive range of details and furniture pieces in their own workshop. As an essential part of their approach, they believe architecture is revealed through exploring the relationships between territory, material culture, and heritage.
We actively participate in editorial projects through Calmo Editions, an independent publishing house founded in 2020.
Awards
First Prize in architectural procurement competition. Renovation of Plaza Dos de Mayo, Madrid. COAM and Ayuntamiento de Madrid. 2025
First Prize International Design Competition for the Construction of a Kindergarten in Bohinj with ARREA Arhitektura, Ana Jerman, Janja Susnjar, Studio AKKA , Slovenia. 2020.
EuMies Awards 2024 Shortlisted
2023 Piranesi Award - Honorable Mention
Balkan Architecture Biennale 2023 Grand Prix
First Prize in architectural procurement competition. Renovation of Antiga d'Horta's Blind Wall. Barcelona Municipality, Fundación Mies Van der Rohe, 2024
Second Prize International Design Competition for the future network of Touristic Interpretation and Experience Centers in the Canary Islands with Adrián Paterna, Spain. 2022
Third Prize International Design Competition for the Rehabilitation and Extension of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome with Francisco Pol, Jorge Palomero, Gonzalo Peña , and Adrián Paterna. Rome, Italy. 2022
Third Prize Competition for the renovation of Aranjuez former Slaughterhouse as a cultural institution with Gonzalo Peña and Adrián Paterna. Aranjuez, Spain. 2022
Third Prize Competition for the renovation of Ceuta General Archive with FRADE Arquitectos + Gonzalo Peña. Ceuta, Spain. 2020
Honourable Mention Competition for the curatorial project and exhibition design of the Spanish Pavilion at the 18th Biennale di Venezia 2023 , Spain. 2022
Special Mention Competition for the renovation of Montealto Market in A Coruña with Miguel Betrán de Lis. A Coruña, Spain. 2017
Special Mention Competition for the renovation of Plaza de Armas in Ferrol with Marta Sánchez García-Matres and Blanca Escrigas, Ferrol, Spain. 2017
Team
Sofia Romeo Gurrea-Nozaleda M.Arch Architect (With Honors) by ETSA Madrid in 2016. She extended her studies at the IIT of Chicago and at The Vastu Schilpa Foundation of Balkrishna V. Doshi in Ahmedabad, India. She has worked for John Ronan Architects (Chicago), BAST Bureau (Toulouse) and for José María Sánchez García (Madrid). She has recently participated in the 2019 Glenn Murcutt International Architecture Master Class (OZ.Etecture Architecture Foundation Australia) in Sydney. In the academic field, she has been a member of the GIPC research group at ETSA Madrid, Visiting Assistant Professor at Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment (New Orleans, USA), and is currently Adjunt Professor at IE University (Madrid, Spain). She has collaborated in the virtual exhibition “100 paisajes culturales en España” (IPCE) and currently co-directs the publication Ornamento Journal (Calmo 2020-).
Miguel Sotos Fernández-Zúñiga M.Arch Architect by EPS CEU in 2014. He extended his architectural studies at the IUAV Università di Venezia, graphic design at Central Saint Martins, London, and Japanese traditional carpentry at Suikoushya ICS with Kawai Takami in Kyoto. He has worked for Canals Moneo Architects (Madrid), Uno Tomoaki (Nagoya), and Studio Mumbai (Mumbai). He founded his practice and atelier in 2016, KAL A, where he develops his main professional activity, focusing on the research and work on wood. He has been Visiting Assistant Professor at Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment (New Orleans, USA). He is the founder and editor of the independent publishing house CALMO.
Collaborators
2015-2025: David Romero, Horia Bhatti, Dajana Classen, Isabel Diaz del Castillo, Adrián Paterna, Miguel Bertrán de Lis, Sarai Olabarrieta, Alicia García, Beatriz de Juan, Silvia Pérez, Juan Pérez.
Contact
i@kal-a.com
t +34 671 338 261
+34 660 823 591
General Lacy 7 Naves Interiores 28045 Madrid
Photo: Knu Kim
