Nook Architects is an architecture and interior design studio founded in Barcelona by Rubén F Berenguer and Joan G Cortés, who work from the conviction that every project begins with a story: that of the place, of the people who will inhabit it, and of the specific needs that set it in motion. From that initial act of listening, they build spaces capable of conveying balance and establishing a vital connection with those who live in them. Their position on sustainability is part of the studio’s DNA: they understand materials, functionality, and comfort as ethical values developed from the root of each project, allowing space to adapt to life without rigidity and to accumulate, over time, the mark of whoever occupies it.

Beyond professional practice, both partners maintain an active relationship with education. As members of the ESDAP council and collaborators with various design and architecture schools, they take part in training those who will shape the spaces of the future.

Rubén F Berenguer graduated from the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona at the UPC in 2010. A period in Rome deepened his understanding of the built heritage and opened his thinking towards restoration and rehabilitation as forms of cultural continuity. On his return, he collaborated with studios such as GVR Arquitectes and EC Compta Arquitectes, where he developed a transversal knowledge of architectural and urban planning processes. His involvement in public building competitions and large-scale urban planning projects consolidated his ability to combine conceptual rigour with constructive effectiveness.

Joan G Cortés began his professional career in 2009, shortly after graduating from the UPC in Barcelona. A stay in Sweden marked a significant shift in his outlook: there he immersed himself in experimental architecture and design, and took part in the Pole Europe 2K’6 programme in Landscape and Urban Planning at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, which gave his perspective a decidedly international dimension. To this spatial formation he added a specialisation in financial management of architecture studios and a postgraduate degree in Public Administration for technicians and architects. His time at studios such as BOMA, Mora-Sanvisens Arquitectes and EC Compta Arquitectes allowed him to integrate a thorough knowledge of the architectural process with a solid grounding in urbanism and management.