Bodegas Faustino
Excellence and sustainability
with designation of origin
We begin 2026 with a renowned work by the architecture firm Foster + Partners, which won an award at the prestigious Architizer A+ Awards. A competition that receives more than 4,000 entries from all five continents.
“The main entrance has been moved to the north of the grounds to create a new visitor experience, making the vineyard the first thing you encounter on the tour: a succession of unique experiences in which wine, landscape, nature, architecture, culture, and sustainability intertwine.”
Bodegas Faustino, located in La Rioja, is owned by the Martínez Zabala family, with four generations of experience. These world-renowned wineries, like others, have sought to reflect the excellence of their wines, together with their commitment to the environment, with modern facilities designed in this case by the prestigious firm Foster + Partners.
A project that goes beyond the norm, being the first Planeta 1.0 wine tourism project, as well as receiving the “Best of Wine Tourism 2026” award. A distinction for the ambitious work carried out, the aim of which has been the complete reinterpretation of a winery, as such, creating a new discourse that is conscious of the landscape, its surroundings, and with a firm commitment to the environment.
The new winery incorporates an impressive visitor center, while creating total harmony between the vineyards, industrial processes, and the sensory experience for wine lovers, surrounded by a cutting-edge and efficient space, dominated by wood, glass, and earthy colors, under a unique and original large vaulted ceiling, inspired by old wine hangars.
“The upper level offers panoramic views of the entire visitor center and the beautiful surrounding vineyard landscape.”
Niqel Young / Foster + Partners
“El hangar”
Innovation and energy efficiency, rooted in the land.
The project centers around this innovative, column-free, completely open-plan vaulted space that blends into the landscape. A complex project designed by Foster+Partners in their quest to achieve maximum uniqueness, along with total harmony and well-being, thanks to the construction material that dominates the entire complex: wood.
A project that has required us to demonstrate the very best of Talleres Inox, through a range of our own industrialized solutions that combine in perfect balance.
The envelopes, fully glazed on all four sides, have been designed and manufactured using our [TIMBER INOX CURTAIN WALL] system. A sophisticated curtain wall in natural oak—interior and exterior—following the elliptical shape of the facades, installed with the Raico system and high-performance glass by Cerviglas.
Glass composition:
- Climalit-shaped glass: 6+6.2 / 16 mm black chamber with argon gas / 8 mm Cool-Lite SKN 176 tempered + HST and structural silicone.
- Climalit shaped glass: 4+6 mm Cool-Lite SKN 176 coating laminated with 2 PVBS / 16 mm black chamber with argon gas / 4+4.2
- Climalit straight glass: 6+4 layer Planitherm XN laminated with 2 PVBS / 16 black chamber with argon gas / 4+4.2
We highlight the round skylights and lattices, also in natural oak in prefabricated modules that can be adjusted, adapted to the interior and exterior curtain wall. In addition to the large pivot doors that are fully integrated into the architectural ensemble, manufactured in natural oak using the Talleres Inox system.
A project that combines the latest advances in industrialized construction, engineering, and woodworking, designed by Grupo Gámiz, a company based in Álava that specializes in wood construction.
Not only does the building have a very low carbon footprint, but it also incorporates photovoltaic panels capable of generating more energy than it consumes. The surplus is used to power existing buildings within the Bodegas Faustino complex, making the entire winery energy self-sufficient.
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