David Chipperfield Architects has revealed its proposals to transform Santander Bank’s Cantabrian headquarters into gallery and exhibition space for the firm as part of a wider €60m project.

The practice last year won a design competition for the project focused on Santander’s Paseo de Pereda headquarters, which has a monumental archway that bridges a street. Plans for the scheme have now been lodged with Santander city council.

Architects Antonio Cruz and Antonio Ortiz have worked up proposals for a second Santander building on Calle Hernán Cortés that will deliver new technology and business space. Santander said the projects were expected to commence within the next year and take up to three years to complete, in the case of the Pereda building.

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