The building belongs to an ensemble of two adjoining houses by the architect Mariano Carderera, built for the same client, Ricardo María Narváez, marquis of Oquendo, but built six years apart. The buildings share the design of their secondary façades over the service yards: with panels and frames in dark hard-burnt brick and curved stain glass windows that brighten the interior rooms, although they differ from their main façades, which are of thin brick and cement. The building that interests us is the first of the two to be built, with access to Eduardo Dato and a passageway for carriages via calle Fortuny. It was built as a palatial home, showing a more traditional and academic composition, but with rich eclectic decoration, an emphasis on the look-out towers on the corners and the façade showing all typical constants of Madrid architecture from the beginning of the 20th century (the Fortuny Residence, 39, built later, shows an

eclectic French-like style). The comprehensive restoration by Touza Arquitectos included the restoration of all of the outstanding decorative elements (cornices, moulds, stained glass windows, balustrades), the restoration of flooring in original materials (Scots pine wood in a dowel layout), the restoration of the brick and render on the façade together with the renovation of windows and shutters…all compatible with the most modern installations. Particularly noteworthy is the inclusion of an automated car park for 40 vehicles, and the collaboration in the landscaping of the patio and terraces with the renowned landscape designer Luis Vallejo, or the intervention in the interior design of the ground floor with the famous interior designer Tomás Alía.