Built with
quiet conviction.

Architecture and interior design shaped by place, material and Mediterranean light. Barbara Bragato is a German architect who has designed and built in Mallorca for more than fifteen years, from new villas to the careful restoration of old fincas, in German, English and Spanish.

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Courtyard with an old olive tree and dry-stone walls, designed by Barbara Bragato

Selected work

Stone, light
and water.

Villas, fincas, interiors and the details in between. Built work and design visualisations from the studio.

Contemporary villa, pool terrace at dusk

Two family villas on the edge of a village, visualisation

Courtyard with an old olive tree, dry-stone walls and pebble paving

New-build finca with guest houses, visualisation

Arched entrance with timber shutters and lime render

Open living room looking onto the rock garden

Stone and render villa on terraced land, visualisation

Lime plaster, timber beams and a built-in fireplace

Green roof and dry-stone entrance with sea views, visualisation

Garden and pool lighting at night, visualisation

Choosing finishes: stone, timber and colour samples

The starting point: a plot with old olives and a dry-stone wall

Cantilevered villa on a wooded hillside, visualisation

Dry-stone wall and hand-laid stone paving

A traditional threshing board set with flints

Testing the view from the future first floor, on site

Material mood board for a suite: glazed tile, Marfil stone and oak

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Place, material, light

Building in
this valley.

Puigpunyent asks more of a building than most places on the island. The valley sits inside the Serra de Tramuntana, a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape, where dry-stone terraces, thick walls and shaded courtyards were the local way of building long before anyone called it sustainable.

That is the starting point of Barbara's work: read the plot, the slope and the light first, then design a house that belongs to them. Stone, lime, wood and earth; rooms that stay cool in August and keep their warmth in January; views framed rather than chased.

Whether it is a building plot in Galilea or Son Serralta, a village house off Sa Travessia or a finca on the valley floor, the questions are the same: what may be built here, what should be, and what will it cost?

Services

From plot
to pillow.

One architect, one point of contact, from the first sketch to the key handover.

New build

Villas and fincas

Turnkey new builds, from plot analysis and licensing to handover: contemporary villas and traditional fincas designed around the plot, the light and the views.

Renovation

Restoration

Sensitive renovation of historic fincas and village houses, keeping original stone, beams and character while upgrading the structure, energy performance and comfort.

Interior

Interior design

Natural materials, calm palettes and bespoke joinery. Complete concepts, from space planning to the last object on the shelf.

Sustainable

Bioconstruction

Healthy, ecological building with clay, lime, cork, wood and natural stone, for low-energy homes that regulate heat and humidity naturally.

Management

Project management

Tendering to trusted local builders, weekly site supervision and clear reporting, with photo updates wherever you are.

Before you buy

Plot and house checks

A site visit before you commit: what the planning rules allow, what the work involves and a realistic first budget. Plots for sale

Bioconstruction

Building with nature,
not against it.

Mallorca's old houses were ecological by necessity. Barbara combines that wisdom with modern building science; by her practice's figures, a bioconstruction home can need around 70% less energy than a conventional build.

Natural climateClay and lime walls buffer heat and humidity: cooler summers, milder winters and less need for air conditioning.
Healthy airBreathable, toxin-free materials with no off-gassing.
Moisture balanceVapour-open walls that resist mould and keep indoor humidity in a comfortable range.
Low footprintLocal, renewable and reusable materials: cork, wood, natural stone and earth from the island.