Miguel Ángel Santa Ibáñez is an architect registered in Madrid and the founding partner and managing director of Rehabitar Arquitectura, Consultoría e Ingeniería. His career spans urban planning, residential refurbishment and commercial developments, with particular experience in restaurants, leisure venues and office buildings. He has overseen nearly one thousand projects for premises across Spain, alongside numerous residential developments and refurbishment schemes exceeding three hundred thousand square metres designed and delivered.
He regularly collaborates with leading Spanish and international restaurant groups. His portfolio includes Café Comercial, Plaza Mahou Bernabéu, Vega, Palacio Gaviria, Abya and Café Gijón; venues such as Teatro Barceló, Shôko, Joy Eslava/Lola Palace, Opium, Gunilla, Rubicón, Houdinni, Fitz and Vandido; and work for Amazon, Utopicus and Iberdrola. At Rehabitar, he combines architectural vision with technical coordination, licensing management, building services engineering and construction supervision, supporting clients throughout the transformation of their spaces, from development through to completion and occupation.
Rehabitar is an architecture and engineering consultancy founded in Madrid in 1996. It serves commercial and residential sectors across Spain, primarily in Madrid. Its multidisciplinary team comprises architects, engineers, building surveyors and architectural technicians. Services include feasibility studies, due diligence, architectural and building services design, construction supervision and planning procedures. Its experience encompasses restaurants, hotels, entertainment venues, nightclubs, offices, retail spaces and residential refurbishment. References include Café Comercial, Plaza Mahou Bernabéu, Vega, Palacio Gaviria, Abya, Café Gijón, Teatro Barceló, Shôko, Joy Eslava/Lola Palace, Opium, Gunilla, Rubicón, Houdinni, Fitz, Vandido, Victoria, Nazca, Istar, Graf, Los Amantes, Liberty, Robuchon Madrid, Rhudo, Circolo Popolare and Sala Equis. Close client support, coordination across disciplines and the resolution of technical and administrative requirements define its approach. By integrating engineering, licensing, project management and construction supervision throughout the process, from feasibility to completion, Rehabitar has established itself as a distinctive benchmark in architecture and engineering consultancy.
