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Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, founded by Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano in Madrid in 1984 and since 2004 with a branch office in Berlin, sets itself apart by virtue of an aesthetic of reduced yet powerful forms and materials. The architects, who are involved in projects throughout the world, cultivate a dialogue between contemporary architecture and the existing context. Their approach focuses on architectural essential themes such as landscape, material, history, natural light, or the role of the roof, which becomes palpable in many of their public buildings, museums, concert halls, and convention centers. The late medieval Moritzburg Castle in Halle, for example, which houses the Municipal Museum of Art and Applied Arts, received a new roof, extending the range of its use in a spectacular way. The publication shows the link between the architectural thought and the built work in a diversity of projects presented on the basis of Nieto Sobejano s interpretation of architecture as a balance between memory and invention.