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The sale of a 22 million euro mansion moves the axis of luxury on the Andalusian coast: to Sotogrande

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The price of housing in Spain it doesn’t stop going upbut this unstoppable increase has not been a brake on closing the most expensive real estate sale in Andalusia. That the mansion protagonist of the unusual record have your own name It is already an indicator of the economic level to which this home points: Niwa, a mansion in Sotograndehas closed for more than 22 million euros. To put it in perspective, that price implies that its new owner has paid about 5,116 euros for each of the 4,300 meters built of this property. Taking into account that the average price in the province of Cádiz is about 2,249 euros/m2, places the operation at levels of the price of homes in premium areas of the big cities.​ Niwa: 4,300 m2 of sustainable luxury Niwa is located in The Seven, the most exclusive sector of the already exclusive luxury development The Sotogrande Reserve. The property occupies a 10,000 m2 plot on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean and facing Gibraltar, surrounded by the Los Alcornocales Natural Park.​ The mansion consists of 4,300 m2 built, distributed in nine suites, with an outdoor infinity pool, an indoor covered pool, spa, gym, cinema room, wine cellar and garage for eight cars. The project came from the pencils of Manuel Ruiz of ARK Architects and was carried out with construction techniques more advanced and sustainable with the environment since 95% of its structure was prefabricated in a factory and then assembled in the chosen location. This allowed us to reduce the impact on the environment and reduce emissions.​ Sotogrande began its development in the early 60’s as a private residential area with 24 hour security. It currently has five golf courses and is considered one of the most luxurious urbanizations and exclusive to southern Europe, which attracts foreign buyers for its designer mansions, its privacy and its proximity to exclusive services. In 2024, the average sales prices of their houses reached 1.9 million euros, with transactions reaching up to 17 million euros. Some of the new construction phases that were started were sold at 85% in phases such as Village Verde. Plots in the most exclusive areas of Sotogrande, such as The 15, start at three million euros, while in The Seven, where Niwa is located, they can exceed eight million euros per plot. “Over the last ten years, Sotogrande has invested in its facilities, maintaining its essence as a low-density, high-quality destination. It is very exciting to see how this positioning is increasingly relevant for our clients,” assured in statements to The Confidential Rita Jordão, Marketing Director of Sotogrande SA. Luxury moves south “The sale of NIWA marks the beginning of a new era for Sotogrande, where architecture and lifestyle multiply their value on the Costa del Sol and, I would dare say, on the entire Mediterranean coast. NIWA is a modern palace reinterpreted with a contemporary language that is situated halfway between the classic and the current, with a very special materiality,” confirmed its creator, pointing to a substantial change in the preferences of ultra-rich clients who seek to settle in Andalusia. Given the growth in popularity of these new luxury enclaveshistoric luxury areas, such as Marbella, are losing relevance after decades of urban pressure, and foreign buyers They have begun to set their sights on Sotogrande. “The record sale of NIWA firmly consolidates Sotogrande as a destination among the best in the world. What is happening is not a change of course, but a natural consequence of what Sotogrande offers is increasingly valued in the luxury market,” confirmed Jordão. In Xataka | A businessman built a mega mansion without permission: the neighbors have gotten the city council to demolish it Image | ARK Architects

We have also changed the rotation axis

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A few years ago, Jet Propulsion Lab scientists They estimated That the filling of the three throats, the huge hydroelectric project of China, implied the movement of a mass of water so vast that it was capable of lengthening 0.06 microseconds The land day. The Chinese dam is a singular case for its magnitude, but it is only one of the tens of thousands of reservoirs that populate our planet. The global impact of these reservoirs has now undergone. Displacing the poles. A new study He has found evidence of the geological impacts that the construction of dams can have on a global scale. They observed that the construction of dams had caused a slight displacement of the geographical poles of the planet, Geographical poles? As little ones, they will probably teach us that the geographical poles and magnetic poles of our planet were located at different points of their respective polar circles. They would surely teach us that the magnetic poles tend to move slowly over time while the geographical poles remain static forming the Earth’s rotation axis. This is more or less true, but not at all: geographical poles can also move. The reason is in the structure of the earth. Our planet is not a block of uniform rock but is formed by several concentric layers. While the outer layer is essentially solid, the interiors are not. As if it were a mat on a pool, the “float” earth’s cortex on the mantle, which implies that it can move more or less independent displaced by the physical forces that are applied in each case. Redistributing the dough. Forces that in turn depend in part of the distribution of the masses that we find in this superficial part of the planet, a distribution that is altered every time we introduce changes in the geography of our planet. These changes include the displacement of large masses of water to the swamps, water that in “normal” conditions would have returned to the ocean dragged by the rivers in which we build prey. “As we catch water behind the dams, we not only eliminate the water from the oceans, reducing sea level, the mass is also distributed in a different way around the world,” explained in a press release Natasha Valencic, co -author of the study. 6,862 reservoirs. The study responsible for the study analyzed the impact of water accumulation in 6,862 reservoirs, an accumulation of water that twice represents the volume of the Grand Canyon of Colorado. The team observed that between 1835 and 2011 this accumulation of water could be responsible for almost a meter of displacement in the axis of terrestrial rotation with respect to the planet’s surface. The displacement would be divided into two stages, the first between 1835 and 1954, in which the pole would have displaced 20.5 cm to the 103 meridian as a result of the construction of dams in Europe and North America. The second, between 1954 and 2011, would have been dominated by the construction in Asia and Africa del Este, carrying the 57 centimeters pole towards the 117 western meridian. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Geophysical Research Letters. More than reservoirs. The implications of these geographical changes are not extreme: after all the tectonic plates do not stop moving at our feet despite the fact that their rhythms usually be more slow. However, knowing these little movements can help us understand some of the geological dynamics and the impact of the human being on them. “We are not going to fall into a new ice age because the pole has modified around a meter in total, but it has implications for sea level,” Clarified Valancic. In Xataka | China is raising an unprecedented dam where millions of people live. The problem is seismic activity Image | Ali Madad Sakhirani

has created with Barcelona the computational axis that Spain needed

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IBM will display in San Sebastián your System Two With 156 cubits heron processor, The most powerful quantum computer in Europe. Operational at the end of the year, will make Spain one of the six world nodes of quantum computing, together with the US, Canada, Germany, Japan and South Korea. The Basque system will exceed The recent German IBM installationwhich operates with Eagle processors of 127 cubits. Why is it important. Quantum computing promises to transform the science of materials, physics and medicine solving unabordable problems for conventional systems. He System Two It already reaches the “quantum advantage”, executing impossible operations for traditional supercomputers. Its modular design will allow expanding capabilities while the mitigation of errors progresses, the greatest challenge of this technology. In figures. The Basque Government will invest 50.8 million euros in the project, part of a regional strategy of 120 million. The performance of the new processor is spectacular: 16 times more precise and 25 times faster than its predecessors. With 156 cubits, the Heron processor inaugurates what IBM calls “it was of quantum utility.” The context. The announcement coincides with the recent presentation of the first quantum computer with 100% European technology in the Barcelona Supercomputing Centercreating an axis of quantum excellence in Spain. Barcelona bets on European technological autonomy with a system developed by Qilimanjaro and GMV. San Sebastián is associated with IBM to access the most advanced technology in the market. Both strategies complement and position Spain in the European avant -garde. And now what? The IBM-Euskadi center will be available for scientists, educators and companies through its open source software Qiskit. Remote access will allow researchers from all over the world to take advantage of their abilities. According to Lehendakari Pradalesthis infrastructure “will be key to the digital transformation and economic development of the Basque Country”, facilitating international collaborations. Deepen. The quantum race accelerates. IBM plans for 2029 Your “Starling” systemwith complete errors correction, multiplying the possibilities of practical application. With two development poles in San Sebastián and Barcelona, ​​Spain emerges as a power in a field that will define the global technological future in the coming decades. In Xataka | Europe wants to lead chips research of less than 2 nm. ASML is the cornerstone of your plan Outstanding image | IBM

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