Aguirre School

The Aguirre Schools (Spanish: "Escuelas Aguirre") is a notable Neo-Mudéjar style building in Madrid Spain. Located at Calle de Alcalá, 62, it is named after Lucas Aguirre, a Spanish philanthropist who left funds for the construction of schools. As the building has housed the "Casa Árabe e Instituto Internacional de Estudios Árabes y del Mundo Musulmán" since 2006, it is also currently known as the Casa Árabe ("Arabic House").
This Neo-Mudéjar style building was designed by Emilio Rodríguez Ayuso and built from 1881-1886. The same architect later added an enclosure (1887) and garden (1896–98). Subsequently architect Luis Bellido González performed alterations in 1908–1909 and 1929, with a third set of alterations and basement extension made by Antonio Flórez Urdapilleta and Bernardo Giner de los Ríos in 1932–1933.