Architects Manuel Lillo and Emilio Vicedo have completed a bus station in the Spanish town of Santa Pola, featuring a huge metal roof that tapers to form very thin edges on each side (+ slideshow).

Lillo and Vicedo, both based in nearby Alicante, collaborated to design the facility, which is located alongside a busy roundabout at the entrance to the port town on Spain's southern coast.

The building's most prominent feature is the huge canopy, which is supported by angled walls at the rear and a slender column in one corner. The remaining corner reaches out unsupported over the bus stands.

This feature makes the structure much more noticeable than the industrial buildings that dominate the area, helping to passengers to easily locate it.
"The building functions as a landmark because it is a public and general infrastructure located at the very entrance to the town in a place where there aren't any recognisable elements," Lillo told Dezeen.

The building comprises two blocks, one on either side of the bus stands.
The first contains a ticket office and customer services, with a petrol station and shop accommodated round the back. The second houses commercial spaces and offices for the town hall.

As well as the main canopy, both buildings feature an assortment of simple geometric forms.

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