The modernist jewel located in Barcelona of Arkhé Cosmetics receives one of the highest accolades in professional beauty in Spain, consolidating a space where conscious beauty is transformed into an experience.
Ana Ribes, Vice President of Arkhé Cosmetics and VMV Cosmetic Group
Arkhé Cosmetics has been recognised with the LOOK Award 2026 for Best Hair Salon Design and Interior Design for your CASA ARKHÉ, a brand educational and experiential space located in the centre of Barcelona, a space listed within the city's Modernista heritage. The firm's flagship store has redefined and transformed the space to turn it into an authentic sensory universe dedicated to well-being, innovation, and conscious beauty.
The award was presented last 16th June at IFEMA Madrid, within the framework of the XII edition of the LOOK Awards, recognitions that distinguish the excellence, innovation and transformative capacity of professionals, companies and projects that drive the development of the professional beauty industry in Spain.
This year's edition has brought together over 120 nominations across 10 categories, highlighting initiatives that contribute to the sector's evolution through creativity, training, entrepreneurship, and business excellence.
A space where conscious beauty is transformed into an experience: HAIR SALON · EDUCATION · EXPERIENCE HUB
With CASA ARKHÉ, the brand has actualised a new vision for hair care: a space where science, well-being, design, talent, and personalisation coexist to offer a comprehensive and profoundly sensory experience. A place where professionals, clients, and the team can live and discover the true Arkhé universe with all 5 senses and first-hand.
Conceived as the home of conscious beauty, the space invites visitors and professionals to discover a new way of relating to hair and scalp, placing personalised diagnostics and hair rituals at the heart of the experience.
Every architectural element and every detail of the interior design have been conceived to convey the values that define Arkhé Cosmetics: harmony, sustainability, innovation, and connection to origin.
A recognition of design and innovation applied to the professional experience
The jury has recognised CASA ARKHÉ for its ability to reinterpret the traditional concept of a living room and transform it into a unique, experiential space capable of inspiring both professionals and end consumers.
Located in the emblematic Casa Ramón Oller (1900-1901), one of the most significant works by architect Pau Salvat i Espasa, a follower of Puig i Cadafalch's aesthetic, the space boasts great architectural richness, blending Modernism and minimalism, tradition and innovation, serving as an important testimony to Barcelona's Modernist heritage.
A meeting point between inspiration and science, where modernist architecture dialogues with new contemporary interiors created by Francesc Pons Studio.The result is a warm, minimalist, and sophisticated environment that invites you to connect with the essence of the brand and experience beauty in all its senses from a new perspective.
This recognition highlights the growing importance that design, architecture, and user experience have within the evolution of the professional sector.
A vision born from legacy and looking towards the future
CASA ARKHÉ represents the materialisation of Arkhé Cosmetics' philosophy: a new era of haircare where science serves conscious beauty. The brand, part of VMV Cosmetic Group, continues to drive projects that transform the relationship between professionals, consumers, and beauty spaces, championing more human, personalised, and sustainable models.
“This recognition has a very special meaning because it values a project conceived with attention to detail, care, and people. CASA ARKHÉ is the physical expression of our brand philosophy and a space created to inspire new generations of professionals through all the senses.” Ana Ribes, Vice President of Arkhé Cosmetics and VMV Cosmetic Group.
All the winners of the XII LOOK Awards
Organised by IFEMA Madrid, the LOOK Awards recognise, on an annual basis, the excellence of professionals, companies and projects that help to drive the professional beauty industry in Spain. This year’s awards have recognised initiatives linked to business excellence, training, entrepreneurship, sustainability, sectoral impact and the design of professional spaces.
Of the 30 finalists, the winners of this edition were selected following the evaluation of a jury made up of prominent experts from the beauty, communication, business, and personal image sectors:
- Business Excellence · Hairdressing
- Business Excellence · Aesthetics
- Professional Excellence · Hairdressing: Quantum Hair by JorgeX.
- Professional Excellence · Aesthetics: Ana Puelles Lostao.
- Interior Design and Styling · Hair Salon: Casa Arkhé.
- Design and Interior Design · Aesthetics Lounge: Meixela Advanced Aesthetics Centre.
- Excellence in Training: Group 7.
- Entrepreneurship Project: Lav Towels.
- Solidarity Project: Paulino Gijón Hair Salon
- Sectoral Impact: Captain Cook Barber Products.
The award winners reflect the excellence that defines the industry today, with proposals ranging from Management Business and the Training until space design, the Entrepreneurship o Social commitment.
The event also presented the LOOK Awards 2026, a recognition of professionals whose dedication and contribution have decisively contributed to the development and prestige of the sector.
An award that drives a career of recognition
This award joins the numerous accolades obtained by Arkhé Cosmetics in recent years, consolidating a career marked by innovation and excellence.
The brand has received awards on various occasions from some of the leading publications and entities in the beauty sector, reinforcing its position as an international benchmark in the premium segment of professional hairdressing.
Further information on the Look Awards 2026