The DH Ecoenergías thermal power plant in Palencia (left, photo by Luis Asín) and House 1736 in Barcelona (right, photo by Adrià Goula)
The DH Ecoenergías thermal power plant in Palencia by Fernando Rodríguez and Pablo Oriol (FRPO), and House 1736 in Barcelona by David Lorents, Josep Ricard, Xavier Ros, and Roger Tudó (Harquitectes), have on an equal standing been announced the winners of the 66th FAD Awards for Architecture.
In the other categories: the Nube House in Madrid by Javier Jiménez (Studio Animal), and the Gimaguas Store in Barcelona by Albert Guerra, Adrián Jurado, and Julia Tarnawski (TEST), collaborating with Guillermo Santomà, take the prize in the Interiors section, again on an equal basis; the square and tourist office in Piódão (Portugal) by João Branco and Paula Del Rio (Branco Del Rio), and the Alfacs Campsite in Alcanar (Tarragona) by Paul Bajet and Maria Giramé (Bajet Giramé), with Manuel Julià (JAAS), share the accolade under City and Landscape; and the Lost Forest pavilion in San Sebastián for the TAC! Festival of Urban Architecture by Julia Ruiz-Cabello and Santiago de Águila, and The Construction of a Country (Madrid) by Miguel Mariné and Pol Esteva, go fifty-fifty under Ephemeral Interventions.
The Re-FAD – an acknowledgment for work carried out in refurbishment, reuse, and regeneration – goes to the restoration of hermitages along the Pilgrim’s Way to Santiago de Compostela, by Sergio Sebastián.
Meanwhile, the Lumen Learning Center in Paris-Saclay by José Morales and Sara de Giles (MGM Arquitectos), in collaboration with Laurent Beaudouin and Emmanuelle Beaudouin (Beaudouin Arquitectes), get the FAD International Award. And under Thought and Critique, the win is once again divided, this time between the books Foodscape, by Eduardo Castillo, Manuel Ocaña, and other authors, and La Casa Fullà, by Ana M. Briongos, Lluís Clotet, Ramon Faura, Josep M. Rovira, and Oscar Tusquets.
Finally, for the first time, an Extraordinary Career Achievement Award was presented in recognition of the career of the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza.
