Wang Shu Founder with Lu Wenyu of the Hangzhou-based firm Amateur Architecture Studio, established in 1997, the Chinese architect Wang Shu has received the Grand Médaille d’Or from the French Architecture Academy. Wang Shu’s work belongs to a minorit
La Académie d’Architecture de Francia, heredera de la Société centrale des Architectes fundada en 1840, tiene como principal objetivo la promoción de la calidad de la arquitectura; con ese fin concede anualmente varios premios. El más importante, la
Herzog y de Meuron The Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron add another award to their long list of achievements: after receiving the Pritzker Prize in 2004, and the RIBA?Gold Medal and the Praemium Imperiale in 2007, they have been
En sus premios anuales, la Academia de Arquitectura Francesa decidió galardonar a Jacques Herzog y Pierre de Meuron con la medalla de oro. Los arquitectos suizos añaden un galardón más a la lista de premios que han acumulado en los últimos años, como
El ministerio de cultura francés ha otorgado el Grand Prix National de l’Architecture al estudio parisino de Anne Lacaton y Jean-Philippe Vassal. Desde sus inicios en 1987 su trayectoria ha estado dedicada a la investigación de la arquitectura de baj
Kristian Gullichsen For a boy growing up at Villa Mairea, an essential work by Alvar Aalto, developing an interest in architecture may seem only natural. Kristian Gullichsen, now recipient of the Gold Medal from the French Academy of Architecture, ha
Santiago Calatrava The gold medal of the French Academy of Architecture was presented to the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava at the Museum of Popular Traditions and Arts, in Paris. Set up in 1965 and with no established periodicity, this award t
The year of political change-over in Spain has also been one of transits in architecture: the passing away of Alejandro de la Sota, the international consecration of Rafael Moneo, the crystallization of spectacle at the International Union of Archite
