Eduardo Prieto   An architect has to have a strong sense of self – a creative ego made of tastes and phobias – to be of any worth, but this personality often ends up in blatant hostility and rivalry with others in the profession. Not the case of Moneo. His selfhood,

Eduardo Prieto   It is hard to think of a contemporary architect who has stirred up so much consensus among colleagues and within the culture world, and even in that world inhabited by the fauna – exotic to many – of the ‘general public.’ The consensus around Siza an

Spain’s Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA) has named the architect Emilio Tuñón the winner of the 2022 National Award for Architecture. The National Award for Architecture, which comes with a money prize of 60,000 euros, is give

Spain’s latest National Award for Architecture amounts to recognition of a career that began in the studio of Rafael Moneo, crystallized with overwhelming creativity in tandem with Luis Moreno Mansilla, and continues to bear fruit today with equal ri

Tuñón Celebrated

Carme Pinós The Catalan architect Carme Pinós was distinguished with Spain’s National Prize for Architecture, an honor given by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility, and Urban Agenda with a 60,000-euro award. It is her second time to receive the accol

The Minister of Transport, Mobility, and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, handed Spain’s National Award for Architecture to the architect Carme Pinós in a ceremony held on 26 May at the Llotja de Palma. As announced in December, the 2021 National Award

Carme Pinós has been distinguished with the National Prize for Architecture, an honor given by the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda with a 60,000 euro award. It is the second time she receives this accolade, albeit on a differ

A master of contemporary architecture, Alberto Campo Baeza received Spain’s National Architecture Award, given by the Ministry of Public Works with a prize of 60,000 euros. With this the jury composed of Álvaro Siza, Manuel Gallego, Estrella de Diego

Álvaro Siza Undisputed master of contemporary architecture, Álvaro Siza has already received all the most important awards – the Pritzker among them, in the year 1992 –, but he was probably especially happy to receive from his Iberian colleagues th

A true master of contemporary architecture, the Portuguese Álvaro Siza already has all the important trophies in his possession, but it has probably made him very happy to be feted with none other than Spain’s National Prize for Architecture, given b

Manuel Gallego Manuel Gallego Jorreto, born in Carballiño (Ourense), in 1936, has received the Spanish National Architecture Award promoted by the Ministry of Public Works, a distinction it bestows annually to “pay a tribute of admiration to an archi

Born in Carballiño (Ourense) in 1936, Manuel Gallego Jorreto is this year’s winner of Spain’s National Architecture Prize, given by the Public Works Ministry. This is his second time to land the award. In 1997 he was commended for a work, the Fine Ar

Martínez Lapeña y Torres Since 1932 the Spanish Government has given the National Award for Architecture, which has gone through many ups and downs and changes of direction over the years, but which is still the most prestigious award in Spai

Since 1932 the Spanish Government has given the National Award for Architecture, which has gone through many ups and downs and changes of direction over the years. Since 2001 it has been bestowed not upon a work, but upon an entire career, and since

Rafael Moneo Born in Tudela in 1937, Rafael Moneo now holds Spain’s National Award for Architecture, a yearly honor bestowed by the country’s Public Works Ministry in admiration of professionals who have contributed in an extraordinary way to the enr

Rafael Moneo now holds Spain’s National Award for Architecture, a yearly honor bestowed by its Public Works Ministry in admiration of professionals who have contributed in an extraordinary way to the enrichment of the social, technological, and susta

Rafael Moneo has been named the winner, for the year 2015, of Spain’s National Award for Architecture, an honor given by the Ministry of Public Works. Coming with an endowment of 60,000 euros, it acknowledges individuals or entities that have in an e

Juan Navarro Baldeweg Given in the three previous editions to Lluís Clotet, Carlos Ferrater, and Oriol Bohigas, the National Architecture Award – the latest edition of which was in 2010 – went in 2014 to Juan Navarro Baldeweg. Awarded, among others,

Given in the preceding editions to Lluís Clotet, Carlos Ferrater, and Oriol Bohigas, Spain’s National Award for Architecture this year goes to Juan Navarro Baldeweg. Born in 1939 in Santander, the architect, artist, and chair professor has around the

Lluís Clotet The National Architecture Award has gone for the third time in a row to a Catalan architect, in this edition to Lluís Clotet (Barcelona, 1941), who follows Carlos Ferrater and Oriol Bohigas. The jury declared that Clotet deserves the p

Carlos Ferrater  Awarded in prior editions to Santiago Calatrava, Oriol Bohigas, Matilde Ucelay or Miguel Fisac, the National Architecture Award granted by the Ministry of Housing in recognition of life achievement has been presented to the Cata

Fermín González Blanco   El arquitecto Miguel Fisac, fallecido hace ahora cuatro años, protagoniza dos publicaciones recientes, ambas esperadas. Por un lado, un libro editado por Ricardo Sánchez Lampreave para el Ministerio de la Vivienda con ocasión del Premio Nacional de A

Ángel Martínez García-Posada   Premio Nacional de Arquitectura 2019