Carme Pinós (born 1954) is a Spanish architect.

Biography

Pinós graduated Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB) in Barcelona in 1979 and returned to the school in 1981 to study Urbanism. From 1982 on she formed a partnership with her husband,

Enric Miralles Enric Miralles Moya (12 February 1955 – 3 July 2000) was a Spanish architect from Barcelona. He graduated from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in 1978. After establishing h ...

, which ended in 1991. During this period the projects developed include the

Igualada Cemetery Igualada Cemetery or New Cemetery (Catalan: Cementiri Nou) is a cemetery in Igualada, near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by the architects Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós after winning an architectural competition in 1984. Constructed b ...

Park, the Archery Range Buildings for the

1992 Summer Olympic Games The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

and the La Llauna School in Badalona. The work of Pinós-Miralles received awards on several occasions, including the FAD prize for the La Llauna School and the Igualada Cemetery Park, as well as the City of Barcelona Prize for the 1992 Olympic Archery Range Buildings. In 1991 Pinós set up her own studio and transferred the supervision and construction of several projects initiated in her previous office. Amongst them was the

Community Centre Community centres, community centers, or community halls are public locations where members of a community tend to gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. They may sometimes be open for the whole co ...

and Auditorium in Hostalets de Balanya, La Mina Community Centre and the Boarding School in Morella. Since then she has combined her activity as an architect with teaching, working as a guest professor, amongst others, at the

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(1994–1995), the

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Magdalena Jetelová, ...

(1996–1997), the

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in New York (1999), the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne (2001–2002), the ETSAB in Barcelona (2002), the Università Degli Studi di Sassari in Alghero (2002–2004), the

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

Graduate School of Design (2003) and at the Accademia di Archittetura di Mendrisio in Switzerland (2005–2006). Notable projects during her career include the Pedestrian Bridge in Petrer (Alicante), the Juan Aparicio Waterfront in Torrevieja (Alicante), the La Serra High School in Mollerussa, the Ses Estacions Park and the Espanya Square in Palma de Mallorca, the Cube Tower in

Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Mexico, while the Guadalaj ...

(Mexico), and the Primary School in Castelldefels (Barcelona). More recent projects include the Novoli housing complex in Florence, the Catalan Government Headquarters in Tortosa, a high school in Sant Carles de la Ràpita and an office building in Igualada. Pinós designed the Gardunya Square in Barcelona, as well as two adjacent buildings, a housing building and the Massana Fine Arts School. Pinós's work has been exhibited at several galleries, museums and universities, including the Kunstakademie in Stuttgart (1995), the Architektur-Hochschule in Aachen (1995), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1994), the AAM Gallery in Rome (1996), the Urania Gallery in Barcelona (1996), the Eight Plan Gallery in New York, the Contemporary Art Museum of Puerto Rico (1997), the COAM Foundation of Madrid (1997) and the Colleges of Architects of Ibiza (1996), Valencia and Galicia (1997) and the Spanish Pavilion in the Venice Architecture Biennale (2006). Since 2006 the model of the Cube Tower is part of the permanent collection of the MOMA.

Work

In partnership with Enric Miralles

* 1984 to 1986 ''La Llauna'' Factory School,

Badalona Badalona (, , , ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality to the immediate north east of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Barcelona metropolitan area. By popu ...

* 1985 Canopy for the ''Plaza Mayor'', Parets de Vallés * 1985 to 1994

Igualada Igualada () is a municipality in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Anoia River and at the western end of the Igualada-Martorell-Barcelona Railway. Igualada is the capital and central market of the ...

* 1986 to 1992 Hostalets de Balenya Civic Centre,

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

* 1986 to 1993 Boarding school in Morella * 1987 to 1993 ''La Mina'' Civic Centre, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona * 1988 to 1992 House, Bellaterra, Barcelona * 1989/91 Olympic archery range for the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

, Valle de Hebrón, Barcelona. * 1988 to 1992 Sportcentre in

Huesca Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almo ...

* 1990/91 Centre for rhythmic gymnastics,

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in t ...

* 1990 to 1992

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for the ''Paseo Icario'', Olympic village, Barcelona * 1992 Corbetes Avda, Icaria, Barcelona Campus WU D4 DSC 1441w

With Estudio Carme Pinos

* 1999 Urban Park and Bridge (Spanish:Pasarela a Petrer),

Petrer Petrer (, es, Petrel ) is a town and municipality located in the ''comarca'' of Vinalopó Mitjà, in the province of Alicante of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. Petrer joins together with the city of Elda to form a conurbation with ...

, Alicante * 1999 Juan Aparicio Waterfront

Torrevieja Torrevieja (; ca-valencia, Torrevella ) is a seaside city and municipality located on the Costa Blanca in the province of Alicante, in the southern part of the Valencian Community, on the southeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain. Torrevieja l ...

, Alicante * 2001 La Serra High School,

Mollerussa Mollerussa is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Pla d'Urgell, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nation ...

, Lleida * 2002 Parc de Ses Estacions, Palma * 2004 Torre Cube,

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...

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* 2005 Sports centre, Egues * 2006 Primary School,

Castelldefels Castelldefels () is a municipality in the Baix Llobregat comarca, in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, and a suburban town of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. Its population is 65,954 ( IDESCAT, 2017). Geography and location It is ...

, Spain * 2013

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, building ''Departement 4'' *2014 CaixaForum Zaragoza,

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

, Spain *2017 Escola Massana, Art and Design Center,

, Spain

Awards

*1987 FAD Prize for Interiorism - La Llauna School in Badalona *1991 Italstad for Europe Prize, Europe Biennial of Architecture - Cemetery Park of Igualada *1992 City of Barcelona Prize, Barcelona Town Council - Olympic Archery Range buildings, Barcelona *1992 FAD Prize for Architecture, Barcelona - Cemetery Park of Igualada *1995

Spanish Architecture Award The Spanish Architecture Award ( es, Premio de Arquitectura Española, links=no) is a prize which has been given biannually by the Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España The Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de Es ...

for the boarding school in Morella *1999 Dragados Prize - Cemetery Park of Igualada *2001 College of Valencian Architects Prize for Exterior Spaces - Juan Aparicio waterfront in Torrevieja *2002 Decade Prize 1992–2002. Oscar Tusquets Blanca Foundation - Paseo Icària roofing, Barcelona *2004 XIII Prize “Vila de Pedreguer” to Urban and Architectural Merit, Pedreguer Council - Life Work Award *2005 ArqCatMón (Catalan Architecture in the World), College of Architects of Catalunya - Cube Tower, Mexico *2007 First Prize of the IX Biennal of Spanish Architecture. College of Spanish Architects - Cube Tower, Mexico *2016 Richard Neutra Award for Professional Excellence from the Cal Poly Pomona Department of Architecture *2016 Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Professorship and Prize from the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design *2017 International Award Woman in Architecture, ARVHA, Paris. Association for Research on the City and Habitat

References

Bibliography

*DOCUMENTOS DE ARQUITECTURA núm. 60, Colegio de Arquitectos de Almería, 2006. *CARME PINÓS, AN ARCHITECTURE OF OVERLAY of Ana María Torres, Monacelli Press, 2004, New York. *CARME PINÓS, SOME PROJECTS (SINCE 1991) Ed. Actar,1998, Barcelona. *THE ARCHITECTURE OF ENRIC MIRALLES AND CARME PINÓS, Sites Lumen Books, 1990, New York.
International archive of women in architectureCarme Pinós
EDLP * *El Croquis 30+49 / 50 Omnibus Volume. Enric Miralles / Carme Pinos: obra construita / built works 1983–1994. Madrid: El Croquis, 1995.

External links

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