Emilio Tuñón Álvarez (born 1 January 1959 in Madrid) is a Spanish architect. In 2014, Mansilla + Tuñón Architects received the

Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Spain) The Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts ( es, Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, link=no) is awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Sport of Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escud ...

from the Spanish Ministry of Culture. Alvarez graduated from the

ETSAM The Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid ( es, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, ETSAM) is the school of architecture of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. It trains future architects and grants the ...

School of Architecture in 1981, obtaining a PhD in 1998. He was with the Fine Arts Cultural Department (1982) and the Architecture Public Works and Urban Planning Department (1983). Until 1992, he worked in the office of Spanish architect Rafael Moneo. In 1992, Alvarez and Luis Moreno Mansilla established the architecture firm Mansilla + Tuñón Architects. Tuñón is a professor of ETSAM's architectural design department and has been visiting professor in several universities: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Frankfurt Städelschule, Navarra Architecture School, Barcelona Architecture School, New Puerto Rico Architecture School. Projects completed by Mansilla + Tuñón Architects include: Pedro Barrié de la Maza Foundation in Vigo (2005),

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, better known as the MUSAC, is a contemporary art museum in the city of León, Spain. Inaugurated in April 2005 by Felipe, Prince of Asturias, this cultural institution aims to be a "Museum ...

(2004), Auditorium of León (2003), Madrid Regional Documentary Centre (2002) Fine Arts Museum of Castellón (2000), Indoor Swimming-Pool in San Fernando de Henares (1998), Archeological and Fine Arts Provincial Museum of Zamora (1996) and the Royal Collections Museum in Madrid, which is currently under construction.

Awards

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 ...

(2003) * Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture for MUSAC) (2007) * Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Medalla de Oro al mérito en las Bellas Artes) (2014) * Francqui Chair (2014)

Francqui Foundation The Francqui Foundation was founded in 1932 by Emile Francqui and Herbert Hoover with the goal "to further the development of higher education and scientific research in Belgium". The foundation is a private foundation under the legal form of a B ...

* Spanish Architecture Award (2017)

Gallery

File:CCRR 01.jpg, Royal Collections Museum, Madrid File:MUSEO ZAMORA 01.jpg, Regional Museum of Zamora, Zamora File:PISCINA SAN FERNANDO 01.jpg, San Fernando de Henares Indoor Swimming-pool, Madrid File:EL AGUILA 00.jpg, Regional Library and Archives in the former "El Águila" Brewery, Madrid

Literature

* Luis Mansilla. Emilio Tuñón: ''Mansilla + Tuñón 1992–2012.'' In: ''El Croquis.'' Nr. 161, 2012, . * Luis Fernández-Galiano: ''Mansilla + Tuñón 1992–2011.'' In: ''AV Monographs.'' Nr. 144, 2010,

References

External links

Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos

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