José Rafael Moneo Vallés (born 9 May 1937) is a Spanish

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. He won the

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for architecture in 1996, the

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in 2003 and

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's Golden Lion in 2021.

Biography

Born in Tudela,

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, Moneo studied at 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 ...

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(UPM) from which he received his architectural degree in 1961. From the Davis Art Museum at

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and the Audrey Jones Beck Building (an expansion of the

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). Moneo also designed the Chace Center, a new building for the

Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the ...

. In December 2010, the Northwest Corner Building (formerly the Interdepartmental Science Building) at

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first opened. Moneo's most recent work is Peretsman-Scully Hall and the

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, which houses the psychology and neuroscience departments at

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and opened in December 2013. In 2012, he was awarded with 2012

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for the Arts. According to the jury, Moneo is "a Spanish architect of universal scope whose work enriches urban spaces with an architecture that is serene and meticulous. An acknowledged master in both the academic and professional field, Moneo leaves his own mark on each of his creations by making them a weird modern type of building at the same time as combining aesthetics with functionality, especially in the airy interiors that act as impeccable settings for great works of culture and the spirit." His work has been shown in several international exhibitions such as "Rafael Moneo. A Theoretical Reflection from the Profession" whose curator was his disciple,

Francisco González de Canales Francisco González de Canales (born 1976, Seville) is a Spanish architect, professor, critic and poet educated in Seville, Barcelona and Harvard. Professor of Architectural Composition at the University of Seville, throughout his career he won s ...

Gallery

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San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

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Valladolid Science Museum Valladolid Science Museum ( es, Museo de la Ciencia de Valladolid) was opened in May 2003 as a museum and an iconic piece of architecture based on an old flour mill. Rafael Moneo and Enrique de Teresa used a lot of the old industrial complex to c ...

, Spain Image:Lacathedral.jpg,

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, Los Angeles Image:Housmfa.jpg, Audrey Jones Beck Building,

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Works

(1986) * Davis Art Museum,

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(1993) *

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and

Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design ( sv, Statens centrum för arkitektur och design) or ArkDes, previously known as the Museum of Architecture (''Arkitekturmuseet''), is a Swedish national museum dedicated to architecture and design. I ...

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(1997) *

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, Basque Country,

(1999) *Audrey Jones Beck Building,

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(2000) *Library of Sciences, Heverlee,

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(2000) *

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(2002) *

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(2003) *

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expansion,

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(2007) *New Library of the University of Deusto,

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, Basque Country,

(2009) *Northwest Corner Building,

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(2010) *

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(2013) *Museum

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(2015)

Awards

* National Architecture Award of Spain (1961, 2015) *

(1996) *RIBA

(2003) *

for the Arts (2012) * Praemium Imperiale (2017) *Golden Lion (2021)

References

External links

Architectural renderings of the Chace Center
(early stages of design)
Children's Hospital of Madrid

Harvard University Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering

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br>unveils spacious new extension"
(2 April 2007)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moneo, Jose Rafael 20th-century Spanish architects 1937 births Living people People from Navarre Harvard Graduate School of Design faculty Architecture educators Polytechnic University of Madrid alumni Pritzker Architecture Prize winners Rolf Schock Prize laureates Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal Members of the Académie d'architecture Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts