Ángela García de Paredes Falla (born 1958) is a Spanish

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. She founded the Paredes Pedrosa studio together with Ignacio García Pedrosa.

Biography

De Paredes was born in

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in 1958. She is the daughter of architect and María Isabel de Falla (the daughter of architect Germán de Falla and sister of composer

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). De Paredes earned a licentiate as an architect from the

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(ETSAM) in 1983, and an Architecture PhD from the

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in 2015 with the thesis ''La arquitectura de José M. García de Paredes, ideario de una obra'' (The Architecture of José M. García de Paredes, the Ideology of a Work). Together with architect Ignacio García Pedrosa, De Paredes founded the Paredes Pedrosa studio in 1990. They combine the free practice of the profession with teaching work at the universities of

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, and

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. They are professors of ETSAM's Department of Architectural Projects. They have also held critical sessions at the

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, the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, and the

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. They have been guest lecturers at the universities of

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, and

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, as well as the

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, , the Dallas Architecture Forum, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the Times Center of New York. De Paredes took control of her father's architecture studio upon his death in 1990. Since 2011, de Paredes has served as a member of the jury for the Architecture Awards.

Selected projects

* Palace of Assembly of Peñíscola, Castellón, 2000–2003, with Ignacio García Pedrosa * María Moliner Library,

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, Madrid, 2000–2003, with Ignacio García Pedrosa *

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, Almería, 1998–2004, with Ignacio García Pedrosa * Lecture room at the UAM School of Psychology, University City of Cantoblanco, Madrid, 2002–2004, with Ignacio García Pedrosa * Teatro Olimpia, Madrid, 1996–2005, with Ignacio García Pedrosa * 146 EMV, Madrid, 2002–2006, with Ignacio García Pedrosa * Área Arqueológica de la Olmeda, Pedrosa de la Vega, Palencia, 2004–2006, with Ignacio García Pedrosa * Conservatory of

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, Portugal, 2004 competition, with Ignacio García Pedrosa

Awards and recognitions

In 2007, Ángela García de Paredes and Ignacio García Pedrosa received the Spanish Architecture Award for the Teatro Valle-Inclán in the Lavapiés district of Madrid. In the words of the jury, it was given In 2013, they received the Eduardo Torroja Award for Engineering and Architecture from the Eduardo Torroja Foundation and the Ministry of Development for the Villa Romana de la Olmeda in Pedrosa de la Vega. The jury cited "the way in which their audacious structural conception, typical of civil engineering, enhances the clear and resounding expression of their architecture." In 2014 they received the

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from the

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and the

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, as well as the Luis Moreno Mansilla Award ''ex aequo'' from the for their work on the Public Library of

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References

External links

Paredes Pedrosa studio
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