Emilio Tuñón Álvarez (born 1 January 1959 in

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) is a Spanish

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. In 2014, Mansilla + Tuñón Architects received the

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from the Spanish Ministry of Culture. Alvarez graduated from the ETSAM 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

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. 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 (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

, which is currently under construction.

Awards

* Spanish Architecture Award (2003) *

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(Medalla de Oro al mérito en las Bellas Artes) (2014) * Francqui Chair (2014) Francqui Foundation * 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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