The Art of Building: A Conversation with Architects Fuensanta

As part of the opening of the exhibition "Young Architects of Spain", this discussion focuses on the current projects of these renowned Spanish architects and the challenges they face in designing and building. They discuss how an idea develops into a large, complex project over time, rooted in continuous research on materials, structures, spaces, color, light, and the cultural environment.heir work Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano have degrees in architecture from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid and the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation of Columbia University in New York. Partners of the studio Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, S.L., they also currently teach at the Universidad Europea de Madrid as well as the Universität der Künste of Berlin. They are recipients of the Aga Khan Award 2010 for the Madinat al Zahra Museum in Cordoba, Spain. For more information about the work of Nieto Sobejano, please visit: http://www.nietosobejano.com/ For more information about the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago, please visit: http://chicago.cervantes.es/en/default.shtm The lecture is organized as part of the ongoing Architecture and Urban lecture series organized by the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago and MAS Studio and directed by Iker Gil.