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Spanish architect Rafael Moneo receives Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

By Katherine Guimapang|

Wednesday, Apr 28, 2021

Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels, 2002 Los Angeles. Courtesy of Rafael Moneo Architects, photo © Michael Moran

The prestigious Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award is presented to Spanish architect, educator, critic, and theoretician Rafael Moneo. Hashim Sarkis, 2021 curator of the 17th Biennale Architettura, shares, "Rafael Moneo is one of the most transformative architects of his generation." Moneo's career in both professional practice and academia has deemed him several awards and accolades. 

During his career, he's completed several projects like the transformation of the Villahermosa Palace into the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the Kursaal Auditorium, the Los Angeles Cathedral, and his involvement in the Giudecca housing project of 1983.

Rafael Moneo. Image © ©Germán-Saiz/Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia

After graduating from the Escuela Técnica Superior of Madrid in 1961 Moneo soon worked for architect Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza from 1958-61 and Jørn Utzon from 1961-62. He was awarded a fellowship at the Spanish Academy in Rome and soon opened his own office in Madrid while teaching at the Escuela Técnica Superior.

Moneo's contributions within professional practice are matched by his commitment to architectural academia as an educator. He was the former Chairman of the Architecture Department at Harvard GSD until 1990 and then named the Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture at the GSD in 1991. He continues to lecture at the institution as Professor Emeritus. 

National Museum of Roman Art, 1986 Mérida, Spain. Courtesy of Rafael Moneo Architects. Photo © Michael Moran

In 1996 Moneo was awarded the Pritzker Prize, and in 2003 he was awarded the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He is also the recipient of the Prince of Asturias Prize in the Arts in 2013, the 2017 Praemium Imperiale Award winner, and elected a member of the Royal Academy of Fine arts in Spain in 1997. 

La Biennale Di Venezia expresses, "throughout his long career, Moneo has maintained a poetic prowess, reminding us of the powers of architectural form to express, shape but also to endure. He has also been tenaciously committed to architecture as an act of building."

On May 22, Moneo will be recognized during the awards ceremony and inauguration of the Biennal Architettura 2021. It will be a joint ceremony to honor the Special Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in memoriam to the multi-talented architect Lina Bo Bardi.

Museo del Prado Extension, 2007, Madrid. Photo courtesy 2017 Praemium Imperiale Arts Award.
Rafael Moneo: Murcia City Hall on the Cardenal Belluga Plaza, 1998
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Spanish architect Rafael Moneo receives Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

By Katherine Guimapang|

Wednesday, Apr 28, 2021

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Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels, 2002 Los Angeles. Courtesy of Rafael Moneo Architects, photo © Michael Moran

Related

golden lion ● golden lion for lifetime achievement ● rafael moneo ● architecture award ● la biennale di venezia ● venice biennale 2021
Harvard University
Harvard University Hiring!
Jose Rafael Moneo, Arquitecto
Jose Rafael Moneo, Arquitecto
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM)
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM)

The prestigious Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award is presented to Spanish architect, educator, critic, and theoretician Rafael Moneo. Hashim Sarkis, 2021 curator of the 17th Biennale Architettura, shares, "Rafael Moneo is one of the most transformative architects of his generation." Moneo's career in both professional practice and academia has deemed him several awards and accolades. 

During his career, he's completed several projects like the transformation of the Villahermosa Palace into the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the Kursaal Auditorium, the Los Angeles Cathedral, and his involvement in the Giudecca housing project of 1983.

Rafael Moneo. Image © ©Germán-Saiz/Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia

After graduating from the Escuela Técnica Superior of Madrid in 1961 Moneo soon worked for architect Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza from 1958-61 and Jørn Utzon from 1961-62. He was awarded a fellowship at the Spanish Academy in Rome and soon opened his own office in Madrid while teaching at the Escuela Técnica Superior.

Moneo's contributions within professional practice are matched by his commitment to architectural academia as an educator. He was the former Chairman of the Architecture Department at Harvard GSD until 1990 and then named the Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture at the GSD in 1991. He continues to lecture at the institution as Professor Emeritus. 

National Museum of Roman Art, 1986 Mérida, Spain. Courtesy of Rafael Moneo Architects. Photo © Michael Moran

In 1996 Moneo was awarded the Pritzker Prize, and in 2003 he was awarded the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He is also the recipient of the Prince of Asturias Prize in the Arts in 2013, the 2017 Praemium Imperiale Award winner, and elected a member of the Royal Academy of Fine arts in Spain in 1997. 

La Biennale Di Venezia expresses, "throughout his long career, Moneo has maintained a poetic prowess, reminding us of the powers of architectural form to express, shape but also to endure. He has also been tenaciously committed to architecture as an act of building."

On May 22, Moneo will be recognized during the awards ceremony and inauguration of the Biennal Architettura 2021. It will be a joint ceremony to honor the Special Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in memoriam to the multi-talented architect Lina Bo Bardi.

Museo del Prado Extension, 2007, Madrid. Photo courtesy 2017 Praemium Imperiale Arts Award.
Rafael Moneo: Murcia City Hall on the Cardenal Belluga Plaza, 1998
RELATED EVENT Biennale Architettura 2021: 17th International Architecture Exhibition "How will we live together?"
RELATED NEWS 2021 Richard J. Neutra Award for Professional Excellence awarded to Toyo Ito
RELATED NEWS Kenneth Frampton to receive 2018 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

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