New Architecture in Spain
Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City opened Sunday and runs through May 1, 2006.
Spain has been a happening center for architecture for some time now... does anyone not now know of Bilbao? But this exhibition documents more recent architectural developments, with Moneo's 1998 Murcia City Hall serving as the spring point. Though it seems to me that perhaps Spain's architectural awakening stems from the preparations for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
The show features a broad range of architects from the well known international players to young local up-and-comers. Christopher Hawthorne of the LA Times writes, "'On-Site' is at its best a sophisticated essay on the idea of architectural middle ground, particularly between youth and experience and between globalization and regional context."
The exhibition features 35 significant architectural projects that are currently in design or under construction. These works are considered in relation to an additional eighteen projects, each of which are a major architectural accomplishment completed in Spain within the last few years. The projects presented will reflect the geographic and generational diversity of the current wave of new projects and their architects, as well as a wide range of scales - from a single private house to a new international airport. The exhibition will not only reflect the accomplishments of Spanish architects, but also the contributions of professionals from elsewhere.Link: MoMA - On-Site
Audio slideshow: MoMA - narrated by curator Terence Riley
Photos: Roland Halbe
Review: NY Times - A Survey of Spain, Architects' Playground [images]
Review: LA Times - Spain expands on its sense of place
Review: Washinton Post - Gains in Spain
Related: The Observer - Cutting-edge Sp
A partial list of architects/firms featured in the exhibition:
- Abalos & Herreros
- Eduardo Arroyo
- Estudio Lamela
- Felipe Artengo Rufino, Fernando Martín Menis, José M. Rodríguez-Pastrana Malagón, and Mariola Merino Martín
- Ateliers Jean Nouvel
- EMBT Miralles Tagliabue Arquitectes Associats
- Gehry Partners, Frank Gehry
- grupo aranea
- Zaha Hadid Architects
- Herzog & De Meuron
- Toyo Ito
- Mansilla+Tuñón, Arquitectos
- Rafael Moneo
- Richard Rogers Partnership
- OMA, Rem Koolhaas
- RCR Architects
- Enric Ruiz-Geli
- Sancho-Madridejos Architecture
- SANNA, Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa
Centro de Talasoterapia, Gijón. Projected completion date 2007.
Francisco Leiva Ivorra and grupo aranea
Town Hall Extension, Murcia. 1998, the oldest project shown in the show.
Rafael Moneo
Museum of Cantabria, Santander. Projected completion date 2009.
Mansilla+Tuñón, Arquitectos
Bioclimatic Mixed-Use Towers - Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Abalos & Herreros
Casa Horitzó in La Vall de Bianya, Girona
RCR Architects
Santa Caterina Market, Barcelona. 2005.
EMBT Miralles Tagliabue Arquitectes Associats
photo: Roland Halbe
Marques de Riscal Winery, La Rioja. 2006.
Gehry Partnership
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Expansion, Madrid. 2005.
Ateliers Jean Nouvel with Alberto Medem
Euskotren Headquarters Development, Durango, Vizacaya. Projected completion date 2009.
Zaha Hadid Architects
The Barajas Airport Terminals, in Madrid. 2006.
Richard Rogers Partnership and Estudio Lamela
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