The Rafael Manzano Prize for New Traditional Architecture is an award organized by the Traditional Building Cultures Foundation, thanks to Richard H. Driehaus and the collaboration of INTBAU Spain, INTBAU Portugal, the Serra Henriques Foundation, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and the Ordem dos Arquitectos of Portugal,[1] and with the High Sponsorship of the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic.[2]

Rafael Manzano Prize
Awarded forA career of achievement in the art of Iberian traditional architecture
Sponsored byRichard H. Driehaus
Country Spain
 Portugal
Presented byTraditional Building Cultures Foundation
Reward(s)50,000€
First awarded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
WebsiteRafael Manzano Prize

It is awarded annually to architects who have carried out, in Portugal or in Spain, restoration works of monuments or other architectural interventions that have stood out for their contribution to the preservation, promotion and dissemination of the values of classical and traditional architecture and urbanism.[3]

The award is named after the architect Rafael Manzano Martos, who has devoted his career to the preservation of the Spanish architectural and urban heritage, both through restoration works and by designing new architectures based on this heritage, for which he received the international 2010 Richard H. Driehaus Prize, becoming the first, and until now the only, Spanish architect to have received this award.[4]

The Prize includes a monetary award of €50,000 and a commemorative medal,[5] making it the largest architecture prize awarded on the Iberian Peninsula.[6]

History

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San Agustín Chapel, Real Colegiata de Roncesvalles, Navarra, Spain, restored by Leopoldo Gil Cornet

For his contribution in the defense and promotion of traditional architecture, Rafael Manzano Martos was awarded the 8th Richard H. Driehaus Prize in 2010, granted since 2003 in the United States by the American philanthropist Richard H. Driehaus through the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture.[7]

Coinciding with the presentation of this award to Rafael Manzano, considered as the most important in the world for a career dedicated to traditional and classical architecture,[8] Richard H. Driehaus announced the creation in Spain of a new award to defend the Iberian urban heritage and architectural traditions: the Rafael Manzano Prize for New Traditional Architecture.

This award was first awarded in 2012 at a ceremony held at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in San Fernando in Madrid, and has been awarded every year since then. In 2017, thanks to the collaboration with the Serra Henriques Foundation and the Portuguese Order of Architects, as well as the High Sponsorship of the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic, the award was extended to Portugal and is now granted to professionals from either country.[9]

Laureates

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Delegation Palace, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, restored by Javier Cenicacelaya & Íñigo Saloña
 
Colegiata de San Patricio, Lorca, Murcia, Spain, restored by Juan de Dios de la Hoz
 
Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas, Sintra, Portugal, designed by Alberto Castro Nunes & António Maria Braga
Year Laureate Nationality Website Ref.
2012 Leopoldo Gil Cornet   Spain [10]
2013 Luis Fernando Gomez-Estern & Ignacio Medina [es]   Spain OTAISA [11]
2014 Javier Cenicacelaya & Íñigo Saloña   Spain Cenicacelaya & Salona [12]
2015 Donald Gray   Australia [13]
2016 Enrique Nuere Matauco [es]   Spain Taujel Carpintería Histórica [14]
2017 José Baganha   Portugal José Baganha & Arquitectos Associados [15]
2018 Juan de Dios de la Hoz   Spain Arquitectos Lavila [16]
2019 Alberto Castro Nunes & António Maria Braga   Portugal [17]
2020 Fernando Martín Sanjuán   Spain Fernando Martín Sanjuán Arquitecto [18]
2021 Sergi Bastidas   Spain Bastidas Architecture [19]
2023 Luís Rebelo de Andrade   Portugal Rebelo de Andrade Architecture & Design [20]
2024 Juan Luis Camacho   Spain Arquichinchón [21]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "El arquitecto Juan Luis Camacho, ganador del Premio Nueva Arquitectura Tradicional 2024". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Lusa, Agência. "Prémio Rafael Manzano é entregue aos arquitetos portugueses Alberto Nunes e António Braga". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. ^ Sevilla, Diario de (June 14, 2019). "Rafael Manzano, un clásico de la arquitectura". Diario de Sevilla (in European Spanish). Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Crónica del homenaje a don Rafael Manzano Martos". El Pespunte. December 2, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "La recuperación del pueblo de Albarracín gana la Medalla Richard H. Driehaus a la Preservación del Patrimonio". okdiario.com (in Spanish). October 9, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  6. ^ Lusa, Agência. "Prémio Rafael Manzano distingue arquitetos portugueses Alberto Nunes e António Braga". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Rafael Manzano Martos // School of Architecture // University of Notre Dame". School of Architecture. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  8. ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Driehaus Prize // School of Architecture // University of Notre Dame". School of Architecture. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  9. ^ "Presentation | Prixe for New Traditional Architecture | Premio Rafael Manzano". February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  10. ^ DN.ES.PAMPLONA (July 16, 2012). "Leopoldo Gil Cornet, premio Rafael Manzano Martos". diariodenavarra.es (in Spanish). Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "Luis Fernando Gómez-Stern e Ignacio Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, XX Duque de Segorbe, consiguen el "Premio de Arquitectura Clásica y Restauración de Monumentos Rafael Manzano Martos 2013 - 16/10/2013 Cultura | Diario La Comarca de Puertollano". Luis Fernando Gómez-Stern e Ignacio Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, XX Duque de Segorbe, consiguen el “Premio de Arquitectura Clásica y Restauración de Monumentos Rafael Manzano Martos 2013 - 16/10/2013 Cultura | Diario La Comarca de Puertollano (in European Spanish). Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  12. ^ "Javier Cenicacelaya e Iñigo Saloña, Premio Rafael Manzano Martos 2014". masdearte. Información de exposiciones, museos y artistas (in European Spanish). October 13, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  13. ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Andalusian architect awarded the €50,000 Rafael Manzano Architecture Prize". Notre Dame News. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  14. ^ "Enrique Nuere, restaurador del artesonado del Castillo de Belmonte, recibe el premio Rafael Manzano - Detalles - Voces de Cuenca". www.vocesdecuenca.com. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  15. ^ "José Baganha, primer arquitecto portugués en conseguir el Premio Rafael Manzano". Plataforma Arquitectura (in Spanish). November 7, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  16. ^ "Juan de Dios de la Hoz, Premio Rafael Manzano 2018 por su labor de reconstrucción tras el terremoto de Lorca". Plataforma Arquitectura (in Spanish). October 30, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  17. ^ Lusa, Agência. "Prémio Rafael Manzano distingue arquitetos portugueses Alberto Nunes e António Braga". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  18. ^ "2020 | Fernando Martín Sanjuán | Premio Rafael Manzano". November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  19. ^ "Sergi Bastidas, Premio de Arquitectura Rafael Manzano 2021". masdearte. Información de exposiciones, museos y artistas (in European Spanish). November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  20. ^ "Luís Rebelo de Andrade recebe Prémio Rafael Manzano de Nova Arquitectura Tradicional 2023". Ordem dos Arquitectos (in European Portuguese). November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  21. ^ "El arquitecto Juan Luis Camacho, ganador del Premio Nueva Arquitectura Tradicional 2024". La Vanguardia (in European Spanish). November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.