Professional Documents
Culture Documents
of
jose Rafael Moneo
Rafael
Moneo was born in
Navarra, Spain
on May 9,
1937.he
recieved
diploma in
architecture
from the
He worked in the Denmark E.T.S.A.M
office of
madrid
Jorn Utzon for two years. He then
univesity school
worked as an assistant at the
of
Academia de Espana until 1965 when
architecture
he established Rafael
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a private
Moneo,also practice
fellow the
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His works/selected
projects
Though, Rafael Moneo mostly known by his three key buildings
which are;
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles,
California, USA 2000-02
Town Hall, Murcia, Spain 1991-98
Museum of Roman Art, Mérida, Spain 1980-85
he has done many projects.
the first building of
rafael moneo;
Diestre
Spain ,/1965-1968/; Light
Transformer actory
entering through skylights is
an Zaragoza,
essential issue in this
industrial building. Brick and
Rafael Moneo
steel work together
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to define2
His works/selected
projects
city hall
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Urumea
Residential Building
International open competition.
Third prize
with Marquet, Zulaica and Unzurrunzaga
San Sebastián, Spain
1968- 1972
Condominium flats facing the
Urumea River occupy half a
block in a portion of the city
built in the 19th century. The
idea of the regular facade is
consistent with the idea of the
plan, when issues
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of typology
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His works/selected
projects
Bankinter Bank.Madrid,
Spain
with Ramon Bescos , 1972-
1977 The site conditions
explain the meticulous
geometry in which the
vertical plane of the
principal facade
becomes the backdrop
for the existing 19th
century villa, while
the oblique line allows
the light to reach the
apartment
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His works/selected
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Town Hall
Logrono,
Spain /1973 -1981
Thyssen-
Bornemisza
Museum
Though, the building's
architect was Antonio Lopez
Aguado, the renovation
and remodeling of the
building was entrusted to
the architect Rafael
Moneo who, while retaining
the exterior, Rafael
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His works/selected
projects
Davis Museum and
Cultural Center
Wellesley College/ Massachusetts,
AU.S.A./
severe red-
brick mass from
jose Rafael Moneo 1993
the outside, a
light
A light and
and exciting exhibition space
exciting
from the inside, the Davis Museum and
exhibition
Cultural Center space houses a 61,000-
from or
square the inside.
anyone
foot who enters
museum along the
with a
building,
cinema, cafe theandactadministration
of going to theand
top
is like a process
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ascending, the building
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His works/selected
projects
Davis Museum and
Cultural Center
Wellesley College/
Massachusetts, U.S.A./ As Moneo describes
jose Rafael Moneo it; 1993
'The mass of the
new museum was to
be very simple-
much more
radical than the
Simo Glynn delicately
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Rafael Moneo
His works/selected
projects
Cathedral of Our Lady
of the Angels,
Los Angeles, California
The Cathedral of Our lady of the
,USA is the third largest cathedral
Angels
in1996-2000
the world and the first cathedral
to be built in the United States in over
a quarter of a century.
The Cathedral of Our lady of the
Angels is the first Cathedral to be
built in the United States in over a
quarter of a century, and will be
the first Cathedral in the world to
be dedicated to a new millennium.
The
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s works/selected
projects
Cathedral of Our Lady of
the Angels,
Los Angeles, California ,USA
1996-2000
Moneo was very conscious of not
wanting the entrance to be directly
on the street. The building
Worshipers has been
and
visitors will traveldesigned to withstand
a spiritual
path; each step an 8.4will point
be a Richter
transition
from the secular scale toearthquake
the sacred.
(not yet experienced
in Los Angeles). The
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Rafael Moneo building sits on
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is works/selected
projects
Auditorium and Music Centre
Barcelona, Spain
The building is
defined as a single Thecompact
Symphonic
volume withHall, On the
Cor-Ten south
clad steel side
panels
entirely
of the building
inserted intoin a the paneling,
structural is
reinforced
maple
theme
concrete extends to a frame.
skeletal
designed concrete
in the
pergola around an exterior
tradition of the
garden. great classical
concert halls with
and
the the seats placed at
best
an angle for perfect
acoustics
visibility
Even
.
designed
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His works/selected
projects
Auditorium and Music Centre
Barcelona, Spain
Plan
Elevation
Section
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