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Concise biography

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
projects
Town Hall
Logrono,
Spain /1973 -1981

The new Town Hall


can be understood as
connecting point in the city
and a focus for local
pedestrian movement toward
the river front.
As a building with an
important role
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in public
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His
works/selected
projects
National Museum of
Roman Art
Merida, Spain ,1980- 1986
The first intention of the
projectwas to
build amuseum which would offer the
people of Meridaan opportunity to
understand
the presence of the Roman town.
Natural light, a critical
preoccupation in the
Museum's design, enters through
skylights
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His
works/selected
projects
Atocha Railway Station
Madrid, Spain 1984 -
1992

The roof of the long-


distance
train station is characterized
by
the slenderness of the columns
which support it, and the
logic
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His
works/selected
projects
Diagonal Building, "L'Illa"
Museumquartier-
Messepalast
Vienna, Austria / 1986-1994/

The masses are


designed with
sculptural control
and importance has
been given to a
spatial vision
apparent in the
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Rafael Moneo
His works/selected
projects
The Pilar and Joan Miro
oundation
in Palma de Mallorca,
nown by The Moneo
1987-1992
building, The
workshop designed by was opened in 1992
Josep Llus Sert and with the aim of
projected by the holding the
architect Rafael oundation, of
Moneo, exhibiting in
rotation a series
of paintings,
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s works/selected
projects

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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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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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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projects
Auditorium and Music Centre
Barcelona, Spain

Plan

Sketch courtesy Rafael Moneo

Elevation
Section
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okjozgo

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Citation from the
jury
Bill Lacy,
executive director of
the prize, quoted
further from the
formal citation from
the jury, which
states,
"Moneo takes on
each new commission as a
fresh exercise. He
draws on an incredible
reservoir of concepts
and ideas which he
filters through the
circumstances of the
project., elaborate
d, "In many of his
writings and lectures,
Moneo
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clear that he does not
Citation from the
jury
The Pritzker
Architecture
Prize honors Moneo
for these
Multilateral
efforts of the
past, present and
future.
Pritzker
affirmed the
jury's choice,
saying, "Moneo
not only practices
architecture in
the most real sense
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buildings, taking
Thoughts On Jose R
afaelMeier
By Richard Moneo
/Architect of the
By Robert Getty Center and
Campbell
1984 Pritzker
/Architect and Laureate/
Architecture
He said Critic,
that,The "As Boston
I got to Globe
know him/
Winner
Rafael ofMoneo
the 1996/, I Pulitzer
realized Prize
he was
not only afor criticismbut
gentleman, / he was an
When
architect Moneo writes of his buildings,
who understood something
whichhe behaves
is verylikeimportanta novelist.
to me He
 that
istends light to establish
and how light a point of view the
affects
from which
quality ofthe experience
life, of the
both literally
architecture
and figuratively is perceived. The
point of view is that of the visitor
to the building, a fictional
character imagined by Moneo.
Seldom does he describe a building
as an autonomous
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Awards and Honors
In 1992,
Moneo received
the Spanish
government's
highest award,
The Gold Medal for
Achievement in
ine Arts. The
rench Academy of
Architecture's Gold
Medal and the
International
Union of Architects
Gold Medal were
both presented this
year.
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He received
Short Summary
 Each of his designs has a confident
and timeless quality indicative of
a master architect whose talent is
obvious from the first concept to
the last detail of the completed
building.
As a writer and critic, devoting
almost as much time to education as
 His projects
he does to havedesign, enlightened
he furtherthe
architectural
shapes the futureprofession by
of architecture
enhancing
with the urban context while
his words.
preserving
Moneo's
existing environment.
and respecting the
career is the ideal
example of knowledge and
Most of his works
experience are woven
enhancing theinto the
mutual
city
interaction
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fabric and of are an integral
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part of the life and daily space of
Short Summary
 rom his first work, which Moneo
describes as "a transformer
factory whose brick and steel
volumes produce a rich and varied
profile," to the minimalist
monument under construction at San
Sebastian, two translucent cubes
that will house the ursaal
Auditorium and Congress Center.
Between these two examples is an
enormous range of designs
encompassing residences and
apartments, art museums, a railway
station, an airport, a factory, a
hotel, banks, a city hall and
other
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