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Antonio Ruiz Barbarin
Born in Corella (Navarra, Spain) in 1960, he graduated in 1985 from Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM) with first-class honours with distinction. He was awarded with the Extraordinary Prize and ranked number 1.
In 2004, he completed his Phd in Architecture and was awarded outstanding Cum Laudae by ETSAM.
In 1992 he founded Ruiz Barbarin Arquitectos – Arquimania - alongside Maria del Pino Alvarez Quintana, and have since completed a significant number of successful projects across Spain, China, Thailand, Oman, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, India and Russia.
Aside of his work at Ruiz Barbarin Arquitectos he has been involved as a professor at ETSAM since 1989, where he started as an Associate Professor at the Projects department, acting as Professor in the same department since July 2012.
His work has been recognised and published in books and magazines, both domestic and foreign. Antonio has been awarded with several distinctions: The Architecture Master Prize 2019, FAD 2019, Mention of Architecture Jury, COAM 2018, SPANISH OFFICE ASSOCIATION (AEO) “BEST RENOVATION 2017', ASPRIMA-SIMA 2017 'BEST NON-RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.', 2017 DIGA ACCESSIBILITY, Baumit’s award 2018, the Council of Madrid Architecture Prize (1986, 1992 and 1994), Quality Award “Arquitectura y Vivienda” Comunidad de Madrid (2000 and 2003), “Premio Churriguera” of Urban Design (2001), “Premio Pedro Bidagor” of Urbanism and Environment, or the COAM award in 1992, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2018 are only some of the many distinctions he has obtained during his extensive development of architectural culture. In 2003 he was selected winner of the International Competition for the 'new Donghe city project', in Baotou, China.
He has always combined teaching with an impressive editorial work. From 1985 to 1987 he was Co-Founder and Co-Director of the architecture magazine EL CROQUIS INTERNACIONAL, and author of the books '“ARQUITECTURA ESPAÑOLA CONTEMPORÁNEA 1.975 -1.990 I y II' (“Contemporary Spanish Architecture 1.975-1.990 I and II”) (1989), 'MADRID MIRA A SUS ESTATUAS' (“Madrid Contemplates its Statues”) (1992) and 'LUIS BARRAGAN FRENTE AL ESPEJO. LA OTRA MIRADA' (“Luis Barragán in the Mirror: the other Look”) (2008), 'PRETEXTOS PARA HABLAR DE ARQUITECTURA' (“Pretexts to talk about Architecture”) (2011), book-catalogue “1975 - 2010 ARQUITECTURA ESPAÑOLA +35 Construyendo en democracia” (Spanish Architecture + 35 Years building in Democracy)., (2012) and “SETENTA ESCALONES. LA ESCALERA EN EL TIEMPO Y EL ESPACIO” (“Seventy Steps. The Staircase through Time and Space”) (2012).
He has designed and directed several art and architecture expositions, and was curator of the traveling exhibition: “1975-2010 Arquitectura española 35+. Construyendo en Democracia” with Hector Barrio.
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