Antoni Tapies Foundation

Luis Mansilla and Emilio Trunon Madrid have won the prize by the hotel and restaurant Atrium. The President of the jury, Benedetta Tagliabue, argues that all the works presented were very good. The catalan architect Enric Ruiz Geli has obtained a mention by the TIC building, located in the 22 @ Barcelona architecture 2011 FAD award has been, ex aequo, for two locals, Emilio Tunon, Luis Mansilla, by hotel and restaurant atrium of Caceres, and lisboeta Ricardo Bak Gordon, for his project two houses in Santa Isabel. This year have been submitted to the FAD awards in its various forms a total of 498 works, of which 282 correspond to the category of architecture; 74 to the Interior; 37 city and landscape; 58 to ephemeral interventions and 47 thought and Critica.estos awards are considered the most prestigious of the Iberian panorama in its scope. The Chairperson of the jury and architect, Benedetta Tagliabue, has very positively valued the level of all the projects submitted.According to Benedetta, it has been a difficult choice and all were very good, well presented and very cared for. Although the sector is suffering from the economic crisis in a very direct way, Tagliabue has argued that there is no crisis of creativity in architecture. Furthermore, he argues that currently is experiencing a kind of rebirth of creative ability, despite the global crisis, the jury is formed also by Eugeni Bach, Beth Capdrro, Edgar Gonzalez, Daniela Hartmann, Imma Jansana, Santiago Loperena and Jose Mateus.estos are those who have finally decided that the prize is, conjunatmente, for two locals and a lisboeta.

In the case of Luis Mansilla and Emilio Tunon have highlighted the reinterpretation have made a home in the city of Caceres, converted into a hotel and restaurant. The Chairperson of the jury holds that they have managed an intervention very elegant and integrated, in which new structures and the ancient walls of the building are mixed. The work of Ricardo Bak Gordon, has been particularly valued by rereading that has made of an interior of Apple in the urban centre of Lisbon. Tagliabue believes that this action is a masterpiece that can look from the outside, although it is not showing what happens inside. Other mentions and awards on the other hand, the catalan architect Enric Ruiz Geli has obtained a mention by the TIC building, located in the 22 @ Barcelona.

According to Tagliabue, as well as having built a building absolutely fantastic and great, Ruiz Geli is deserving of the distinction because it is the re-inventor of the figure of the architect, who has become Advisor to the client, in its promoter and, in addition, patented everything what they invent. The FAD Prize for interior design 2011 has been for Inaki Abalos for his work on the Antoni Tapies Foundation in Barcelona. The city and landscape has corresponded to Michele Orliacq and Miquel Batlle for the Park of the waters of the orchards of Vilabertran, located in Figueres (Girona). Other distinguished works they have been home for a collector nomadic, Martin Lejarraga and Ana Martinez Martinez, in the section on ephemeral interventions. On the other hand, the FAD of thought and criticism has been, also ex-aequo, for the laboratory Gran Via exhibition catalog, edited by Telefonica, and collective architectures: trucks, containers, groups, urban lines, edited by Editions Vibnok-Paula Alvarez. Source of the news: two locals and a lisboeta jointly win the FAD Prize for architecture 2011