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2022 Donald Gray Apprenticeship – Ramón Recuero and Miguel Ángel Martínez Luque
Ramón Recuero is a master blacksmith who does important work in disseminating and promoting his trade. He is the founder of a blacksmiths’ school which as well as being his home and workshop has become an international benchmark for the learning of traditional...
2023 Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards Winners
For the seventh consecutive year, the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards, endowed with €40,000, have been awarded to four outstanding craftspeople. The aim of the awards is to promote traditional building trades that use environmentally friendly techniques,...
May – News
Below you can find a selection of news related to traditional buildings, architecture and urban planning:- News -Video on the 2022 Azores Traditional Architecture Summer School A video has been published about the 2022 Azores Traditional Architecture Summer School,...
April – News
– News –Audun Engh passes away On March 27th, Audun Engh, one of the founding members of INTBAU, founder of INTBAU Norway, and secretary for many years of the College of Chapters, passed away. We would like to send our condolences to his family and friends. At the...
The call for the 2023 Rafael Manzano Prize is now open
The 2023 Rafael Manzano Prize for New Traditional Architecture is awarded to living professionals whose work embodies the principles of classical and traditional architecture and urban planning in the contemporary world. The chosen candidate's work must not only be...
Master craftsperson of March
Francisco Aguilar has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for March 2023. Francisco learnt his trade in a self-taught way, studying and reproducing models of traditional architecture. He was also mentored by Donald Gray, with whom he...
March – News
Below you can find a selection of news related to traditional building, architecture and urban planning:– News –Funding campaign for the 2023 Utrecht Summer School The organizers of the 2023 Utrecht Summer School "Let's Build a Beautiful City" have launched a...
2023 Summer School on Traditional Architecture
The new edition of the Summer School, organized by INTBAU and the Rafael Manzano Prize, will take place at Can Catá, in Cerdanyola del Vallés, near the city of Barcelona. For two weeks, the urban planning, architecture and traditional construction details of the...
Master stonemason Rodrigo de la Torre has passed away
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Rodrigo de la Torre, one of the best stonemasons in Spain and with whom we have had the immense pleasure and honor of collaborating since the creation of the Network of Traditional Building Crafts Masters. Rodrigo also...
Tall Buildings after Covid-19. Is the party over? by Robert Adam
TALL BUILDINGS AFTER COVID-19 – IS THE PARTY OVER? By Robert AdamARCHITECTURE CLUB DEBATE, LONDONMay 27th 2020 I’m not going to assume that Covid-19 is a permanent condition. It may be, it may not, and there’s no point in concentrating in this debate on such a...
February – News
Below you can find a selection of news related to traditional building, architecture and urban planning:– News – The new documentary video about Leopoldo Gil Cornet, first Rafael Manzano Prize winner in 2012, has been published This short documentary, produced by...
2022 Donald Gray Fellowship: Apprenticeship
Miguel Ángel Martínez Luque was the apprentice selected to receive the 2022 Donald Gray Scholarship and train with master blacksmith Ramón Recuero, winner of the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Award in the same year. Miguel Angel has experience in iron work for...
