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Exhibition “Timeless Architecture 2022”
The exhibition "Timeless Architecture 2022" will be open from June 10 to August 7 at CentroCentro, the cultural space located in the Palacio de Cibeles, which houses the Madrid City Council. This display shows work honoured in the Richard H. Driehaus Architecture...
Winners of the 2022 Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards
For the sixth 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,...
Master craftsperson of April
Ángel María Martín López has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for April 2022. Ángel María Martín López is a master carpenter from the province of Ávila. He is one of the greatest specialists in structural carpentry, both nationally and...
The winning projects of the 5th Edition of the Richard H. Driehaus Architecture Competition have been published
Once again, in this new edition of the competition, a large number of proposals have been submitted for the different locations: Buitrago del Lozoya, Valpuesta and Zubiri. A total of €50,000 in prizes have been awarded, distributed among 10 proposals. The winning...
Courses offered by the Centro de los Oficios de León
The Centro de los Oficios de León has once again organized a series of craft and building trades workshops. These courses, for beginners and advanced students, are aimed at trade professionals, technicians and researchers and anyone interested in the knowledge and...
Master craftsperson of March
Hermanos Portilla, S.C. has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for March 2022. The Hermanos Portilla foundry is a family firm with a long tradition of bell-founding in Cantabria, specialising in the manufacture of bells and carillons,...
2022 Azores Traditional Architecture Summer School
Organised by INTBAU and the Rafael Manzano Prize, with the collaboration of various institutions, this summer school, which had to be postponed the previous two years due to the sanitary situation, will take place from July 11th to 24th on the Island of Pico, in the...
Master craftsperson of February
Luard Bonet de Ahumada has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for February 2022. Luard Bonet de Ahumada, through his company J. M. Bonet, is dedicated both to the restoration of stained glass windows and to the creation of new ones. It...
2021 Donald Gray Apprenticeship: Progress
The training apprenticeship awarded in the 2021 Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards went to master blacksmith Santiago Martínez Otero, better known as Chago. This master craftsman has his workshop in Santiago de Compostela and throughout his career has worked on...
“How We Build from Here” INTBAU’s biennial World Congress
On 24-25 March 2022 INTBAU will organise the biennial World Congress "How We Build from Here".The Congress will take place in London and will also be broadcast virtually, so that it can be followed from anywhere in the world.It is a biennial forum for debates that...
INTBAU: Architecture Challenge
INTBAU launched the Architecture Challenge a few weeks ago, as a competition for low-carbon, no-carbon, and carbon-negative designs for resilient and adaptable houses.The Challenge invites students, teachers, architects, designers, engineers, and anyone with an...
Master craftsperson of January
Jesús García Mainar has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for January 2022.Jesús García Mainar masters several traditional building trades. In 1986 he started a project for the reconstruction and repopulation of several uninhabited...
