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Master craftsperson of November

Master craftsperson of November

Salvador Gomis Aviñó has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for November 2021. Salvador Gomis Aviñó is a master mason specialized in the construction of traditional timbrel vaults. He has more than twenty years of experience in the...

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New call for the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards

New call for the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards

The 2022 call for entries for the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards is now open. The deadline for entries is 12 January 2022. Traditional building works have been grouped into four categories for these awards, each with an annual prize of 10,000 euros and a...

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Master craftsperson of October

Master craftsperson of October

Miguel Sobrino González has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for October 2021. Miguel Sobrino is a specialist in the traditional methods of stone carving based on direct carving, both for stonemasonry and sculpture. His work is based...

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Arquitectura Verata, La Comarca de La Vera

Arquitectura Verata, La Comarca de La Vera

Arquitectura Verata is a project initiated this year in La Comarca deLa Vera with the intention of helping to preserve and disseminate the rich popular construction of the region. It is a project committed to the landscape, life, culture, history, architecture and...

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Master craftsperson of September

Master craftsperson of September

Oriol Garcia Alcocer has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for September 2021. Oriol Garcia Alcocer is part of the fifth generation of stuccoists in the family firm Estucs Oriol Garcia, established in 1860, and which is one of the few...

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Master craftsperson of July

Master craftsperson of July

Ramón Recuero has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for July 2021. After years of training and researching, Ramón Recuero masters a great number of techniques regarding traditional forging. In his workshop not only works for...

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Terrachidia, winner of the Philippe Rotthier Prize

Terrachidia, winner of the Philippe Rotthier Prize

The Philippe Rotthier Prize for "The Reconstruction and Enhancement of the Local Heritage" has been awarded to the Spanish association Terrachidia for its action in the renaissance of the M’Hamid Oasis in Zagora, southern Morocco. The jury praised the project for its...

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Hands-on Building Arts Workshop

Hands-on Building Arts Workshop

During the weekend of July 9-11, 2021, an intensive hands-on workshop on the different traditional building arts took place in Boceguillas, delivered by four of the master craftspeople who have been awarded in recent years with the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts...

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