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...
News on National Network of Traditional Building Masters
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...
Master craftsperson of January
Bernardo López Lozano has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for January 2023.Bernardo López Lozano took training in art history so as to undertake restorations of historic woodwork in heritage buildings – one of the fields of his trade...
Master craftsperson of December
Raúl Delgado has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for December 2022.Raúl is an artisan specialised in paving with Cordoban pebbles. He makes pavings with natural stones and also does typical Andalusian pebble mosaics and paving...
Master craftsperson of November
Nuria Casadevall has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for October 2022. Nuria Casadevall belongs to a family of scagliola masters from Barcelona who have been working in the trade uninterruptedly since 1881. Nuria's work focuses on the...
Master craftsperson of October
Juan Antonio Sánchez, de Forja Toledo has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for October 2022. Juan Antonio Sánchez is part of the third generation of a family of master blacksmiths who have been in the trade since 1903. Juan Antonio,...
Miguel Angel Martinez Luque has been awarded the 2022 Donald Gray Apprenticeship
The training grant awarded in the 2022 Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards went to master blacksmith Ramón Recuero, who carries out a very important work of dissemination and promotion of the trade through the Escuela de Herreros, of which he is the founder, and...
Master craftsperson of September
Vicente Casero Flores has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for September 2022. Vicente is a master carpenter from Campo de Criptana, in the province of Ciudad Real. He has been dedicated for twenty years to traditional carpentry,...
Master craftsperson of June
Miquel Estarelles Cabot has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for June 2022. Miquel Estarelles Cabot is a master marger and stonemason who carries out all types of stone construction work. He does all kinds of building work with stone...
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,...