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Launching of the Traditional Building Cultures Foundation

Launching of the Traditional Building Cultures Foundation

The Traditional Building Cultures Foundation has been established to consolidate and expand all the initiatives organized since 2012 in Spain and Portugal The Traditional Building Cultures Foundation seeks to foster and promote the study, protection, teaching,...

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Master craftspeople of October

Master craftspeople of October

Artesanía Nazarí has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftspeople of the month for October 2023. Ramón Rubio and Julio Jiménez are the master yesaires who run Artesanía Nazarí's workshop in Granada. They are specialized in the design and production of new...

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Master craftsperson of August

Master craftsperson of August

Diego Rodríguez has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for June 2023. Diego, master painter from Toledo, started in the trade at the age of thirteen, working with his father, the master Diego Rodríguez López, author of a large number of...

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Master craftsperson of June

Master craftsperson of June

Centro Cerámico Talavera has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for June 2023. Centro Cerámico Talavera is a firm created in 1992 by Juan Carlos Albarrán Montealegre, Ramón González Colilla and Ana Fernández Pecci. All three are...

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Master craftsperson of May

Master craftsperson of May

Amara Carvajal Pérez has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for May 2023. Amara Carvajal has been working since 2006 in the conservation and restoration of historical and artistic assets. Specifically, due to its unique character, she...

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Master craftsperson of April

Master craftsperson of April

Sebastián Pérez Gómez has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for April 2023. Sebastián Pérez Gómez is one of the few extant specialists in clay-brick carving. His work includes pieces such as carved mouldings or corbels to be included as...

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Master craftsperson of March

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...

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Master stonemason Rodrigo de la Torre has passed away

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...

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Master craftsperson of January

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...

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Master craftsperson of December

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...

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