The deadline for submitting applications is January 23, 2024. Traditional building works have been grouped for these awards into four categories, each of which is awarded an annual prize of 10,000 euros and a commemorative plaque. The Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts...
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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,...
Courses “Living Heritage”
The exhibition LIVING HERITAGE: Traditional Construction in the 21st Century, open to the public at the Museum of Santa Cruz in Toledo between June 2 and September 24, 2023, presents the work of the master craftspeople honored in the 2023 Richard H. Driehaus Building...
2023 Donald Gray Grant Call for Entries
These grants have been announced in the framework of the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards and are aimed at training two apprentices for a period of four months each: Grant for training with master shingle-maker Javier Goicoa. Grant for training with...
The exhibition “Living Heritage: Traditional construction in the 21st century” has been inaugurated
The exhibition Living Heritage will be on display from June 2 through September 24, 2023, at the Museo de Santa Cruz in Toledo. It features the work of the winners of the 2023 Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards, the 2022 Donald Gray Grant and some of the most...
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,...
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...
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...
The book Timeless Architecture has been published
Timeless Architecture, published by Ediciones Asimétricas in collaboration with INTBAU Spain and CentroCentro, gathers and further expands on the contents of the exhibition of the same name that took place last year at the Palacio de Cibeles. All INTBAU members...