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...
News on Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards
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...
Call for entries for the 2023 Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards
The deadline for submitting applications is February 1, 2023. 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...
2022 Donald Gray Building Arts Apprenticeship
This scholarship, awarded in the framework of the Richard H. Driehaus Awards, is aimed at training an apprentice with master blacksmith Ramón Recuero for a period of one year. Ramón Recuero received this year's Richard H. Driehaus Award for the Building Arts in the...
Award Ceremony for the Architecture Competition and the Building Arts Awards 2022
The award ceremony for the Richard H. Driehaus 2022 Architecture Competition and Building Arts Awards was held on 9 June 2022 in the auditorium of CentroCentro at Madrid City Hall. The event was chaired by the General Director of Cultural Heritage of the Madrid City...
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,...