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...
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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,...
2021 Donald Gray Apprenticeship: Progress
The training apprenticeship awarded in the 2021 Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards went to master blacksmith Santiago Martínez Otero, better known as Chago. This master craftsman has his workshop in Santiago de Compostela and throughout his career has worked on...
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...
Breixo Arufe Salgado will be awarded the 2021 Donald Gray Apprenticeship
The training apprenticeship awarded in the 2021 Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards went to master blacksmith Santiago Martínez Otero, better known as Chago. This master craftsman has his workshop in Santiago de Compostela and throughout his career has worked on...
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...
The publication New Traditional Architecture MMXXI is now available
The publication New Traditional Architecture MMXXI, which compiles the results of the 2021 Building Arts Awards, and includes detailed information on the work of the award-winning master builders, is now available for consultation and download through this link.Thanks...
2021 Donald Gray Apprenticeship with the Master Santiago Martínez Otero
Each year, among the four winners of the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards, the jury selects one of them in order to contribute to the continuity of their craft. This year's winner is master blacksmith Santiago Martínez Otero, who will receive financial support...
Hands-on Building Arts Workshop
This intensive hands-on workshop on the various traditional building arts will feature four of the master craftspeople who have been awarded the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards in recent years. It will take place during the weekend of July 9-11 at the Centro...