The Catalan architect Carme Pinos has been awarded the 2021 National Architecture Prize, promoted by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, as reported this Friday by the Presidency of the Government.
This award is the highest Spanish award in the field of architecture and its purpose is to recognize the work of a person or entity that has contributed and is contributing in an extraordinary way to the enrichment of the social, technological and sustainable aspects of architecture or urban planning. Spanish inside and outside the Spanish borders.
The National Architecture Prize, endowed with 60.000 euros, is awarded on the proposal of a jury made up of prominent professionals, under the honorary presidency of the head of the department, Raquel Sánchez.
This jury has decided to award Carme Pinos the 2021 National Architecture Prize for “the solidity of its trajectory, being both prolific and excellent, always impregnated by a great creative power. A creative process that runs through the entire architectural work, culminating in an outstanding execution of the project “.
Pinós, born in Barcelona, obtained her first recognitions during the stage in which she worked together with Enric Miralles, with whom she carried out projects such as the Igualada Park-Cemetery (Barcelona) or the Olympic facilities for Archery in Barcelona.
In 1991 he established his own architecture studio, from which he has been dealing with urban reforms, public works and furniture design for thirty years.
Among the projects of his solo stage are the reform and expansion of the Hotel Son Brull in Mallorca, the MPavilion 2018 in Melbourne (Australia) and the complex in the historic center of Barcelona that includes the Plaza de la Gardunya, the Massana Art School and the rear façade of the Boquería Market.
Also noteworthy are the CaixaFórum Zaragoza Cultural Center, the Department Building on the WU Campus in Vienna (Austria), the Delegation of the Generalitat de Catalunya in Tortosa (Tarragona), the Cube I and Cube II Office Towers in Guadalajara (Mexico) , the pedestrian walkway in Petrer (Alicante), the promenade in Torrevieja (Alicante) or the Home School in Morella (Castellón).
Her risky attitude and constant research has been awarded with numerous awards and mentions, among them the French International Prize for Women Architects 2017-ARVHA and the ArpaFIL 2017 Prize of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (Mexico).
It has also been recognized with the Richard J. Neutra Medal for Professional Excellence awarded by the Polytechnic University of California in Pomona (United States) and with the Creu de Sant Jordi from the Generalitat de Catalunya.
Also noteworthy is the National Prize for Architecture and Public Space of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the First Prize of the IX Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, the ArqCatMón Prize of the Official College of Architects of Catalonia, the National Prize of Architecture of the Superior Council of the Architects of Spain, the Ciutat de Barcelona Prize and the FAD Prize for Architecture-Buildings of a new plant for public use.
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During all these years, Carme Pinós has combined her activity as an architect with teaching and has been a visiting professor, among other places, at the University of California, Berkeley, l’École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais et Paris-Val de Seine; Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Columbia University in New York or l’École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
His work is present in outstanding museum collections, among which are the permanent collections of the Center Pompidou in Paris or the New York MOMA.
Reference-www.elperiodico.com