Emilio Tuñón facts for kids
Emilio Tuñón Álvarez (born on January 1, 1959, in Madrid) is a well-known Spanish architect. He is famous for designing many important buildings. In 2014, his architecture firm, Mansilla + Tuñón Architects, received a special award called the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Spain) from the Spanish Ministry of Culture. This award recognizes great achievements in art.
Emilio Tuñón studied architecture at the ETSAM School of Architecture, graduating in 1981. He later earned his PhD in 1998. Early in his career, he worked for the Fine Arts Cultural Department in 1982 and the Architecture Public Works and Urban Planning Department in 1983. For ten years, until 1992, he worked in the office of another famous Spanish architect, Rafael Moneo. In 1992, Emilio Tuñón and Luis Moreno Mansilla started their own architecture company, called Mansilla + Tuñón Architects.
Emilio Tuñón is a professor at ETSAM, where he teaches architectural design. He has also been a visiting professor at many universities around the world. These include Harvard University, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and schools in Frankfurt, Navarra, Barcelona, and Puerto Rico.
Amazing Buildings by Mansilla + Tuñón
Mansilla + Tuñón Architects have designed many impressive buildings. Here are some of their completed projects:
- The Pedro Barrié de la Maza Foundation in Vigo (finished in 2005).
- The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), a modern art museum (finished in 2004).
- The Auditorium of León (finished in 2003).
- The Madrid Regional Documentary Centre (finished in 2002).
- The Fine Arts Museum of Castellón (finished in 2000).
- An Indoor Swimming-Pool in San Fernando de Henares (finished in 1998).
- The Archeological and Fine Arts Provincial Museum of Zamora (finished in 1996).
- The Royal Collections Museum in Madrid, which is a very important building.
Awards and Recognitions
Emilio Tuñón and his firm have received many important awards for their architectural work:
- Spanish Architecture Award (2003)
- Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture for the MUSAC museum (2007)
- Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Medalla de Oro al mérito en las Bellas Artes) (2014)
- Francqui Chair from the Francqui Foundation (2014)
- Spanish Architecture Award (2017)
Images for kids
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Royal Collections Museum, Madrid
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Regional Museum of Zamora, Zamora
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San Fernando de Henares Indoor Swimming-pool, Madrid
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Regional Library and Archives in the former "El Águila" Brewery, Madrid
See also
In Spanish: Emilio Tuñón Álvarez para niños
