Canales and Lombardero is an international office of architecture based interested in working on designs with a critical understanding of the context, carefulness regarding the inhabitation of interiors, attention to materiality and construction detail. Most of their designs are located in Andalusia, a territory that they know well. This helps them to develop a certain commitment to their client’s needs, and the exploration of construction techniques available to them that they can appropriate and modify. Lately, the office has expanded its work internationally to Latin America and the Middle East.
The office has also developed substantial academic work in theory and architectural design. The initiative Politics of Fabrication at the Architectural Association has been a major channel to explore major questions the office is involved with.
Francisco González de Canales Ruiz. B.Arch ETSASevilla, Dip. Arch ETSABarcelona, M.A GSD Harvard Univ., PhD ETSASevilla + Harvard GSD. Francisco studied architecture at ESTA Seville and ETSA Barcelona. He is a professor at the University of Seville and the Architectural Association (HTS and Design Unit). An active architectural critic, he has previously lectured in England, México, Spain, and the USA collaborated in different architectural publications and curated various exhibitions at the Architectural Association as AACP coordinator (AA curatorial practices/cultural products, 2008-2012), and other travelling exhibitions for Spanish institutions such as Rafael Moneo: A theoretical Reflection through practice. He has previously researched in the Architectural Association, Catholic University of Chile, UNAM in Mexico and Harvard University under different scholarships and grants. Among his recent books are Experiment with life itself (commended by the CICA award 2013), First Works (with B. Steele) and Rafael Moneo. Building, Teaching, Writing (with N. Ray). He collaborated with Foster + Partners, Carlos Ferrater and Rafael Moneo before co-founding Canales & Lombardero.
Nuria Alvarez Lombardero. B.Arch + Dip. Arch ETSAMadrid, M.A Architectural Association, PhD ETSASevilla + Cambridge University. Nuria studied architecture at ESTA Madrid. She is a unit master in the Architectural Association. Previously Nuria has taught at the University of Cambridge, the University of Seville and the Architectural Association. She has researched in the GSD Harvard University, University of Cambridge and Architectural Association, being later funded by the Talentia Grant of the Andalusian Government, for her PhD Women in the city about gender boundaries of modern urban planning. She has published various articles and collaborated in Neutra and La Ciudad VIva magazines. As an architect, she has worked in architectural offices of Madrid and Seville, and Machado & Silvetti Associates Boston office in housing projects and urban renewal of suburban degraded areas. In 2003 co-founds the office Canales & Lombardero with Francisco Gonzalez de Canales.
The office has also developed substantial academic work in theory and architectural design. The initiative Politics of Fabrication at the Architectural Association has been a major channel to explore major questions the office is involved with.
Francisco González de Canales Ruiz. B.Arch ETSASevilla, Dip. Arch ETSABarcelona, M.A GSD Harvard Univ., PhD ETSASevilla + Harvard GSD. Francisco studied architecture at ESTA Seville and ETSA Barcelona. He is a professor at the University of Seville and the Architectural Association (HTS and Design Unit). An active architectural critic, he has previously lectured in England, México, Spain, and the USA collaborated in different architectural publications and curated various exhibitions at the Architectural Association as AACP coordinator (AA curatorial practices/cultural products, 2008-2012), and other travelling exhibitions for Spanish institutions such as Rafael Moneo: A theoretical Reflection through practice. He has previously researched in the Architectural Association, Catholic University of Chile, UNAM in Mexico and Harvard University under different scholarships and grants. Among his recent books are Experiment with life itself (commended by the CICA award 2013), First Works (with B. Steele) and Rafael Moneo. Building, Teaching, Writing (with N. Ray). He collaborated with Foster + Partners, Carlos Ferrater and Rafael Moneo before co-founding Canales & Lombardero.
Nuria Alvarez Lombardero. B.Arch + Dip. Arch ETSAMadrid, M.A Architectural Association, PhD ETSASevilla + Cambridge University. Nuria studied architecture at ESTA Madrid. She is a unit master in the Architectural Association. Previously Nuria has taught at the University of Cambridge, the University of Seville and the Architectural Association. She has researched in the GSD Harvard University, University of Cambridge and Architectural Association, being later funded by the Talentia Grant of the Andalusian Government, for her PhD Women in the city about gender boundaries of modern urban planning. She has published various articles and collaborated in Neutra and La Ciudad VIva magazines. As an architect, she has worked in architectural offices of Madrid and Seville, and Machado & Silvetti Associates Boston office in housing projects and urban renewal of suburban degraded areas. In 2003 co-founds the office Canales & Lombardero with Francisco Gonzalez de Canales.
