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Francisco González de Canales, Nuria Álvarez Lombardero. Canales Lombardero
1976 - 1976
Canales and Lombardero is an architecture practice, founded by Francisco González de Canales and Nuria Álvarez Lombardero in 2003, based interested in working on design 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. (Seville, 24 de noviembre de 1976) 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 Álvarez Lombardero. (Madrid, 1976) B.Arch + Dip. Arch ETSAMadrid, M.A. from the 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 at the GSD Harvard University, University of Cambridge and the 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 with Neutra and La Ciudad Viva magazines. As an architect, she has worked in architectural offices of Madrid and Seville, and the Machado & Silvetti Associates Boston office in housing projects and urban renewal of suburban degraded areas. In 2003, co-founded the office Canales & Lombardero with Francisco González 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. (Seville, 24 de noviembre de 1976) 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 Álvarez Lombardero. (Madrid, 1976) B.Arch + Dip. Arch ETSAMadrid, M.A. from the 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 at the GSD Harvard University, University of Cambridge and the 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 with Neutra and La Ciudad Viva magazines. As an architect, she has worked in architectural offices of Madrid and Seville, and the Machado & Silvetti Associates Boston office in housing projects and urban renewal of suburban degraded areas. In 2003, co-founded the office Canales & Lombardero with Francisco González de Canales.
