Francisco Mangado has been awarded with the Art Prize 2017, given by the Akademie der Künste (Berlin), in its Architecture category. The 2017 Großer Kunstpreis Berlin (Berlin Art Prize: Grand Prize) of this edition has been obtained by the Turkish filmmaker Emin Alper. In its Music category was awarded the Spanish compositor Elena Mendoza.
The Art Prize was created in 1948. Other five prizes have been awarded in the following categories, besides the Architecture Prize:
- Visual Arts: Axel Anklam (Germany)
- Music: Elena Mendoza (Spain)
- Literature: Annet Gröschner (Germany)
- Performing Arts: Valery Tscheplanowa (Russia)
- Film and Multimedia Art: Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece)
The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, March 18 at the Academy Building at the Pariser Platz in Berlin.
About Francisco Mangado
Mangado is professor at the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra. He has also been a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor of Architecture at the School of Architecture at Yale University, guest lecturer at the EPF Polytechnic School of Lausanne , Baird and Gensler guest lecturer at Cornell University and guest lecturer at the Polytechnic of Milan.
In June 2008, he founded the Arquitectura y Sociedad [Architecture and Society] Foundation, which works to favor the interaction of architecture with other creative, economic and rational disciplines, receiving the gold medal given by the CSCAE (Superior Council of Architects' Colleges of Spain) in 2015. In parallel to these activities he has worked as an architect from his practice in Pamplona.
He has received, among others, the Architecture Award Andrea Palladio, the Architectural Thiene, the Architécti Prize, the CEOE Award, the FAD, the Urbanism, Architecture and Public Works Prize awarded by the Madrid City Council, the "Giancarlo Ius Gold Medal" awarded by the UIA, the García Mercadal Prize, the Spanish Architecture Prize awarded by the CSCAE, the London Copper Architecture Prize and the EU RIBA Prize Granted by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
He has been appointed as RIBA International Fellowship, a distinction awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and AIA Honorary Fellowship, awarded by the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
In July 2015 he was appointed Biennial General Coordinator and under his coordination, the Spanish Pavilion was awarded with the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale in May 2016.
Notable among Mangado’s works are the Cultural Center and Church in Thiene (1996), the Congress Center and Auditorium of Pamplona (2003), the Place Pey Berland in Bordeaux (2004), the Municipal Exhibition and Congress Center of Ávila (2009), the Archaeology Museum of Vitoria (2009), the Football Stadium of Palencia (2006), the Spanish Pavilion at Expo Zaragoza (2008), the Teulada Auditorium (2011), the Congress Center of Palma de Mallorca (2016), the Fine Arts Museum of Asturias in Oviedo (2015) and an office tower in Buenos Aires (2008).
The Art Prize was created in 1948. Other five prizes have been awarded in the following categories, besides the Architecture Prize:
- Visual Arts: Axel Anklam (Germany)
- Music: Elena Mendoza (Spain)
- Literature: Annet Gröschner (Germany)
- Performing Arts: Valery Tscheplanowa (Russia)
- Film and Multimedia Art: Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece)
The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, March 18 at the Academy Building at the Pariser Platz in Berlin.
About Francisco Mangado
Mangado is professor at the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra. He has also been a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor of Architecture at the School of Architecture at Yale University, guest lecturer at the EPF Polytechnic School of Lausanne , Baird and Gensler guest lecturer at Cornell University and guest lecturer at the Polytechnic of Milan.
In June 2008, he founded the Arquitectura y Sociedad [Architecture and Society] Foundation, which works to favor the interaction of architecture with other creative, economic and rational disciplines, receiving the gold medal given by the CSCAE (Superior Council of Architects' Colleges of Spain) in 2015. In parallel to these activities he has worked as an architect from his practice in Pamplona.
He has received, among others, the Architecture Award Andrea Palladio, the Architectural Thiene, the Architécti Prize, the CEOE Award, the FAD, the Urbanism, Architecture and Public Works Prize awarded by the Madrid City Council, the "Giancarlo Ius Gold Medal" awarded by the UIA, the García Mercadal Prize, the Spanish Architecture Prize awarded by the CSCAE, the London Copper Architecture Prize and the EU RIBA Prize Granted by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
He has been appointed as RIBA International Fellowship, a distinction awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and AIA Honorary Fellowship, awarded by the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
In July 2015 he was appointed Biennial General Coordinator and under his coordination, the Spanish Pavilion was awarded with the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale in May 2016.
Notable among Mangado’s works are the Cultural Center and Church in Thiene (1996), the Congress Center and Auditorium of Pamplona (2003), the Place Pey Berland in Bordeaux (2004), the Municipal Exhibition and Congress Center of Ávila (2009), the Archaeology Museum of Vitoria (2009), the Football Stadium of Palencia (2006), the Spanish Pavilion at Expo Zaragoza (2008), the Teulada Auditorium (2011), the Congress Center of Palma de Mallorca (2016), the Fine Arts Museum of Asturias in Oviedo (2015) and an office tower in Buenos Aires (2008).
