Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra

Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra is a Spanish architect.

Biography Consuegra graduated from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Seville (ETSA) in 1972. He obtained a job as a professor of design at this university until 1987, where he is currently an honorary professor and director of the Cátedra Blanca international architecture workshop. He has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Buenos Aires, Lausanne, Navarra, Syracuse (New York), Bologna, Venice, and Mendrisio, and a visiting scholar at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Throughout these years, he has combined his work as a professor with his professional practice.

He has taken part in multiple exhibitions, notably the Venice Biennale in 1980 and 2004, the Milan Triennale in 1988, the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris in 1990, the Art Institute of Chicago in 1992, and the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2006.

Among his main achievements are the social housing buildings in Seville, Rota and Madrid, the Navigation Pavilion Expo '92 Seville, the Vigo Maritime Edge Development, the Museum of Illustration in Valencia, the Sea Museum in Genoa, the Tomares Town Hall, the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Cartagena, the restoration of the San Telmo Palace, the Seville Conference Center and the Caixaforum Seville Cultural Center.

He is preparing, among others, the rehabilitation of the Archaeological Museum of Seville, the Atarazanas Cultural Center of Seville and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg.

Among his awards are the Construmat Prize 1993, the ASCER Prize 2006, the Ugo Rivolta European Architecture Prize 2008, the Ibero-American Biennial Prize 2014, and the Chicago Athenaeum Museum International Architecture Prize 2015 and The Plan Award 2015. His professional career has been recognized with the Arpafil Prize (Guadalajara International Book Fair, Mexico) 2006, the Andalusia Architecture Prize 2007, and the Grand Prize of the Buenos Aires International Biennial 2011. He is an Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) since 2014 and was recently awarded the gold medal for Spanish Architecture 2016.

Notable works 1987, Ramón y Cajal Social Housing Building, Seville 1988, Telecommunications Tower (Tavira Tower II) and telephone services building, Cádiz 1991, Navigation Pavilion for the 1992 Seville Universal Exposition 2001, MUVIM, Valencian Museum of Illustration and Modernity in Valencia 2004, Planning of the Vigo Seafront (Promenade, Ría Station, Plaza del Berbés, Plaza de Estrella, Elduayen Gardens, Beiramar Tunnel and Areal Fountain), Vigo 2004, Rehabilitation of the Santa Ana Estate as the headquarters of the Tomares Town Hall, Seville. 2004, Social Housing in Rota, Cadiz 2004, Galata, Museum of the Sea and Navigation, Genoa, Italy 2007, Visitor Centre of the Archaeological Ensemble of Baelo Claudia, Ensenada de Bolonia, Tarifa, Cádiz 2008, National Museum of Underwater Archaeology, Cartagena 2010, Restoration of the Palacio de San Telmo to serve as the headquarters of the Presidency of the Junta de Andalucía, Seville 2012, Palacio de Congresos de Sevilla 2012, Social Housing in Vallecas, Madrid 2014, Market and Civic Hall in Torrent, Valencia 2017, Caixaforum Cultural Centre Seville 2017, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg

Other works 1975, Garden, Olivares, Seville 1976, Casa Elizalde, Mairena del Aljarafe, Spain 1980, House and studio for the painter Rolando Campos, Mairena del Aljarafe, Seville 1983, Casa Uhtna-Hus, Mairena del Aljarafe, Spain 1984, Social housing building on Ramón y Cajal street, Seville, Spain 1985, Andalusian Institute of Culture, Patio de Banderas 14, Seville, Spain 1986, Social housing buildings in Barriada de la Paz, Cádiz, Spain 1986, Automatic exchange for Telefónica in the Pinomontano neighborhood, Seville, Spain 1992, Social housing buildings, Almendralejo, Spain 1995, Rehabilitation of the old Cartuja factory, for the headquarters of the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage, Seville, Spain 1987, Social housing buildings on Sierra Elvira and M-30 streets, Madrid, Spain 1993, Casa Olavarría in Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain 2000, Rehabilitation of the Villalón House for a House of Culture, Morón de la Frontera, Spain 2000, Rehabilitation of the Santa Ana Estate for the headquarters of the Tomares Town Hall, Spain 2005, Regional Archive of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain 2004, Social housing in Rota, Spain 2007, Palace of Justice of Ciudad Real, Spain 2007, Visitor Centre of the Archaeological Ensemble of Baelo-Claudia de Bolonia, Tarifa, Spain 2009, Robinson House in Zahara de los Atunes, Cadiz 2011, Social housing buildings in Vallecas, Madrid, Spain 2019, Otto Engelhardt Fashion Show

Awards 1988, COAAO Architecture Prize (Social housing building on Ramón y Cajal street in Seville) 1989, National Construmat Award (Social housing building on Ramón y Cajal street in Seville) 1991, COAAO Architecture Prize (Social housing buildings in Barriada de la Paz in Cádiz) 1992, COAAO Architecture Prize (Navigation Pavilion Expo'92 Seville) 1993, Construmat Award, Building Mention (Navigation Pavilion Expo'92 in Seville) 1994, Architecti Award - Belem Cultural Center (Planning of the Vigo Waterfront) 1994, Award II Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism for Navigation Pavilion at Expo'92 in Seville 1998, Urban Planning and Architecture Award from the Council of Vigo (Organisation of the Maritime Edge of Vigo) 2001, National Award CEOE Foundation (Valencian Museum of Illustration and Modernity) 2003, Prize "Il Principe e l'Architetto", Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Italy (Museo del Mare e della Navigazione de Genoa) 2004, Award to the Museo Rivelazione dell Anno (Museum Image)(Museo del Mare de Genova) 2005, Award for the best Intervention in Public Spaces from COAG (Planning of the Maritime Edge of Vigo) 2005, Spanish National Architecture Award (Planning of the Vigo Maritime Edge) 2006, IVE Award for professional career. Valencian Institute of Building, Valencian Government 2007, Andalusia Architecture Prize in its first edition 2008, Ugo Rivolta European Award for the social housing building in Rota (Cadiz) 2009, Murcia Region Building Award to the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Cartagena 2010, International Trophée Archzinc Award in the Public Building category to the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology Paris 2010, Aster Award for professional career. School of Marketing and Business, ESIC 2011, Grand Prize Biennial. XIII Buenos Aires International Architecture Biennial 2011, NAN Architecture and Construction Award to the San Telmo Palace 2013, Palmarés Architecture Aluminium Technal Award to the Seville Conference Centre 2014, Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Chicago 2014, First Prize of the IX Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism for Social Housing in Vallecas. Rosario, Argentina 2014, NAN Architecture and Construction Award for Social Housing in Vallecas 2015, Best Architects 16 International Architecture Award for Social Housing in Vallecas. Düsseldorf 2015, The Plan International Architecture Award in the “Public Space” category for the Hospital Gardens in Valencia. Milan 2015, The Plan Award International Architecture Prize in the “Housing” category for Social Housing in Vallecas. Milan 2015, International Architecture Award The Chicago Athenaeum Museum. USA for Social Housing in Vallecas. Chicago 2015, International Architecture Award The Chicago Athenaeum Museum. USA to the Seville Conference Center. Chicago 2015, Architects' Association Award. COAS to the San Telmo Palace . Seville 2016, NAN Architecture and Construction Award for the Market and Civic Hall in Torrent 2016, Gold Medal for Architecture. Higher Council of Colleges of Architects of Spain 2018, ArchDaily Building of the year Award 2018 to the CaixaForum Seville Cultural Center. New York

Monographic publications 1983, Vázquez Consuegra. Works and Projects 1973–1983. College of Architects of Madrid 1986, Vázquez Consuegra. Architect. College of Architects of Malaga 1992, Vázquez Consuegra. Introduction by Peter Buchanan. Editorial Gustavo Gili 1992, Vázquez Consuegra. Four social housing projects. Introduction by Luis Fernández Galiano. Almería College of Architects 2000, Vázquez Consuegra. Planning of the Vigo Maritime Edge . Ministry of Public Works. Madrid 2001, Vázquez Consuegra. College of Architects of Valencia and Provincial Council of Valencia 2001, MUVIM . Museum of Illustration . Introduction by Carlos Meri. TC Notebooks. Valencia 2002, Vázquez Consuegra. Introduction Francesco Gulinello. Facoltà di Architettura di Bologna. Italy. Second expanded edition 2007 2005, Vázquez Consuegra. Saggio di V. Pérez Escolano. Documenti di Architettura. Electa Editorial 2005, Vázquez Consuegra. The Invisible Footprint. Screenplay and direction by Gemma de Andrés for Spanish Television 2007, Vázquez Consuegra. Trentotto domande. Saper Credere In Architettura. To cure di T.Vecci. Clean Editions. Naples 2007, Tomares Town Hall . Rehabilitation of the Santa Ana Estate. Regional Government of Andalusia 2008, Vázquez Consuegra. Vigo Waterfront . Gustavo Gili Publishing House. Barcelona 2008, Vázquez Consuegra. Saggio di Luca Lanini and Manuela Raitano. Edilstampa Publishing House. Rome 2008, “Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra” First Andalusia Architecture Prize. Regional Government of Andalusia 2009, Vázquez Consuegra. Saggio di V. Pérez Escolano. Documenti di Architettura. Electa Editorial. Revised and expanded Second Edition 2010, “Vázquez Consuegra. Architecture 1998-2010”. TC Cuadernos Publishing House. Valencia 2010, “The San Telmo Palace Restored”. Regional Government of Andalusia. Seville 2009, "Architectures of the Author" . Published by the University of Navarra . Pamplona 2013, "Vázquez Consuegra. Palace of San Telmo". Introduction by William JR Curtis. Edited by Labirinto de Paixóns. La Coruna 2014, "Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra. Seville Conference Centre". Texts by JM Hernández León, Fredy Massad, David Cohn and Ignacio de la Peña. La Fábrica Publishing House. Madrid 2016, "Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra. Projects+Contests". Introduction by Joâo Luís Carrilho da Graça. Uzina Books Publishing House. Lisbon 2017, "CaixaForum Sevilla". Conarquitectura Publishing House. Madrid 2017, "Cultural Center in Seville: Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra". Introduction by Ignacio de la Peña. Conarquitectura Publishing House. Madrid