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MBM Arquitectes, Barcelona : Contemporary Architecture PracticeKey ProjectsBarcelona Olympic Village & Port, Catalonia, Spain1992  photo © adrian welch Port Olimpic Building at Peix Hotel d'Arts, La Marina by Frank Gehry, Architect Buchanan Street refurbishment, Glasgow, Scotland - Buchanan Street More projects online soon |
Practice Information
Martorell Bohigas & Mackay : MBM ArquitectesDavid Mackay, of Irish and English descent, has been practising architecture for 50 years in Barcelona with his practice partners Josep Martorell and Oriol Bohigas and since 2000 with Oriol Capdevila and Francesc Gual.
The practice is probably best known for the urban design of the Barcelona Olympic Village and Port in 1992. MBM Arquitectes were designers for Buchanan Street refurbishment. Appointed Chair of Jury for the Glasgow School of Art competition in 2009.
David Mackay has been member of the Senate Advisory Committee for the unification of Berlin. He was advisor to the Dublin City Council, and has chaired the Plymouth Design Panel for four years. He was also Senior Design Fellow (2000-01) at the London School of Economics within the City Design and Social Science Programme.
In November 2004, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of Plymouth. He is also an Honorary Member of the Bund Deutscher Architekten, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of the Architects in Scotland.
He has written several books, the latest 'A vision for Plymouth 2004' and his memoirs 'Life and Cities' will be published in English by R.I.A.S. and presented in Glasgow 23rd April 2009.
Glasgow School of Art competition
Barcelona Architecture
Architecture Studios
World Architecture : e-architect - key buildings across the globe
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