Francisco Mangado, Spain : Architecture Information

Key Projects Featured Buildings, alphabetical: Avila Congress & Exhibitions Municipal Centre, Spain 2009 photo © Pedro Pegenaute Avila Congress & Exhibitions Municipal Centre - Spanish text Auditorio Avila - English text Center for New Technologies of Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2007 Center for New Technologies of Santiago de Compostela Club de Futbol Palencia, Spain 2007 More projects by architect Francisco Mangado online soon

Practice Information

Born in Navarre in 1957, Francisco Mangado earned his architecture degree from the University of Navarre's School of Architecture in 1982, and has since made this institution the core of his teaching career. He has been a guest professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and is currently Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor at Yale's School of Architecture and Studio Professor in the Navarre school's Master of Architectural Design program.
In June 2008 he set up the Fundación Arquitectura y Sociedad.

For his professional work Mangado has earned an Andrea Palladio International Architecture Award, a City of Thiene Architecture Award, an Architecti prize, the FAD and CEOE awards, and many more. He won first prize in the 2007 Saloni Architectural Awards, the grand prize in the Enor Architecture Awards for his Nueva Balastera Football Stadium in Palencia, first prize in the architecture category of the 2008 ASCER Ceramic Awards for his Spanish Pavilion at Expo Zaragoza, and First Prize for Construction at Construmat 2009, also for the Spanish Pavilion. In July 2009, the Pavilion was feted with the Giancarlo Ius Gold Medal, an award given by the UIA at the 4th Barbara Cappochin International Architecture Biennial. In September 2009, Mangado's Archaeology Museum in Vitoria capped the Copper in Architecture Award of the European Copper Institute, and the Association of Aragon Architects honored the Spanish Pavilion at Expo Zarazoga 2008 with its Fernando García Mercadal Prize. In October 2009, Spain's National Council of Architects' Associations proclaimed the Pavilion the winner of the National Architecture Prize

Notable among Mangado's works are the Cultural Center and Church in Thiene (Italy), the Auditorium and Congress Center of Pamplona, Place Pey Berland in Bordeaux, the Municipal Exhibition and Congress Center of Ávila, the Archaeology Museum of Vitoria, and the Football Stadium in Palencia. More recent projects include the Congress Center of Palma de Mallorca, the Spanish Pavilion at the 2008 International Exposition in Zaragoza, the Fine Arts Museum of Asturias in Oviedo, and an Office Tower in Buenos Aires.

The Baluarte Auditorium and Congress Center in Pamplona and the Lienzo Norte Exhibition and Congress Center in Ávila were included in the exhibition on Spanish architecture that was held at the MoMA in New York City, as well as in Madrid, in 2006.

Degree in Architecture at the School of Architecture of Navarre, 1981

MAIN AND RECENT WORKS

- -Marco Real- Wineries in Olite. Navarre. Project and Management. Completed.
- Urban Plan and Housing in Mendillorri. Pamplona. Project and Management. Completed.
- Golf Club in Zuasti. Navarre. Project and Management. Completed.
- Indoor Swimming Pools in La Coruña. Project and Management of 4 Swimming Pools. Completed.
- Auditorium of Navarre. Project and Management. Completed.
- Office Building for the University of Navarre. Project and Management. Completed.
- Exhibition and Congress Center in Palencia. Project and Management. Under construction.
- Monastery, Church and Shelter in -Goa-. India. Draft Project.
- Center for Technical Studies and Research of Guipúzcoa. San Sebastián. Project and Management. Completed.
- Plaza de Dalí. Madrid. Project and Management. Completed.
- Pey-Berland Square in Bordeaux. Project and Management. Completed.
- Archaeological Museum of Vitoria. Project and Management. Under construction.
- Exhibition and Congress Center of Ávila. Project and Management. Under construction.
- Office Building for FCC in Madrid. Project in progress.
- Municipal Auditorium of Teulada (Alicante). Project and Management. Under construction.
- New Technologies Training Center of Galicia. Project and Management. Completed.
- Office Building for Gamesa Eólica in Sarriguren. Project and Management. Completed.
- Eco-City Soria. Final project design completed.
- Palencia Soccer Stadium. Project and Management. Completed.
- Swimming Pools in Ágreda. Project and Management. In progress.
- Swimming Pools for the University of Vigo. Project and Management. Under construction.
- Wineries in Laguardia. Project in progress.
- Congress Center of Zamora. Project in progress.
- Office Building in Paris. Project in progress.
- Congress Center and Hotel in Palma. Project and Management. Under construction.
- Housing in Santa Coloma de Gramanet, Barcelona. Project and Management. In progress.
- Office Building in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona. Project and Management. In progress.
- Spanish Pavilion at the International Exposition Zaragoza 2008. Project and Management. Completed.
- Museum of Fine Arts in Oviedo. In progress.
- 219 Dwellings in Vitoria. Lot M-4. Salburúa. Under construction.
- Dwellings in Lleida. In progress.
- CIBA III Complex, Officially Subsidized Apartment Block, institutional housing, and commercial center in Santa Coloma de Gramanet, Barcelona. In progress.
- Housing in Obidos, Portugal. Project and Management. In progress.
- Outdoor facilities and furnishings in Espinho, Portugal. Project and Management. In progress.
- Office Building and Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Project and Management. In progress.
- San Lázaro apartment tower in Oviedo. In progress.
- Olympic City of Gandía. Sport Facilities in Valencia. Project in progress.

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