The 2013 Scholarship award ceremony took place on Friday 25 October in the Assembly Hall of the Valladolid Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, with the participation of the architect Alberto Campo Baeza, jury member of the 2014 Scholarship contest, who gave a presentation entitled 'Building a dream!', and a conference entitled, 'Recent works'.
| Ourense. Carballiño - December 1936 |
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| Since 2002 | Professor of the Department of Architectural Projects and Urban Planning at the School of Architecture of the University of A Coruña |
| Since 1991 | Tutor of the final project. |
| 1987-2002 | Professor of Urban Planning I. 4th year |
| 1978-1986 | Professor in charge of Urban Planning I. 4th year |
| 1966-1986 | Architect of the Ministry of Housing (by competitive examination) Head architect of the Provincial Services of Town Planning of A Coruña. |
| 1969-1970 | Cours des Techniques d'Urbanisme. ASTEF, Paris, France |
| 1963-1966 | Works in the studio of the architect Alejandro de la Sota |
| 1963 | Architect by the Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura |
He was born in Valladolid and moved to Cadiz.
His works range from small houses such as Casa Turégano, Casa Gaspar or Casa de Blas, to large works such as Caja Granada or the Advisory Council of Zamora.
His work has been exhibited in the Crown Hall, Chicago, at the Basilica Palladiana, the Tempietto of San Pietro in Montorio, or the Hagia Irene in Istanbul, or in the MAXXI in Rome. In 2013, he was exhibited at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York.
He has been a Projects Professor in Madrid since 1986 and has taught at ETH Zurich, EPFL Laussanne, Penn University in Philadelphia, and last year at CUA Washington... as well as in many other universities around the world.
This year he received the Tessenow Gold Medal 2013 from the German architects in Hamburg, the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize 2013 from the American architects in New York, and the International Award Architecture in Stone 2013 from the Italians in Verona. And there are still some other unconfirmed big prizes.
In his library there are more poetry books than books on architecture. He has no car, no television, no mobile phone and no clock.
And he is happy.
Building a dream
Dreaming of a buildable space where everything is possible. Build that dream space.
What Le Corbusier called a 'boîte à miracles' which I prefer to call a boîte à révers or better still a box of dreams.
No ordinances. With the greatest economy of means. Sensibly sustainable. Using leading technology with ingenuity.
A space where man can be happy.
