A year of Spanish architecture is collected in this yearbook and examined against the backdrop of a dramatic year that has left particularly deep economic wounds in the country. Guided by two articles by Luis Fernández-Galiano which survey the most important events of the year, the yearbook subsequently reviews a solid selection of twenty-four outstanding building projects. Clustered in six different themes such as Urban Culture, Sustainable Gathering and Residential Alternatives, all projects are captured through full-page colour photographs, plans and details, and accompanied by introductory notes. Featured alongside Herzog & de Meuron’s TEA project in Tenerife and and Moneo’s Deusto University Library, Bilbao, are such buildings as Alberto Campo Baeza’s Andalucian Museum of Memory, Granada, Nieto & Sobejano’s Congress Center, Zaragoza, MVRDV & Blanca Lleó’s Celosía Building in Sanchinarro, Madrid, and Chipperfield & b720 Arquitectos’ City of Justice, Barcelona. The publication closes with a survey of architectural highs and lows found over the last year.
Urban Culture
TEA, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Herzog & de Meuron
Deusto University Library, Bilbao
Rafael Moneo
Canal Theaters, Madrid
Juan Navarro Baldeweg
Andalucía Museum of Memory, Granada
Alberto Campo Baeza
Civic Role
City of Justice, Barcelona
David Chipperfield & b720 Arquitectos
Basque Health Department Headquarters, Bilbao
Coll-Barreu Arquitectos
Parish Center, Rivas-Vaciamadrid (Madrid)
Vicens & Ramos
Church and Parish Center, Pamplona
Tabuenca & Leache
Dry Sports
Olympic Tennis Center, Madrid
Dominique Perrault
Indoor Pool in Manlleu, Barcelona
RCR, Aranda, Pigem & Vilalta
Sports Technification Center, Cáceres
José María Sánchez García
Fishermen Warehouses in Cangas, Pontevedra
Irisarri & Piñera
Sustainable Gathering
Expo 2008 Spanish Pavilion, Zaragoza
Francisco Mangado
Congress Center, Zaragoza
Nieto & Sobejano
Bridge Pavilion, Zaragoza
Hadid & Schumacher
The Water Park, Zaragoza
Alday Jover & L’Atelier du Paysage
Touristic Landscapes
Protos Winery, Peñafiel (Valladolid)
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Alonso Balaguer
La Olmeda Roman Villa, Palencia
Paredes & Pedrosa
Parador of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid
Aranguren & Gallegos
La Mola Hotel in Terrasa, Barcelona
b720 Arquitectos
Residential Alternatives
Celosía Building in Sanchinarro, Madrid
MVRDV & Blanca Lleó
Housing in Expo 2008, Zaragoza
Basilio Tobías
Housing in Plaza Lesseps, Barcelona
OAB, Ferrater & Asociados
Housing for Senior Citizens, Alicante
Javier García-Solera
A Year in the World
Luis Fernández-Galiano:
Twelve Months in Press Covers
, Chronicle of Four Seasons,
2008 in Twelve Buildings
