Alberto Campo Baeza, one of today's most internationally renowned architects, has been selected for Honorary Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects [AIA]. Founded in 1857, the organization represents the interests of American architects, much like the CSCA (Superior Council of Colleges of Architects) does in Spain. It currently has more than 90,000 members, of whom only a select few are chosen to join the Institute's ‘College of Fellows’ with the title of FAIA.
Campo Baeza joins the exclusive roster of Honorary Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. In doing so, he joins fellow Spanish architects such as Rafael Moneo, Juan Navarro Baldeweg, Enrique Sobejano, and Fuensanta Nieto, alongside other equally renowned European architects like Álvaro Siza, Eduardo Souto de Moura, and David Chipperfield.
Born in Valladolid, where his grandfather practiced as an architect, he lived in Cádiz from the age of two. He is currently a Professor of Architectural Design at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid [ETSAM], where he has taught for more than 40 years. He has also taught at ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne, the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, the Bauhaus in Weimar, Kansas State University, the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, L’École d’Architecture in Tournai, Belgium, the University at Buffalo, and the University of Vienna.
His work has received widespread recognition, ranging from the Turégano and De Blas houses, both in Madrid, to the Gaspar, Asencio, and Guerrero houses in Cádiz. His most prominent building is the Caja de Granada, for which he received the Torroja Award, among other honors. He has built projects worldwide, such as the Olnick Spanu House in New York and a nursery for Benetton in Venice. His portfolio has been exhibited at iconic venues including the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, Hagia Irene in Istanbul, Mies van der Rohe's Crown Hall in Chicago, the Urban Center in New York, and the MAXXI in Rome.
He has received prestigious awards such as the Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal in Hamburg and the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London and, as of his investiture on June 7, 2019, will also become an Honorary Fellow of the AIA. The ceremony will take place at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas during the AIA Conference on Architecture 2019.
This article was written by Borja Fernández. The translation is powered by AI.
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En su segunda edición, el Jurado del Premio de Arquitectura Española Internacional 2015 (PAEI) entregó el listado de obras y propuestas ganadores del concurso europeo. En la categoría de Proyecto de Concurso Internacional, Alberto Campo Baeza y el francés Raphaël Gabrion fueron premiados por su propuesta para el Centro de Conservación y Restauración para las reservas del Museo del Louvre, quienes ganaron el primer lugar ex aequo junto a RSHP.
