The National University of Rosario, one of the most prestigious universities in Argentina, will award an honorary doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) to Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza on June 24, 2021, during a public online ceremony.
Through his academic work, built projects, and writings, Alberto Campo Baeza has established a distinguished career that reflects his perspective on architecture, gravity, light, time, and matter.
Born in Valladolid, he is an architect, professor emeritus of design at the Technical University of Madrid's School of Architecture (ETSAM UPM), and a full member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. He has received honorary doctorates from the San Pablo CEU University in Madrid and the Lusíada University in Lisbon, and now joins the National University of Rosario, whose previous honorees include Juan José Ibarretxe, Joan Manuel Serrat, and architect Mario Corea.
He has taught at ETH Zurich, EPFL Lausanne, the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) in Philadelphia, Bauhaus University Weimar, Kansas State University (KSU), the Catholic University of America in Washington, and the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), among many others. An active advocate of knowledge, he has lectured worldwide, mirroring the global reach of his built works, located not only in Spain but also in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Russia.
His numerous accolades include the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal in Hamburg, the Attolini Prize in Mexico, and the Piranesi Prize from the Accademia Adrianea in Rome. He is also an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London. In 2020, he was awarded Spain's Gold Medal for Architecture and the National Architecture Prize.
Among his extensive global portfolio, some of his most acclaimed projects are the De Blas House, the Gaspar House, the House of the Infinite, and the Zamora Offices.
This article was written by Agustina Iñiguez. The translation is powered by AI.
