Iñaki Ábalos
Illustration — José Hierro Public Library in the Usera district of Madrid • Illustration — Torre Woermann in Las Palmas Iñaki Ábalos (born 1956) is a Spanish architect and author.
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Iñaki Ábalos
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- Full name
- Iñaki Ábalos Vázquez.
- Born
- 1956. · San Sebastián.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- architect.
- Known for
- Biblioteca Pública José Hierro and Woermann Tower.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Ábalos was born in 1956 in San Sebastián. He is a graduate of Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid, and from 2013 to 2016 he was Professor in Residence and Chair of the Department of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He had also taught at Columbia University, the Architectural Association, Princeton University, and Cornell University. Ábalos has stated that his favorite own design is Woermann Tower in Las Palmas, and names Kazuyo Sejima and Jacques Herzog among contemporaries producing interesting things.
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Iñaki Ábalos, an architect and artist, was born in 1956 in San Sebastián. The birth is recorded by the Getty Union List of Artist Names and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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His recorded language was Spanish.
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1956
Iñaki Ábalos was born in 1956 at San Sebastián.
Published works
• The Good Life: A Guided Visit to the Houses of Modernity, Gustavo Gili, 2001. • Tower and Office, From Modernist Theory to Contemporary Practice, MIT Press, 2003. • Essays On Thermodynamics, Architecture and Beauty by Iñaki Ábalos (Author), Renata Snetkiewicz (Author), Lluis Ortega (Editor), 2015.
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- 3.Iñaki Ábalos. Harvard University Graduate School of Design Executive Education and International Programs.
- 4.The Berlag, Iñaki Ábalos
- 5.cornell.edu Students of Spanish Architect Inaki Abalos re-imagine the high rise
- 6.Jodidio, Philip. Architecture In Spain. Taschen. 19. 2007. 978-3-8228-5261-3.
- 7.Essays On Thermodynamics, Architecture and Beauty
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