Rafael Manzano Martos

Manzano is a representative of New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture. There is an architecture prize named after him, the Rafael Manzano Prize for New Traditional Architecture.

Rafael Manzano Martos studied at Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid and Technical University of Madrid. The recorded working language is Spanish. Employment is recorded with Superior Technical School of Architectur of Seville. Distinctions recorded are Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.

• Name — Rafael Manzano Martos • Born — 6 November 1936 • Birthplace — Cádiz, Spain • Practice — Estudio Manzano • Awards — Knight Commander of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise, 1967 Golden Medal of the Fine Arts, 1972 Shiller Prize, 1980 Silver Medal of Osuna, 2001 Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture, 2010 Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Medal, 2021 Federico Joly Prize, 2022 • Children — Julia María and Miguel Ángel • Spouse — Concepción Pérez Montes (deceased) • Parents — Rafael Manzano Trujillo María Luisa Martos Lalanne

Rafael Manzano Martos earned his degree from the Technical School of Architecture in Madrid in 1961, and his Doctorate in 1963. As a student under Professors Gómez-Moreno Martínez, Torres Balbás, Chueca Goitia and Íñiguez Almech, he specialized in historic studies and in the Theory and Techniques of Monument Restoration. He was also a collaborator at the School of Arab Studies in Madrid from 1956 to 1963, where he cultivated his interest in Islamic history and archaeology.

• Illustration — Museo del Prado Extension In all of his works, he has expressed his faithfulness to the classical idiom and to the integration of his work in the urban setting or in the rural landscape. In his restorations of monuments, he has avoided any aggressive approach to the buildings of the past, respecting the architecture handed down and complementing it with a simple yet academic architecture that integrates into the monument without any visual aggression or turning it into a pretext for creating a contemporary work of questionable quality. He has restored and consolidated the following monuments, among others: • Squares and the Basílica de Santa Maria de Castelló d'Empúries, Girona. • Cathedral Square in Tarragona. • Fortress of the Old Cathedral of Lleida. • Church of Mary Magdalene in Tarazona. • Castle of Alcañiz, Turiel. • Church of Saint Michael, in Cuenca. • Complete external reconstruction and new interiors for the Royal Academy of Pharmacy, in Madrid. • Reconstruction of the cloisters, tower, chapter room, stairway and other parts of the “Sobrado de los Monjes” Monastery in La Coruña. • Total reconstruction of the former Palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia in Córdoba. • Alcazaba of Málaga (Restorations and anastylosis of the housing nearby). • Church of Saint Dionysius with reconstruction of its lost roofing and discovery of its Gothic-Mudejar brickwork in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz. • “Palacio de las Dueñas”, “Casa del Rey Moro” and other major buildings in Seville. • Consolidations of the ruins of Itálica in Santiponce, and construction of its monographic museum. • Total restoration of the Church of Saint George in Palos de la Frontera and organization of its surroundings. • Designer, together with the architect Fernando Chueca Goitia, of three major projects for the enlargement of the Prado Museum (1972–74 and 1990). • Excavation of the site of the former “Casa de Contratación de las Indias”, with reconstruction of its Almohad courtyard and garden and a new facade. • Designer, in 1991, of the total restoration and decoration of Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville. • “Hacienda De La Paz” estate for John Z. Blazevich in Los Angeles, California (with the decorator Manuel Gavira Sanjuan). • Design of a residence for the bullfighter Curro Romero in Coín, Málaga; now belonging to the singer Julio Iglesias.

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