Rafael Moneo

Rafael Moneo studied at Technical University of Madrid, Real Academia de España en Roma and Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. José Manuel Pérez Latorre is recorded as having studied under Rafael Moneo. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is architecture. Employment is recorded with Harvard University, Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. Works named in the authority record are Bankinter building, Kursaal convention centre and L'Auditori. Work by Rafael Moneo is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago and Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design. Distinctions recorded are Royal Gold Medal, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts and Saint George's Cross.

• Name — Rafael Moneo • Birth Name — José Rafael Moneo Vallés • Born — 9 May 1937 • Birthplace — Tudela, Navarre, Spain • Awards — Rolf Schock Prizes in Visual Arts (1993) Pritzker Architecture Prize (1996) Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture (2012)

Born in Tudela, Spain, Moneo studied at the ETSAM, Technical University of Madrid (UPM) from which he received his architectural degree in 1961. Moneo designed in Spain the National Museum of Roman Art in Mérida, and the Town Hall of Murcia. In the United States, Moneo designed the Davis Art Museum at Wellesley College in Massachusetts and the Audrey Jones Beck Building (an expansion of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston). He also designed the Chace Center, a new building for the Rhode Island School of Design. In December 2010, the Northwest Corner Building (formerly the Interdepartmental Science Building) at Columbia University in New York City first opened. Moneo's most recent work is Peretsman-Scully Hall and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, which houses the psychology and neuroscience departments at Princeton University and opened in December 2013. In 2012, Moneo was awarded with the 2012 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. According to the jury, Moneo is "a Spanish architect of universal scope whose work enriches urban spaces with an architecture that is serene and meticulous. An acknowledged master in both the academic and professional field, Moneo leaves his own mark on each of his creations by making them a weird modern type of building at the same time as combining aesthetics with functionality, especially in the airy interiors that act as impeccable settings for great works of culture and the spirit." Moneo's work has been shown in several international exhibitions including "Rafael Moneo. A Theoretical Reflection from the Profession" whose curator was his disciple, Francisco González de Canales.

• Illustration — National Museum of Roman Art, Mérida, Spain • Illustration — Murcia Town Hall on the Cardenal Belluga Plaza • Illustration — Kursaal Palace in San Sebastián (Spain) • Illustration — Valladolid Science Museum, Spain • Illustration — Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles • Illustration — Audrey Jones Beck Building, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas • Illustration — Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College

• National Museum of Roman Art, Mérida, Spain (1986) • Davis Art Museum, Wellesley, Massachusetts (1993) • Moderna Museet and Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design, Stockholm, Sweden (1997) • Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium, San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain (1999) • Audrey Jones Beck Building, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (2000) • Library of Sciences, Heverlee, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (2000) • Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, California (2002) • Valladolid Science Museum, Valladolid, Spain (2003) • Museo del Prado expansion, Madrid, Spain (2007) • New Library of the University of Deusto, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain (2009) • Beirut Souks Gold Souk, Beirut, Lebanon (2009) • Northwest Corner Building, New York City, New York (2010) • Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton, New Jersey (2013) • Museum University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain (2015)

Rafael Moneo worked in architecture. He was employed by Harvard University, Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. He belonged to Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain, Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Rafael Moneo is recorded as having studied at Technical University of Madrid, Real Academia de España en Roma and Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.