Rafael Moneo

(1937) spansk arkitekt

Rafael Moneo (Spain, b. 1937) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Rafael Moneo belongs to the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Rafael Moneo was born in Tudela. Rafael Moneo trained at Technical University of Madrid, Real Academia de España en Roma, and Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. Rafael Moneo became a member of Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain, and Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. The awards include Royal Gold Medal, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, and Saint George's Cross. The students included José Manuel Pérez Latorre.

The best-known works include ‘Bankinter building’, ‘Kursaal convention centre’, and ‘L'Auditori’. The catalogue has 15 buildings by Rafael Moneo. The dated buildings span the years 1805–2003. The buildings are in places such as Madrid, Stockholm Municipality, Houston, San Sebastián, and Los Angeles. They are in 3 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Rafael Moneo belong to the styles ‘Post-war modernism’, ‘Neoclassicism’, and ‘Historicism’.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Svetlana Kana Radević, Wolf Rüdiger Heß, Jan Kaplický, Rafael Moneo, and César Portela.