AV Monografías

A year of Spanish architecture is collected in this yearbook and examined against the backdrop of a dramatic year that has left particularly deep economic wounds in the country. Guided by two articles by Luis Fernández-Galiano which survey the most important events of the year, the yearbook subsequently reviews a solid selection of twenty-four outstanding building projects. Clustered in six different themes such as Urban Culture, Sustainable Gathering and Residential Alternatives, all projects are captured through full-page colour photographs, plans and details, and accompanied by introductory notes. Featured alongside Herzog & de Meuron’s TEA project in Tenerife and and Moneo’s Deusto University Library, Bilbao, are such buildings as Alberto Campo Baeza’s Andalucian Museum of Memory, Granada, Nieto & Sobejano’s Congress Center, Zaragoza, MVRDV & Blanca Lleó’s Celosía Building in Sanchinarro, Madrid, and Chipperfield & b720 Arquitectos’ City of Justice, Barcelona. The publication closes with a survey of architectural highs and lows found over the last year.

Urban Culture
TEA, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Herzog & de Meuron

Deusto University Library, Bilbao

Rafael Moneo

Canal Theaters, Madrid 

Juan Navarro Baldeweg

Andalucía Museum of Memory, Granada 

Alberto Campo Baeza

Civic Role
City of Justice, Barcelona 

David Chipperfield & b720 Arquitectos

Basque Health Department Headquarters, Bilbao 

Coll-Barreu Arquitectos

Parish Center, Rivas-Vaciamadrid (Madrid) 

Vicens & Ramos

Church and Parish Center, Pamplona 

Tabuenca & Leache

Dry Sports
Olympic Tennis Center, Madrid

Dominique Perrault

Indoor Pool in Manlleu, Barcelona 

RCR, Aranda, Pigem & Vilalta

Sports Technification Center, Cáceres 

José María Sánchez García

Fishermen Warehouses in Cangas, Pontevedra

Irisarri & Piñera


Sustainable Gathering
Expo 2008 Spanish Pavilion, Zaragoza

Francisco Mangado

Congress Center, Zaragoza 

Nieto & Sobejano

Bridge Pavilion, Zaragoza 

Hadid & Schumacher

The Water Park, Zaragoza 

Alday Jover & L’Atelier du Paysage


Touristic Landscapes
Protos Winery, Peñafiel (Valladolid) 

Rogers Stirk Harbour & Alonso Balaguer
La Olmeda Roman Villa, Palencia 

Paredes & Pedrosa 

Parador of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid 

Aranguren & Gallegos

La Mola Hotel in Terrasa, Barcelona 

b720 Arquitectos


Residential Alternatives
Celosía Building in Sanchinarro, Madrid 

MVRDV & Blanca Lleó

Housing in Expo 2008, Zaragoza

Basilio Tobías

Housing in Plaza Lesseps, Barcelona

OAB, Ferrater & Asociados 

Housing for Senior Citizens, Alicante 

Javier García-Solera


A Year in the World
Luis Fernández-Galiano:
Twelve Months in Press Covers
, Chronicle of Four Seasons, 
2008 in Twelve Buildings