Architects of Madrid: Estudio Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
The studio has developed numerous projects since the end of the last century, with a production closely linked to the cultural and museum sector.
Brief biographical sketch
The Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos studio was established in 1985 by the architects Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano. With the proliferation of public architecture competitions, the studio develops numerous projects that have given it national and international diffusion since the end of the 1996th century. In this way, in 2006 they received the first EUROPAN prize for young architects for a housing project in Seville and in XNUMX they were among the architects selected for the exhibition On Site: New Architecture in Spain, held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA). The construction of the Palacio de Congresos de Mérida dates from this period.
Works
One of his most renowned projects is the multi-award-winning Madinat al Zahra museum in Córdoba, a space that is integrated with the archaeological excavation of the complex, which received the Aga Khan 2010, Piranesi Prix 2011 and the European Museum of the Year 2012 awards, or the extension of the National Museum of Sculpture of Valladolid, in which they intervene in the San Gregorio School, and which was awarded the National Conservation and Restoration Award in 2007.
A good part of its production is linked to the cultural and museum sector. Thus, in Spain they build the Museum of San Telmo (San Sebastián), the Contemporary Creation Center of Andalusia (Córdoba), the History Museum of Lugo or the Canary Museum (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).
Among its most recent projects is the Barceló Market area, a multipurpose space that also includes sports facilities and a library, and for which a series of temporary facilities were prepared that allowed commercial establishments to continue operating for the duration of the works of the definitive space.
In Madrid, it is worth highlighting public institutional spaces such as the Municipal Board building and Cuña Verde Park, in the Latina district, and the expansion of the Sorolla Museum.
At an international level, the Nieto Sobejano studio has built, among others, the Arvo Pärt Center in Estonia and the Moritzburg Halle museums in Saale or the archaeological museum in Munich.
Added to their work as architects is their participation in conferences, symposia and juries and their involvement in the dissemination of the discipline, for example in the XII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism.
At the same time, they combine their work as architects with teaching as project professors at the UEM School of Architecture.
In 2015 Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano become the first Spanish architects to receive the Alvar Aalto medal.
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