In 2014 we won the 1st COAM Prize for The Competition and in 2015 we won the COAM Prize with Special Mention by Factoría Cultural Madrid. The COAM Awards are given annually by the Architects Association from Madrid and are among the most important architecture awards in Spain. Thanks to these two awards, we now participate in the exhibition and catalog “COAM Award for Contemporary Architecture of Madrid 2005 – 2016”. It opens tomorrow, September 29, 13: 30h, at the COAM in Madrid with the presence of Yves Saint-Geours, Ambassador of France in Spain, Manuela Carmena, Mayor of Madrid, Jose Maria Ezquiaga, Dean of the COAM, Edgar Gonzalez, Curator of the exhibition.
Tag: Cultural Factory
Factoria Cultural awarded Best Rehabilitation Project at NAN Awards 2016
At the 10th edition of the NAN Architecture and Construction Awards, our Factoría Cultural in Matadero Madrid won the Award for Best Rehabilitation Project. The other winners for Projects are: RCR Arquitectes – Award for Best project of a Spanish office abroad; Guillermo Vazquez Consuegra – Award for Best non residential project; Ohlab – Award for Best energy efficiency project; Vallribera Architects – Award for Best residential project. Cruz and Ortiz have received the Honorary Award NAN.
Factoria Cultural, 3rd Prize RTF Sustainability Awards – Offices
Factoría Cultural Matadero Madrid has won the 3rd Prize at Rethinking The Future Sustainability Awards – “Office” category. RTF Awards is a competition organized by an editorial from India, focused on innovation and sustainability in the built environment
Speaker at the Seminar Alternatives XIII Spanish Biennial
13-14.10.2016, Granada, Seminar Alternatives XIII Spanish Biennial of Architecture: “San Isidro. Open Factory. Premises for rescuing an abandoned industrial heritage site”: Angel Borrego Cubero will talk about the Cultural Factory in El Matadero Madrid as a successful example of intervention into industrial heritage.
Biennale’s Golden Lion for the Spanish Pavilion
The Spanish Pavilion at the 15 Biennale di Venezia was awarded the Golden Lion. The Cultural Factory in El Matadero Madrid, designed by Ángel Borrego Cubero /Office for Strategic Spaces, has been selected to be part of the Spanish Pavilion at the 15 Biennale di Venezia – Architecture (May 28 – Nov 27, 2016). The pavilion, curated in this edition by Iñaqui Carnicero and Carlos Quintans, is titled “Unfinished” and gathers 55 selected architecture works, 7 photography series and 12 entries to the call for ideas.
Selected for the 15.Biennale di Venezia
Factoría Cultural Matadero Madrid, designed by Ángel Borrego Cubero /Office for Strategic Spaces, has been selected to be part of the Spanish Pavilion at the 15 Biennale di Venezia – Architecture (May 28 – Nov 27, 2016). The pavilion, curated in this edition by Iñaqui Carnicero and Carlos Quintans, is titled “Unfinished” and gathers 55 selected architecture works, 7 photography series and 12 entries to the call for ideas.
Finalist at the 13th Spanish Architecture Biennale
Factoría Cultural en el Matadero Madrid (Cultural Factory at the Contemporary Art Center El Matadero) is one of the 20 shortlisted buildings at the XIII Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. There were 449 entries from which the jury selected 22 awards, 20 shortlisted and 59 selected buildings. Photo: Simona Rota
Factoria Cultural, a nominee at the European Architecture Prize Mies van der Rohe
The Cultural Factory Matadero Madrid, whose design and construction have been achieved by Angel Borrego Cubero along with his Office for Strategic Spaces, was nominated to the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe 2015.
