García Pedrosa, Ignacio

Ignacio García Pedrosa (1957) is tenured professor in DPA ETSAM, graduate (1983) and PhD with the UPM Extraordinary Award (2015) for his doctoral thesis Auditorium: A 20th-Century Typology, He teaches project design at the DPA since 2006. His teaching extends to other universities as visiting professor, including the IUAV in Venice, and he is active as a critic and lecturer across Europe, Latin America and the USA.

In partnership with Ángela García de Paredes – Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos – since 1990, he has been jointly engaged in professional practice and research on architectural projects, from conception to theory, publishing both his own work and academic texts in monographs, books and international journals, including writings on auditoriums and musical spaces.

His built work includes Valdemaqueda Town Hall, social housing and Valle Inclán Theatre in Madrid, Archaeological Museum in Almería, Peñíscola Congress Centre, Olmeda Roman Villa, Public Libraries in Ceuta and Córdoba, and Lugo Auditorium. The recent Spanish Embassy in Piazza Navona, Rome, and the Spanish School in Rabat are also the result of public design competitions.

Awarded nationally and internationally, with the National Architecture Prize 2023, Gold Medal for Fine Arts 2014 and Spanish Architecture Prize 2007. AR Emerging Architecture Prize, Madrid Architecture Prize, Gold Medal for Sustainable Architecture, Torroja Prize for Engineering and Architecture, AHI Award in European Architectural Heritage Intervention, Europa Nostra Honourable Mention, among others. He has taken part in Spanish and Ibero-American Biennials, Venice International Biennale, and curated the 8th and 10th BIAU and the Spanish Pavilion at the 6th Venice Biennale.