García de Paredes Falla, Ángela

Ángela García de Paredes (1958) PhD ETSAM 1982 with the thesis The architecture of José M. García de Paredes, awarded by UPM. Professor at the Architectural Design Department in ETSAM since 2007, she is also visiting professor, lecturer, juror and curator through national and international architectural academic and professional contexts.

She has published work and articles in ten international monographs, books and magazines. Recent posts:

2018. “Aquinas, Performing Modernity”. Ed. Fundación Alejandro de la Sota. Madrid
2019. “Architectures side by side”. Rassegna di Architettura e Urbanistica 151. Roma
2020. “Submerged Atlántida”. REIA 06. Madrid

Together with Ignacio Pedrosa she established Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos in 1990 dedicated to professional and research activity. Europan Award in 1991 and 1996. They have won 21 first prizes in competitions, recently the Spanish School in Rabat and the Visigoth Museum in Mérida. Built work include Valdemaqueda Town Hall, Valle Inclán Theatre in Madrid, Archaeology Museum in Almería, Auditoriums in Peñíscola and Lugo, Olmeda Roman Villa and Ceuta and Córdoba Public Libraries.

Curators of the Spanish Pavilion in the VI Biennial of Venice and in the VIII and X BIAU. Awarded in several Spanish and Ibero-American Biennales. Exhibited in five Venice Biennials. Monographic exhibitions in Lisbon, Porto, Ottawa and New York. Invited to the international Pavilion of Venice Biennale 2018.

Awarded nationally and internationally, among others by the Government of Spain with the Spain Fine Arts Gold Medal 2014, Spain Architecture Award 2007, Eduardo Torroja Award 2016. Architecture Review Award 1999, four COAM awards, two Madrid Architecture awards, two ASCER awards, Gold Medal Sustainable Architecture 2012, European Prize AADIPA 2015, finalist EU Mies Award 2015, Honourable Mention Piranesi Prix de Rome 2016, finalist Aga Khan Prize 2016.