Ruiz Barbarin, Antonio

• Graduated at Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) (1985). First-class honours with distinction, Extraordinary Award and ranked first of his class
• PhD Outstanding Cum Laude in Architecture (ETSAM-UPM) (2004)

 

LICENSE AND POSITIONS

1985 • Registered at Official Architects’ Association of Madrid
1989-2008 • Associate Professor at the Architecture Design Department, ETSAM, Madrid
2008-2012 • Intern Full Professor at the Architecture Design Department, ETSAM, Madrid
2008-2010 • Researcher at the research group ‘Paisaje Cultural. Intervenciones Contemporáneas en la Ciudad y el Territorio’ (Cultural Landscape. Contemporary intervention in city and territory)
2008– Pres • Member of the Sustainability and Architecture Association (ASA)
2009 • National certification as University Full Professor by ANECA, Ministry of Science and Innovation
2012 – Pres • Full Professor at the Architecture Design Department, ETSAM, Madrid
2012 – 2018 • Permanent Secretary at the Dissertation Evaluation Board, ETSAM, UPM
2012 – Pres • ETSAM spokesperson at the Commission for Protection of Historical, Artistic and Natural Patrimony Protection (C.P.P.H.A.N.) of the Madrid City Council
2015– 2019 • Coordinator and Academic Tutor for Professional Internship, ETSAM, Madrid
• Degree Dissertation Coordinator (TFG-III), ETSAM, Madrid
2017 • ANECA Certification, fourth six-year term investigation
2019 • Currently Architecture Design Professor at levels III and IV

 

PUBLICATIONS

1985-1987 • Co-Founder and Co-Director of architecture magazine ‘Croquis International’
1989 • Co-Author of the book ‘SPANISH CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE 1975-1990’ I and II Ed. El Croquis (COAM award 1989)
1992 • ‘MADRID LOOKS AT ITS STATUES’ (VII Madrid City Council Award for Urban Investigation) Ed. Promoción M
1995 • ‘BARRAGAN. THE COMPLETE WORKS’. Ed. TANAIS
2003 • ‘BARRAGAN. THE COMPLETE WORKS.’ Various authors. Ed. Princeton Architecture Press. NY, USA
2008 • ‘LUIS BARRAGÁN IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR. THE OTHER LOOK’, (Ed. Foundation Caja de Arquitectos). Arquithesis Collection, No 16.
2011 • Book ‘SPANISH ARCHITECTURE 1975-2010. 35+ BUILDING IN DEMOCRACY’. Madrid. Published by Foundation ACS. COAM Award 2012.
2012 • ‘PRETEXTS TO TALK ABOUT ARCHITECTURE’ (Ed. Nobuko).
• ‘SEVENTY STEPS. THE STARICASE THROUGH SPACE AND TIME’ Ed. Foundation Caser. (COAM Award 2013).

 

TESIS DOCTORALES

2010 • Member of the Board for Ms. Cruz López Viso’s thesis ‘Luis Barragán en su casa de Tacubaya. Naturalezas del límite’. ETSAM
2012 • Member of the Board for Mr. Miquel Adrià Pérez’s thesis ‘La sombra del cuervo, arquitectos mexicanos tras la senda de Le Corbusier’. European University of Madrid
2012 • Member of the Board for Mr. Rafael Gómez Martínez’s thesis ‘De la experiencia de la obra construida al proyecto a través del detalle constructivo. Una aproximación a la obra de Andrés Perea Ortega’. ETSAM
2013 • Member of the Board for Ms. Fernanda Canales González’s thesis ‘La Modernidad Arquitectónica en México; Una mirada a través del Arte y los Medios Impresos’. Outstanding Cum Laudae. ETSAM
2016 • President of the Board for Ms. Ana de la Fuente Aznarez’s thesis ‘Dan Kiley en la casa Miller’. ETSAM
• Secretary of the Board for Mr. Alejandro Bosqued Navarro’s thesis ‘Modernidad y eficiencia, el sistema de escuelas primarias de Juan O’Gorman – arquitecto’. ETSAM
2019 • Co-Director of Ms. Gema Fernández Vivanco’s thesis ‘Le Corbusier, 70% Agua’. ETSAM

Over the course of his academic career, he has been involved in different congresses, curated expositions, plublished specialized articles, and has been awarded with several prizes. His work has been recognized with over thirty national and international prizes. The most recent Full Refurbishment of F.J. Sáenz de Oíza’s Castellana 81 Tower has been awarded with FAD 2019 Special Mention, 2019 Architecture Masterprize, 2019 NAN Award, 2019 Bigmat Finalist, 2018 COAM Award, 2018 ASPRIMA Award, 2017 Spanish Office Association (AEO) Best Refurbishment Award and 2017 DIGA Award.