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On a Journey: Spanish Architecture in the Arab World
From June 10, 2013 until September 15, 2013
Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Madrid will be hosting an exhibition which displays the projects of Spanish architecture firms and studios carried out in Arab countries. The projects highlighted in this exhibition are the result of complex, constant, long-term work which is now beginning to show its results, thanks to the excellence of this industry and the high-quality services provided.
The exhibit was organized with the cooperation of the High Council of Architects’ Associations of Spain (CSCAE). The work carried out by the architecture studios and by Spanish architecture firms and studios in Arab countries provide an excellent example of successful work towards internationalization which makes a huge contribution to strengthening and positioning the Spain brand abroad and, more specifically, in the Arab world. .
In this exhibition, it will be possible to view projects by renowned architectural studios such as Nieto Sobejano, Fenwick Irribarren, Lamela, César Ruiz Larrea, Rafael de la Hoz and Campo Baeza, alongside another series of younger studios which have committed to internationalization in the Arab world, as is the case of AGI Arquitectos, Hadit and AV62. Also represented are some of Spain’s most important engineering firms: Alatec, Sener, Idom and TYPSA, all present in the world for several decades now.
Although our architecture’s relationship with the Arab world goes back in time, nowadays it has taken on special importance within the economic context we are experiencing today. This exhibition is intended not only as an acknowledgment of the work by our professionals when working abroad, upholding such important values as competitiveness and creativity, but also a call for the potential offered by the region of North Africa and the Middle East to architecture professionals.
The show can be seen from June 20 through September 15 at the Casa Árabe exhibition hall (at Calle Alcalá, 62), Mondays through Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 to 7:30 p.m., and on Sundays and holidays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Free entrance. The exhibition will be closed from August 1-25.
In this exhibition, it will be possible to view projects by renowned architectural studios such as Nieto Sobejano, Fenwick Irribarren, Lamela, César Ruiz Larrea, Rafael de la Hoz and Campo Baeza, alongside another series of younger studios which have committed to internationalization in the Arab world, as is the case of AGI Arquitectos, Hadit and AV62. Also represented are some of Spain’s most important engineering firms: Alatec, Sener, Idom and TYPSA, all present in the world for several decades now.
Although our architecture’s relationship with the Arab world goes back in time, nowadays it has taken on special importance within the economic context we are experiencing today. This exhibition is intended not only as an acknowledgment of the work by our professionals when working abroad, upholding such important values as competitiveness and creativity, but also a call for the potential offered by the region of North Africa and the Middle East to architecture professionals.
The show can be seen from June 20 through September 15 at the Casa Árabe exhibition hall (at Calle Alcalá, 62), Mondays through Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 to 7:30 p.m., and on Sundays and holidays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Free entrance. The exhibition will be closed from August 1-25.
