| Rafael Manzano Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | A career of achievement in the art of Iberiantraditional architecture |
| Sponsored by | Richard H. Driehaus |
| Country |  Spain Portugal |
| Presented by | Traditional Building Cultures Foundation |
| Reward(s) | 50,000€ |
| First award | 2012; 13 years ago (2012) |
| Website | Rafael Manzano Prize |
TheRafael Manzano Prize for New Traditional Architecture is an award organized by theTraditional Building Cultures Foundation, thanks toRichard H. Driehaus and the collaboration ofINTBAU Spain,INTBAU Portugal, theSerra Henriques Foundation, theRoyal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and theOrdem dos Arquitectos of Portugal,[1] and with the High Sponsorship of thePresidency of the Portuguese Republic.[2]
It is awarded annually to architects who have carried out, inPortugal or inSpain, restoration works of monuments or other architectural interventions that have stood out for their contribution to the preservation, promotion and dissemination of the values ofclassical andtraditional architecture and urbanism.[3]
The award is named after the architectRafael Manzano Martos, who has devoted his career to the preservation of the Spanish architectural and urban heritage, both through restoration works and by designing new architectures based on this heritage, for which he received the international 2010Richard H. Driehaus Prize, becoming the first, and until now the only, Spanish architect to have received this award.[4]
The Prize includes a monetary award of €50,000 and a commemorative medal,[5] making it the largest architecture prize awarded on theIberian Peninsula.[6]
For his contribution in the defense and promotion of traditional architecture, Rafael Manzano Martos was awarded the 8th Richard H. Driehaus Prize in 2010, granted since 2003 in the United States by the American philanthropistRichard H. Driehaus through theUniversity of Notre Dame School of Architecture.[7]
Coinciding with the presentation of this award to Rafael Manzano, considered as the most important in the world for a career dedicated to traditional and classical architecture,[8] Richard H. Driehaus announced the creation in Spain of a new award to defend the Iberian urban heritage and architectural traditions: theRafael Manzano Prize for New Traditional Architecture.
This award was first awarded in 2012 at a ceremony held at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in San Fernando in Madrid, and has been awarded every year since then. In 2017, thanks to the collaboration with the Serra Henriques Foundation and the Portuguese Order of Architects, as well as the High Sponsorship of the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic, the award was extended to Portugal and is now granted to professionals from either country.[9]
| Year | Laureate | Nationality | Website | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Leopoldo Gil Cornet | Spain | [10] | |
| 2013 | Luis Fernando Gomez-Estern &Ignacio Medina [es] | Spain | OTAISA | [11] |
| 2014 | Javier Cenicacelaya & Íñigo Saloña | Spain | Cenicacelaya & Salona | [12] |
| 2015 | Donald Gray |  Australia | [13] | |
| 2016 | Enrique Nuere Matauco [es] | Spain | Taujel Carpintería Histórica | [14] |
| 2017 | José Baganha | Portugal | José Baganha & Arquitectos Associados | [15] |
| 2018 | Juan de Dios de la Hoz | Spain | Arquitectos Lavila | [16] |
| 2019 | Alberto Castro Nunes &António Maria Braga | Portugal | [17] | |
| 2020 | Fernando Martín Sanjuán | Spain | Fernando Martín Sanjuán Arquitecto | [18] |
| 2021 | Sergi Bastidas | Spain | Bastidas Architecture | [19] |
| 2023 | Luís Rebelo de Andrade | Portugal | Rebelo de Andrade Architecture & Design | [20] |
| 2024 | Juan Luis Camacho | Spain | Arquichinchón | [21] |