Rafael Moneo. International Portfolio 1985-2012

José Rafael Moneo, born in 1937 in Tudela, Navarra,obtained his architectural degree in 1961from the ETSAM (Escuela Técnica Superior deArquitectura de Madrid). While still a student,he worked with Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza.When he had completed his degree, he went toHellebæck, Denmark, to work with Jørn Utzon.From 1984 to 1990 Moneo was chairman of thearchitecture department of the Harvard UniversityGraduate School of Design.Moneo has won gold medals from the FrenchAcademy of Architecture and the InternationalUnion of Architects, the Arnold W. Brunner MemorialPrize from the American Academy of Artsand Letters, and the Spanish government's highesthonor, the Gold Medal for Achievement inthe Arts. In 1996 he won the Pritzker Prize in architecture,and in 2003 he accepted the BritishRoyal Medal of Architecture. Mohsen Mostafavi,chairman of the Architectural Association, notedthat Moneo 'is the closest embodiment we haveof the idea of the Renaissance architect - practitioner,teacher, theorist, critic, deeply knowledgeableon the arts.'In Spain his mark is seen everywhere - fromthe airport in Seville to the high-speed-train stationin Madrid, the National Bank of Spain, andthe Museo del Prado. These projects representthe best of Spanish efforts to build a 21st-centurypublic infrastructure. They also exemplifyMoneo's devotion to the culture and architecturalhistory of his native land, showing a refined sensitivityto site and context.Outside Spain, Moneo's most notable projects- the Davis Museum and Cultural Centerat Wellesley, Massachusetts, the Audrey JonesBeck Building at the Museum of Fine Arts inHouston, Texas, the New Studios Building at theCranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills,Michigan, the Museum of Modern Art and Architecturein Stockholm, and the Arenberg CampusLibrary of the Catholic University of Leuven inLouvain-la-Neuve - have attracted much attention.The new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angelsin Los Angeles has drawn more than onemillion visitors in