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		"En-caja"	13/12/2011
		"En-Caja" is a collective exhibition that studies a cube of 20 x 20 x 20 cm, without two of its faces, and divided in two parts. Antón García-Abril has participated in this project among a group of painters, sculptors, architects, designers and photographers who have intervened in order to make a creative work around this cube. This exhibition also celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Gallery.
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		'Cacao' Magazine Interview	29/09/2011
		'Cacao' is a Taiwan-based independent magazine publishing topics about creativity, art, communication, alchemy and opinion. It is “focused on the pursuit of dreams, the feeling of a creation and the touching work of creators, making their stories to be seen worldwide”. With this passion, they present Antón García-Abril in an issue about Madrid: Matadors, Dancers and Painters.
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		Cervantes Theater in '100xN'	29/09/2011
		Hong Kong Architecture Science Press devotes to the spread of architecture around Asia, and has recently published its new book: '100×N Architectural Shape and Skin'. Generously illustrated, the volume presents Cervantes Theater, the ongoing project by Ensamble Studio in Mexico.
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		Venice Biennale in Japan	29/09/2011
		Antón García-Abril is going to attend a conference on Venice Biennale at Italian Embassy in Tokyo on September 29th from 17:00 to 19:00, giving a talk and discussing at a later roundtable. The event is going to be chaired by Kazuyo Sejima, director of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, and will bring together about 300 architects from Italy, Japan and from all over the world.
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		Le forme del cemento	19/08/2011
		Valerio Paolo Mosco, Italian writer and critic, published an interesting article about the work of Ensamble Studio, taking Ensamble’s ‘Balancing Act’ installation inside the Arsenale building for the Venice Biennale as a starting point. The text reflects very well the way we think, and expresses it with beautiful words, rigor and depth. We hope you also enjoy it.
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		The place of delights	17/08/2011
		The immediate association to a truffle is a small piece of soft, fine chocolate, custom-made to be perfectly eaten in just one bite. Moreover, it gives the impression of being done with the care of the culinary tradition, and not coming from a monstrous industrial machine. This is how the Latin-American magazine focused on contemporary culture, ‘Exclama’, sees this project by Ensamble Studio.
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		Hemeroscopium in 'Igloo'	16/08/2011
		The Hemeroscopium House is on the cover of the last July Romanian ‘Igloo’ magazine, volume 115-116. Inside, the well-illustrated article explains that “an allusion to a real, concrete, well defined space that is at the same time an imaginary space, abstract and ephemeral, equally determined by its massive elements, sunlight and the line of the horizon, the project whose creator and beneficiary is Antón García-Abril, defines open spaces in an unusual way...
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		BAC students in Hemeroscopium	08/08/2011
		Some students from the Boston Architectural College have visited Spain this summer. During their trip, they had the chance to visit the Hemeroscopium House: “This project gets to the very essence of what architecture means: a gravity-defying composition of abstract elements, suspended impossibly overhead, deftly framing space with a fine eye for proportion, detail and experience of the inhabitant”. Read their impression here.
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		XI Biennial of Architecture in 'El Cultural'	29/07/2011
		‘El Cultural’ magazine has published an article about the XI Biennial of Spanish Architecture in Comillas, written by Antón García-Abril. “Recycling as a strategy” states that “restoration turns into recycling as a strategy against the growth” and that “researching wins against the monumental, and big names are replaced by young architects, more concerned about the human scale and social needs”.
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		GA International Exhibition	28/07/2011
		‘Global Architecture – GA’, the prestigious Japanese publisher for the international architecture spreading, has organized the International 2011 Exhibition, about the “Emerging Future”. GA Gallery has organized every year an extensive exhibition about the world’s foremost architectures, among which Ensamble Studio shows its outstanding works in progress, this year. A special issue of ‘GA Document, International 2011’, which includes the exhibited...
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		The Truffle in 'Hogarismo'	27/07/2011
		‘Hogarismo’, a Spanish platform for showcasing architecture and design “in constant movement”, has published an article about the Truffle. It is described as “a piece of nature, a delicacy under the earth”, which is formed like a mineral rock. Read more here.
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		Stuttgart welcomes García-Abril	05/07/2011
		This evening, Antón García-Abril will give a talk at Stuttgart School “Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart”, at 19:00. This Academy of Visual Arts and Design has been offering good reputation and high resonance lectures for years, and this one they are celebrating its 250th birthday. The audience will consist of around 250 students of architecture, design and visual arts, as well as colleagues and other guests from the city. Read more here.
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		A Cave in 'Marie Claire Maison'	01/07/2011
		“A cave in the garden” is the title for an article about The Truffle in the magazine ‘Marie Claire Maison’, where the beauty of this small living space is explored through a wide selection of photos and an analyzing statement. You can find it the 446th volume of this French magazine, in July 2011.
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		Ensamble in Kunstakademie Düsseldorf	01/07/2011
		The interdisciplinary lecture series at the Kunstakademie of Düsseldorf which has been gathering distinguished speakers in the areas of architecture, the fine arts and science for this semester, will be closed with a talk by Antón García-Abril next Monday 4th July. The public lecture series addresses the issue of the changing conditions and smooth transitions between disciplines, as well as the practical or theoretical orientation of them. Read more inside.
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		"City and Architecture" in Panama	21/06/2011
		The 12th Architects National Congress “Ciudad y Arquitectura: Responsabilidad ante los nuevos tiempos” has invited Antón García-Abril to give a talk in Panama, in June 24th. The lecture will be at 2.30 pm in the Convention Center Vasco Nuñez de Balboa. Panama is going through a period of incomparable growing that has changed the city outline, mainly due to the construction of skyscrapers and mega projects. The opinion of García-Abril and other designers...
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		Museum of America in 'Summa+'	20/06/2011
		The project of Museum of America in Salamanca, that Ensamble Studio has recently finished, has been published by the Argentinean magazine ‘Summa+’ in the 115th volume of June 2011. By means of large photographs, you can study the details of its construction and the richness in its spaces. Have a look inside.
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		García-Abril examiner in the AA	14/06/2011
		Antón García-Abril has been invited to participate as an external examiner of Intermediate student works for AA Intermediate RIBA/ARB Part 1 (Third Year portfolios) on Tuesday 14 June and Diploma student works for AA Finals RIBA/ARB Part 2 (Fifth Year portfolios) on Wednesday 15 June. The schedule includes several events, like a talk where García-Abril will try to help the students from his own view. Good luck to all of them!
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		The Truffle in MUUUZ	14/06/2011
		The Architecture and design web magazine MUUUZ has focused on the Truffle project by Ensamble Studio, in an article titled “Cave House”. It explains that the house seems to be carved into a rock, to become a shelter with just some basic elements: a window, a bed, a fireplace, a sink and shower.
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		The Truffle in 'Archithese'	26/04/2011
		Swiss magazine 'Archithese' shows a brief article on the building of the Truffle on its second issue of 2011. The photos describe the whole construction process from the natural formwork to the final looking.
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		'Icon' shows the Hemeroscopium House	26/04/2011
		The magazine ‘Icon’, that brings every month the latest news on international design, architecture and culture, has written an article about the Hemeroscopium House: “…an apparently casual pick-a-sticks pile of giant structural elements that, on closer examination, reveals a sophisticated thought and serious intent”.
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		Lecture in Chicago	18/04/2011
		The “Instituto Cervantes” in Chicago will celebrate its second series of conferences on architecture, which are included within the exhibition “Young Architects of Spain” (YAS) for this spring. It will try to show the extraordinary quality of work of a generation of Spanish architects under age 40. As a highlighted event, Antón García-Abril will give a lecture to show Ensamble Studio’s work, as a reference of Spanish architecture worldwide, which emphasizes the...
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		Cos’è architettura	18/04/2011
		The prestigious Italian magazine ‘Casabella’, which has dealt with international architecture since 1928, will soon get its 800th issue. On Tuesday, April 19th, Francesco Dal Co, Benedetto Gravagnuolo and Francesco Venezia will celebrate this special launching in Naples. This number is entitled “Cos’è architettura”, and benefits from the participation of Antón García-Abril, who talks with Rafael Moneo to try to answer this question in an interesting...
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		Visitors at the Reader's House	13/04/2011
		The building site of the Reader’s House in Madrid’s Old Slaughterhouse is about to become a mediatheque where creative processes and artistic training will be developed in an environment of arts and education. This project, whose competition was won by Ensamble Studio in 2006, has sparked an enormous curiosity in many people. Today, Felipe Samarán and his students of Universidad Francisco de Vitoria will visit the construction site and will be guided...
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		Forum de l'architecture de Bienne	05/04/2011
		The Swiss “Bienne Forum of Architecture” is a platform that has been in the service of the contemporary architecture debate since 1987. It organizes courses of lectures and exhibitions about the current developing architecture. This year, both specialist and lovers of architecture will discover a few stars of the European architectural scene, and Antón García-Abril has been invited to participate among them. The lecture will be at 17.00 in the School of Visual Art of...
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		Ensamble's MZRRD10 in 'a+u'	30/03/2011
		The prestigious magazine ‘a+u’ has published its volume 486, which is given over to the analysis of 50 architects’ offices. Ensamble Studio is among them, and Antón García-Abril was interviewed to draw the main concepts of Ensamble’s working space. MZRRD10 is the head office, and it is settled in an old company store next to the Manzanares River in Madrid. Other aspects of the working style were also dealt, so have a look at the whole article!
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		The Truffle in 'Igloo' magazine	15/03/2011
		The Romanian magazine ‘Igloo’ has recently published in its volume 111 an article about the Truffle, and it is described as a small piece of art, not for those who dream of a delicate finish or square meters. Have a look inside to get more info.
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		Materia y Forma 5	03/03/2011
		Antón García-Abril with Ensamble Studio will attend the International Symposium about concrete in architecture ‘Materia y Forma 5’ that Cátedra Blanca has organized in Valencia (Spain) for next days. García-Abril will give a talk in March 4th at 17:00 to explain Ensamble’s vision on building with concrete, who has used this material in a great part of his work. You can also follow the event on the Internet, as it will be shown through the organizers’ web site.
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		Antón García-Abril in the AA	28/02/2011
		Antón García-Abril has been invited to give an evening lecture at the Architectural Association in London in March 2nd. He will discuss the inspirational work of his Ensamble Studio in front of an audience of interested students, staff, alumni and guests of the AA, the most prestigious and experimental architecture school in the UK. Get more info inside.
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		García-Abril visits UTSA	23/02/2011
		Antón García-Abril, Ensamble Studio's principal, will present some of his most recent work in a conference held at University of Texas at San Antonio. The event, which has been organized by the College of Architecture, will be this evening Feb. 23rd at 5.30 pm at UTSA downtown Campus, in auditorium # 1326. We hope you enjoy it!
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		PoPs at MIT	17/02/2011
		Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa Molina with Ensamble Studio are giving a lecture today on “PoPs: Prototypes of Prefabrication”. Architecture may use the technology of prestressed concrete from a new insight, trying to achieve effective processes of construction and the maximum expressiveness with the fewer resources. Attend the lecture to learn more about these proposals! The event is part of the Architecture Lecture Series that the MIT Department of...
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		Ensamble Studio in 'Monitor'	15/02/2011
		The Russian magazine ‘Monitor’ has interviewed Antón García-Abril, Ensamble Studio’s founder. He explains that Ensamble is “a team in search for architectural application of conceptual and structural experiments”, and shows their way of working, through an analysis of their most recent works, like the Reader’s House or the Cervantes Theatre, which are currently under construction. Read the interview inside.
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		Jury at UEM	08/02/2011
		Antón García-Abril will take part, as jury member, at a critical session of the projects by the students in the Architecture School in Universidad Europea de Madrid. The event will be at Villaviciosa de Odón Campus in Madrid, on Friday 11th February at 10 a.m. The architect Christian Kerez will also attend the event and discuss his latest work. Do not miss the great opportunity to listen to these two architects!
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		Lecture at Universität der Künste	04/02/2011
		Professor Enrique Sobejano, of the University of the Arts in Berlin, has invited Antón García-Abril to present his lecture, Dense Structures-Stressed Structures to the students from the Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning on Monday, 7th February. During this visit Antón will also act as Guest Critic, reviewing two sets of the students’ projects, the first of which will be taking place on Monday when students will present their proposals for a Visual Arts Centre. On...
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		'Architecture versus Design'	27/01/2011
		In February, Peter Eisenman wil be in ‘Círculo de Bellas Artes’ in Madrid for the opening of an exhibition about his latest project in Galicia and he will participate in a new edition of Contemporary Architecture courses. For this show, titled “Architecture versus Design”, the American architect has invited figures of several generations to analyze the dense framework that merges the architectural discipline, and the construction and design. Antón García-Abril is one...
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		García-Abril invited at DIA	24/01/2011
		Antón García-Abril has been invited to participate in an event at Dessau Institute of Architecture (DIA), where Master level students will review their work to end the semester. The session, which has been arranged by Prof. Chermayeff, will be on the 26th January. We are wishing that the students’ projects amaze us!
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		García-Abril lecturer in Helsinki	24/01/2011
		The Concrete Award 2010 – Seminar and Conference, organized by Betoni to promote the benefits of using concrete as an architectural material and in recognition of achievements in concrete design in the past year, will be held on the 27th January in Espoo, Finland. At the conference, Antón García-Abril will appear as key speaker, giving a talk entitled “Dense Structures - Stressed Structures” between 4.30 – 6.00 p.m.
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		Beginning of term at MIT	24/01/2011
		This spring term, Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, will teach a design studio at MIT Boston. The students will be working on sports facilities for the Winter Olympic Games 2022 at Harbin, in collaboration with HIT. We are waiting expectantly for the course to start and learn about the students’ proposals!
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