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		Reader's House at CASABELLA 820	19/12/2012
		Number dedicated to the reuse of old buildings. 20 pages where all the project is shown and explained with plans, sections, sketches, models and building photos. "The Reader's House in Madrid's "Matadero" it's the second intervention of Antón García-Abril in an existing construction after the Museum in Salamanca."
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		Hemeroscopium House in Extreme Homes	14/12/2012
		Extreme Homes chose the best houses all over the World to be shown at it program in a 3 minutes an 27 seconds report. We are proud to be chosen to show HEMEROSOPIUM HOUSE. The report shows all the house from different views and an interview with Antón García-Abril where he explains the process of the construction of the house.
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		Reader's House at GA DOCUMENT 121	12/12/2012
		Number dedicated to International 2012 emerging future. "Madrid's Old Slaughterhouse is becoming an important Center of Contemporary Creation in Madrid organizing architecture competitions that can give rise to proposals that will recove its 148.300 m2 to house creative processes, artistic training and participatory dialogue between the arts."
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		Reader's House at Bauwelt 43.12	12/12/2012
		A four pages article with a David Cohn text where the recent finished building is shown with plans, sketches and photos.
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		Reader's House at A+T Magazine. November 2012	12/12/2012
		This number of the Magazine is about RECLAIM: REMEDIATE, REUSE, RECYCLE. "Reworking the two units of the former Madrid Matadero as the Reader's House meant a second storey needed to be built. The top floor, built using 52 tonne pre-fabricated pre-stressed concrete U beams, is a space for both research and work. Unlike the light metal-framed basilica-like structure of industrial units, the concrete beams are inserted by crossing the existing voids and criss-crossing over the space. The lower storey, in the other hand, will be for training and culture-based activities."
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		Reader's House in Room Magazine	12/12/2012
		Interview with Débora Mesa about the recent finished Reader's House in "Matadero de Madrid" titled HUMANIST VANGUARD. "Four old warehouses of "Matadero de Madrid" have been restored and converted in a new architectonic reality where almost everything is possible if we talk about lecture. Is the result of a collaboration between the architect Antón García-Abril and Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, a dreamer who imagined ten years ago a lecture centre beyond the book."
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		2012 Architect of the Year: Gentleman España Magazine	12/12/2012
		Gentleman España Magazine has chosen in it 2012 December's magazine Antón García-Abril as Architect of the Year in Spain. "Spain is suffering a huge economic crisis, but not a creativity's crisis. While construction colapses and a lot of architects lost their jobs, doors are open for them to go to other countries and show their talent."
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		SPAINLAB Closing Ceremony	28/11/2012
		After the Closing Ceremony the November 22nd in Arquerías de Nuevos Ministerios in Madrid, Venice Biennale 2012 is finished and so the SPAINLab Spanish Pavilion. Biennale closes but SPAINLab continues in it digital platform and you all are invited to join it: http://www.spain-lab.net/
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		End of the 13th Biennale di Venezia 2012. Life continues...	22/11/2012

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		Tomorrow, 22.11.2012: Conferences and Panel about INNOVATION IN ARCHITECTURE in Arquerías de Nuevos Ministerios	21/11/2012
		Tomorrow, Thursday 22nd of November at 19.00 in Aulario de las Arquerías de Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid, will attend the Conferences and Panel about INNOVATION IN ARCHITECTURE celebrating the closure of the Venice Biennale 2012 Spanish Pavilion, curated by Débora Mesa and Antón García-Abril.
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		Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez: Article about Reader's House	21/11/2012
		Reader's House, the new centre of Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez en Madrid, was inaugurated the October 17th of 2012 by the Asturias Prince and Princess, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia. Also attending to this act were the Education, Culture and Sports Minister, José Ignacio Wert; Madrid's Mayor, Ana Botella; and the President of Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, Isabel de Andrés Bravo.
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		Conferences and Panel about INNOVATION IN ARCHITECTURE in Arquerías de Nuevos Ministerios	16/11/2012
		Thursday 22nd of November at 19.00 in Aulario de las Arquerías de Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid, will attend the Conferences and Panel about INNOVATION IN ARCHITECTURE celebrating the closure of the Venice Biennale 2012 Spanish Pavilion, curated by Débora Mesa and Antón García-Abril.
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		Ensamble 3.0	31/10/2012
		Welcome to Ensamble Studio 3.0. A new way of working. We design on the cloud, we work worldwide. Madrid, Mexico, Boston, Milan, China...If you are interested in participate, please apply!!
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		Lecture of Antón García-Abril at Department of Architecture and Urban Design (AUD) at UCLA	30/10/2012
		This Monday, November 5th, at 6.30 PM, at Perloff Hall, Decafé, UCLA Campus, Antón García-Abril will present a lecture about the work and research of Ensamble Studio.
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		Lecture of Antón garcía-Abril at John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design	23/10/2012
		This Tuesday, October 23, 6.30 PM, at John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, Antón García-Abril will present the inaugural Kohn Shnier Architects Lecture at 230 College Street. Location: 230 College Street, Room 103
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		PRINCES OF ASTURIAS AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE READER'S HOUSE	17/10/2012
		Today the 17th of October the Princes of Asturias Felipe and Letizia presided over the inauguration of the "International Centre for Research, Development and Innovation of Reading / Reader's House" of the Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, where the Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias said that reading "is essential training tool for professional and personal development "
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		A book of 8.000 m2	15/10/2012
		The Reader's House is about to open the doors to the public. Only two days to the opening event. The national newspaper "El País" make a special article about the opening and called the project of Ensamble Studio, Reader's House " A book of 8000 square meters."
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		READER'S HOUSE	05/10/2012
		The Reader's House its already a reality. The dream long cherished by German Sanchez Ruiperez and Ensamble Studio, whose project started in 2000 sponsored by the Foundation that bears his name, is about to see the light officially on 17th of October. It will be at 12:00 pm, when the Prince and Princess of Asturias will inaugurate the facility. And in the afternoon, will open the doors to all citizens.
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		Spainlab at ARCHDAILY	02/10/2012
		Archdaily one of the most important webpages of Architecture News, dedicates a special article to SPAINLab. On this article is possible to watch an Interview of Débora Mesa one of the Curators from the Spanish Pavilion.
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		Antón García-Abril RIBA International Fellow 2013	28/09/2012
		Yesterday, The Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) Council has announced eight new International Fellowships of the RIBA. Antón García-Abril has been one of the elected for his services to international architecture.
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		At SPAINLab	21/09/2012
		The Spanish Pavilion, at the Biennale di Venezia, SPAINLab had it opening ceremony on the 27th of August. It will be possible to visit the pavilion till the 25th of November. Here are some photos of the opening day.
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		MIT the Number One University in the World	13/09/2012
		"The global career and education network has been ranking universities worldwide since 2004. QS’s global survey considers 2,000 schools and then evaluates over 700 of them, drawing from six indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per faculty, faculty-student ratio, proportion of international students and proportion of international faculty. The percentages of each indicator vary, but 40 percent of the methodology is weighted on academic reputation, which stems from the global survey. MIT received an overall score of 100, beating out the University of Cambridge, who came in at 99.8, and Harvard at 99.2."
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		Reader's House is about to open	12/09/2012
		The project from Ensamble Studio in Matadero: Readers House will open to the public in Octubre. The website "Es por Madrid" reveals some details of the project that has been finished recently.
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		SPAINLab in EL MUNDO	12/09/2012
		"The 'delegation' in Spanish Biennial bears the stamp of Antón García Abril study and comprises studies RCR Architects (Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem Ramon Vilalta); Selgascano (Lucia Cano, José Selgas) Guallart Vicente, representing Barcelona City Council; SMAO (Sol Madridejos, Juan Carlos Sancho), the Valencian studio Menis Arquitectos (Fernando Menis) and Cloud9 (Enric Ruiz-Geli) and consultancy Urban Ecosystem (Belinda Tato, Jose Luis Vallejo)."
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		SPAINLAB IN EL PÁIS	12/09/2012
		In the spanish national newspaper "El País" writes that La Biennale di Venezia recovers shining examples of modest projects. The article also talks about the Spanish Pavilion SPAINLab characterizing it as "a creative diversity trends".
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		SPAINLab IN DOMUS	12/09/2012
		"Visitors to the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale come to it with a wide range of expectations: there are those who attend faithfully every two years, while some are visiting the event for the first time; others visit intermittently only on certain occasions. However, one thing is sure — the reactions of all these groups differ widely depending on where people come from and their particular interests. The Spanish pavilion has aroused curiosity among all these groups, however, following several years of severe economic crisis, largely caused by the real estate bubble, which has had a serious knock-on effect on the country's architectural sector. The question in this context is how best to show off the architectural innovation taking place in Spain today. Curators Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, from Ensamble Studio, have based the exhibition around two major themes — innovation and research."
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		La Biennale di Venezia in Edgar Gonzalez.com	30/07/2012
		On the website of Edgar Gonzalez.com is already possible to see some pictures of the Spanish Pavilion.
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		Arquitectura Viva	30/07/2012
		Arquitectura Viva published last week a serie of the latest pictures from The Reader's House on their website.
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		Spain at the Venice Biennale, a living organism	30/07/2012
		La Biennale di Venezia, the most important architecture exhibition will start in less than a month. The press starts now to expose some of the ideas and projects, that will take part on the Spanish Pavilion. In "El cultura" is possible to read some details of the exhibition.
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		SPAINLAB	30/07/2012
		"Spain claims the vital importance of the research processes in architecture through the Spanish Pavilion in La Biennale di Venecia." is the title of the article from the webpage Ministry of "FOMENTO" announcing and revealing the ideas behind the Spanish Pavilion, curated by Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa.
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		Premio FAD de Arquitectura - Matadero	13/07/2012
		Ensamble Studio wins the prize "Premio FAD de Arquitectura". The jury of prestigious spanish prize this year, decided to award MATADERO: as "the global attitude of the proposal and assess the collective intelligence," which has managed to turn the slaughterhouse not only in a center of artistic experimentation, but a testing ground for the new architecture.
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		Reader's House in EL PAÍS	12/07/2012
		"De nevera para el ganado a innovadora Casa del Lector", "From cattle refrigerator to the innovative Reader's House" is the title of the article about "La Biennale di Venezia" of the spanish national newspaper "El. País". Antón García-Abril the curator of the Spanish Pavilion reveals some details of the exhibition.
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		ABC - La Biennale di Venezia	11/07/2012
		This year the Spanish pavilion at13th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia is Curated by Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa. The "ABC" the spanish national newspaper, reveals some of the details, about what Spain will exhibit at Venice.
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		AA EXTERNAL EXAMINER 2012	20/06/2012
		AA The Architectural Association School of Architecture in London invites Antón García-Abril to act as one of External Examiners for this year’s AA Intermediate (RIBA/ARB Part 1) and AA Finals (RIBA/ARB Part 2). Examinations take part 19th and 20th of June and involves a review of individual student folios by students and staff which last throughout the day, followed by a short evening meeting.
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		Reader's House in ABC	11/06/2012
		Today the spanish newspaper ABC dedicates a article to the Reader's House. The building is almost finished and is about to open.Like it says the article, the "Reader's House it will be a big cultural center that will make the reader's and the reading the fundamental leading figure.
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		Reading the Space_El Cultural	11/06/2012
		We know that alphabetical reading starts after decoding a protocol of signs that the retina scans. Then the brain comes to the boil and creates the images, emotions and structures of reason that enable to process the ideas previously hidden behind the complex combination. It is an intellectual construction of high abstraction and a creative act of enormous intimacy. Reading is also an act of communication that connects people’s life, that provokes dialogue with everything around us.
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		Mendrisio	11/06/2012
		Antón García-Abril was last week at Università della Svizzera italiana - Accademia di Architettura on a Final Critic, invited by the architect Valerio Olgiati.
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		Princeton	30/05/2012
		Antón García-Abril, last week was at Princeton University on a thesis review, invited by the architect Elizabeth Diller.
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		IN PROCESS_THE CLOUD	24/05/2012
		The Cloud is a dense space built with a very light material, it is 98% air. The material, expanded polystyrene, is assembled in a massive way ensuring optimal mechanical performance, and is protected with a layer of resin that completes the construction system providing what the foam does not have: stability, durability and color. The lightness of this technology makes movable what would otherwise be immovable.
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		Antón García-Abril in ROCAD	17/05/2012
		Tomorrow Antón García-Abril will be on the ROCAD (Romanian Convention of Architecture and Design). This event celebrates the latest developments in architecture and design. It will be at 17:10 in the Parliament Palace, Bucharest, Romania.
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		Big Architecture	17/05/2012
		Antón García-Abril is today in Ljubljana. He will participate in BIG Architecture 12 Conference. This conference explores the relationship between quality design, changing demands, shifts in socially-attuned priorities and sensibilities, and the resulting responses in architecture today. The conference will be at Exhibition and Convention Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia at 3.00pm.
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		I Maestri dell' Architettura	09/05/2012
		Hachette published a a new number of the collection: I Maestri dell' Architettura. A Monograph from Ensamble Studio.
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		Antón García-Abril in Lausanne	16/04/2012
		On the 16th Antón García-Abril will give a lecture in Lausanne, at École Polythechique Fédérale de Lausanne at 6:30 pm. on Espace Archizoom. This lecture is organized by the Atelier Professeur Jeannette Kuo.
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		Reader's House Explained	29/03/2012
		Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, talk about Reader's House. The four videos from Fundación Germán Ruipérez helps to understand better the project that is about to open to the public.
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		ENSAMBLE STUDIO in Excelsior	28/03/2012
		The Mexican newspaper Excelsior dedicates a special article about Cervantes Theatre. Here is the Article in Spanish, if you would like to read:
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		Antón García-Abril in ETH ZÜRICH	27/03/2012
		Antón García-April was invited by Professor Christian Kerez to give a lecture today in the ETH Zürich together with Fabio Reinhard. The lecture will start at 7.00 pm on the HIL E3.
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		Arquine	12/03/2012
		This afternoon, Antón García-Abril will give a talk at Mexico DF for the Arquine Congress “Desplaziamentos”, at 15:30. Once the Cervantes Theatre is taking place on the same city, the talk will give special dedication to this work of Ensamble Studio.
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		Apilando esfuerzos… Emilio Tuñón y Luis M. Mansilla	23/02/2012
		Ensamble Studio would like to share a text written by Luis M.Mansilla and Emilio Tuñón in 2005, for Ensamble Studio exhibition: Monoespacios.
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		Luis Moreno Mansilla 22.2.2012 in memoriam	23/02/2012
		Luis Moreno Mansilla leaves us at fifty-three years old. He was in Barcelona, giving a lecture, and spoke last night recalling the architecture of Enric Miralles. A memory so deep that night made that conversation join them. Both, the most admired and celebrated architects, left us suddenly in the middle of life.
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		Cervantes Theatre in "Milenio"	20/02/2012
		Milenio, a mexican newspaper, published an interview of Antón García-Abril, speaking about Cervantes Theatre at Mexico DF. They called the project, "El Cervantes, un teatro subterráneo" that means: "The Cervantes, the underground theatre".
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		Lecture Vilnius in Video	15/02/2012
		The lecture of last thursday at the National Art Gallery (NDG) in Vilnius, is now available in video.
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		Lecture in Vilnius	09/02/2012
		Antón García-Abril is going to give a talk today February 9th, 8.00 p.m. at the National Art Gallery (NDG), Konstitucijos av. 22, Vilnius. He has been invited by a non-profit organization ARCHITECTURE FUND. The ARCHITECTURE FUND together with volunteer architects organizes these lectures and discussion sessions on different architectural and cultural topics. This lecture will be part of a sixth sessions named “ARCHITECTURE AS PROCESS”.
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		Lecture in Oslo	31/01/2012
		Antón García-Abril is going to give a talk today January 31st, 6 pm at the Norwegian fairground “Norges Varemesse” in Oslo. He has been invited by 0047, an independent organization for projects in and in between the fields of art and architecture, based in Oslo. The lecture will be part of a yearly-series of presentations initiated by 0047 for a Norwegian 400-people audience that includes architects, architecture students, artists and interior designers.
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		Team-work	31/01/2012
		The web for architecture news “Plataforma Arquitectura” has published an article titled “The importance of the team work”. A photo of the Ensamble-team at the beginning of the post remarks how important is team-work to develop an architecture project.
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		'Casas' shows the Truffle	12/01/2012
		‘Casas’ magazine, with the group ‘Cosas. Una revista internacional’ from Lima, shows the Truffle in its latest number. This work by Ensamble Studio “relates to the process, rather than the final product. It seems like a piece of ground that vanishes in the landscape…”
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		"Il Tartufo" in 'Images' Alpine magazine	10/01/2012
		The column ‘Tendenze’ by Roberto Rosset has been published in the six-monthly review “Images” that was born in the winter of 2007 with the aim of showing significant examples of contemporary architecture in the Alps. Despite not being an Alpine architecture, the Truffle by Ensamble Studio and Antón García-Abril has been chosen for this issue, because of its interesting link with the environment and landscape. It is described as a small sheltering...
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		Ensamble at the MOT	09/01/2012
		The exhibition “Architectural Environments for Tomorrow - New Spatial Practices in Architecture and Art” that has been running at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is about to come to an end. Since last October, it has showed the way in which architects and artists respond to environmental and urban problems, demographic growth and change, as well as other transformations in our surroundings, expressing them through their ideas and experiments in...
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