Jose Rafael Moneo was born in Tudela in the province of Navarra (Spain) in 1937. After graduating from the Escuela Técnica Superior of Madrid in 1961, he traveled to Europe to work with Jørn Utzon and Alvar Aalto before returning to Madrid. In 1963, he was awarded a fellowship at the Spanish Academy in Rome, where he remained until 1965. Upon his return to Spain, he opened his office in Madrid and began teaching at the Escuela Técnica Superior of Madrid (1966-1970). In 1970, he won a teaching chair in architectural theory at the Escuela Técnica Superior of Barcelona, where he was a professor until 1980. From 1980 to 1985, he was chair professor of composition at the Escuela Técnica Superior of Madrid. In 1985, Rafael Moneo was appointed Chairman of the Architecture Department of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, a position he held until 1990. In 1991, he was named Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he continues to teach. Rafael Moneo combines his professional activity as an architect with that as a lecturer, critic, and theoretician. His writings have been published in the foremost professional magazines and the presentation of his work through lectures and exhibitions has taken him to numerous institutions on both sides of the Atlantic. Continue reading Rafael Moneo
