CARLOS MARTÍNEZ DE ALBORNOZ

CARLOS MARTÍNEZ DE ALBORNOZ

https://www.tunonalbornoz.com/

Carlos Martínez de Albornoz obtained his degree in architecture from the Technical School of Architecture of Madrid in 2004. He pursued his academic studies at the ETSA in Madrid and the Bartlett School of Architecture in London (2000–2001). In 2000 and 2001, he collaborated with David Chipperfield Architects in London. In 2004, he joined Mansilla + Tuñon Arquitectos. Following the death of the architect Luis M. Mansilla in 2012, Tuñón y Albornoz Arquitectos emerged as a natural evolution of Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos, founded and directed by Emilio Tuñón and Carlos Martínez de Albornoz.

Among their most notable projects are the Energy Dome in Soria (2012), two Residential Towers in Dubai (2013), the Stone House in Cáceres (2014), the Restoration of the Paredes-Saavedra Palace House in Cáceres (2016), the CRAI Building at UFV in Madrid (2017), the Brick House in Madrid (2018), Arquia Offices in Madrid (2019), the Pinewood Cabin in the Black Lagoon (2020), the Granite House in San Lorenzo del Escorial (2021), and the new Castellana Dos building in Madrid (2022).

In 2005, he commenced his academic career as a lecturer in the research workshops organized by the Pedro Barrié de la Maza Foundation in Vigo. In 2009, he served as deputy director of the workshop Living Objects, Social Games at the International University of Catalonia in Barcelona. In 2011, he was an assistant professor in the workshop titled Next City of the VII Ibero-American Architecture Biennial at Casa Encendida in Madrid. In 2015, he was a visiting professor at the University of Hasselt in Belgium. He has also participated as a guest juror for the School of Architecture at Princeton University in 2009.

He has received many domestic and international awards and acknowledgements. His work has been exhibited at GA International 2010 and GA International 2008 at the GA Gallery in Tokyo, Japan.