Iñaki Ábalos (Donostia, 1956) is a Spanish architect and author.[1]

José Hierro Public Library in the Usera district of Madrid
Torre Woermann in Las Palmas

Ábalos is a graduate of Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid,[2] and from 2013 to 2016 he was Professor in Residence and Chair of the Department of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.[3] He had also taught at Columbia University, the Architectural Association, Princeton University, and Cornell University.[4]

Ábalos has stated that his favorite own design is Woermann Tower in Las Palmas, and names Kazuyo Sejima and Jacques Herzog among contemporaries producing interesting things.[5]

Published works edit

  • The Good Life: A Guided Visit to the Houses of Modernity, Gustavo Gili, 2001.
  • Tower and Office, From Modernist Theory to Contemporary Practice, MIT Press, 2003.[6]
  • Essays On Thermodynamics, Architecture and Beauty by Iñaki Ábalos (Author), Renata Snetkiewicz (Author), Lluis Ortega (Editor), 2015.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ epdlp.com Iñaki Abalos
  2. ^ abalos-sentkiewicz.com Oficina
  3. ^ "Iñaki Ábalos". Harvard University Graduate School of Design Executive Education and International Programs. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. ^ The Berlag, Iñaki Ábalos
  5. ^ cornell.edu Students of Spanish Architect Inaki Abalos re-imagine the high rise
  6. ^ Jodidio, Philip (2007). Architecture In Spain. Taschen. p. 19. ISBN 978-3-8228-5261-3.
  7. ^ Essays On Thermodynamics, Architecture and Beauty