Abalos & Herreros
{{Short description|Spanish architectural firm}}
Abalos & Herreros is an architectural firm founded by Inaki Abalos (b. 1956) and Juan Herreros (b. 1958) in Madrid, Spain. The founders were involved in the last throes{{Clarify|date=June 2010}} of La Movida Madrileña and later produced a 1997 monograph called Areas of Impunity. They are known for their playful writing and an interest in industrial methods of building.{{cite book
| last = Rattenbury
| first = Kester
| author-link =
|author2=Rob Bevan|author3=Kiernan Long
| title = Architects of Today
| publisher = Laurence King
| year = 2004
| location =
| pages = 36–37
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LmFooNzPaN0C
| doi =
| id =
| isbn = 978-1-85669-492-6}} The office split into two Madrid-based offices in 2008. Immediately Juan Herreros' office won a number of important international open competitions, with the new Munch Museum in Oslo being the most important of them.
Works
- Parque Europa, Palencia (1991–98)
- Gordillo House, Madrid (1996)
- Drawings for the Villa FG, Madrid (1999)
- Valdemingomez Waste Treatment Centre, Madrid (2000)
- Village Hall, Colmenarejo (2000)
- Environmental Education Center and offices, Arico, Tenerife (2001)
- Jose Hierro Public Library, Usera (2003)
- Design for Coast Park, Barcelona (2004)
- Woermann Tower, Las Palmas (2005)
- Munch/Stenersen, Bjørvika, Oslo, Norway (2009)
Publications
- Tower and Office, From Modernist Theory to Contemporary Practice, MIT Press, 2003.{{cite book|last=Jodidio |first=Philip |title=Architecture In Spain |publisher=Taschen |year=2007 |pages=19 |isbn=978-3-8228-5261-3 }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/archives/430097/abalosherreros-fonds Finding aid for the Abalos & Herreros fonds] at the Canadian Centre for Architecture [https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search?digigroup=430097 (digitized items)]
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