MadeinSpain.com lecture series

Fundacion Arquitectura Contemporanea, a private initiative of a number of professionals interested in promoting contemporary architecture, aiming to open the scope of its activities to an international level, organizes a lecture series called MadeinSpain.com prestigious Spanish architects in three European capitals: Milan, Lisbon and Paris. Each conference will feature other than the speaker, a representative of the Fundacion and a critic of architecture in the country where the act takes place, in order to open a wider debate on Spanish architecture and general state - current European architecture. The series continue with the second lecture that will take place on Monday October 26th 2009, at 19:30 h in the headquarters of the Ordem dos Arquitectos and taught Carme Pinós. The critique session will take care of the Portuguese architect and historian Ana Tostões and will include a patron of the Foundation, Pedro García del Barrio. All information regarding the cycle is available on a website created for broadcast and in it you will find a brief biographical note on the participating architects, images of his works and information of critics and cultural institutions that collaborate in the celebration of the series. http://www.arquitecturacontemporanea.org/emadeinspain/ Subsequently, the page will host the video recordings of each conference, to be posted on the site once they have occurred. Arcuitect: Carme Pinós (Barcelona) Critique session: Ana Tostões + Pedro García del Barrio Date: Monday, October 26th 2009; 19:00 h. Place: Headquarters of the Ordem dos Arquitectos, c/ Travessa do Carvalho, 23, Lisboa (Portugal)