Winners of 13th Edition of the Tile of Spain Awards Announced

Tile of Spain has announced the winners of the 13th Annual Tile of Spain Awards in the categories of architecture and interior design. Winners ARCHITECTURE The first prize in the architecture category went to the project entitled "House in Prncipe Real" (Lisbon) by the CAMARIM Arquitectos Studio (Vasco Correia and Patricia Sousa). The house, built on five floors, looks out onto the street boasting a new textured take on the traditional ceramic tile facade.

The judges also awarded two special mentions to the following projects: "Casa El Enroque", by ngel Luis Rocamora and "Casa Andamio" by bosch.capdeferro arquitectures.

Winners INTERIORS First prize in the interior design category was awarded to "Restoration of the Cloister at Betx Castle" by El Fabricante de Espheras studio. The work focuses on recovering the cloister space by including a traditional terracotta wall.

The panel of judges also awarded special mentions to two projects in the Interior Design category: "Bodebo Store" by CAVAA (Jordi Calbet and Oriol Va) and "Restoration of the Administration Hall of the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, by Joan Nogu Arbussa. Winners in the FINAL DEGREE PROJECT CATEGORY The Tile of Spain Awards also included a category to acknowledge the best Final Degree Project undertaken by students at architecture schools where the use of ceramic tiles plays a major role.

The judges agreed to award first prize in the Final Degree Project category to 'Alfama 2.0' by Mara Gonzlez Aranguren, a student at the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM). Two special mentions were awarded: one to the project entitled 'Re-inhabiting Bujalcayado' by Irene Iglesias Romn and "La Nuit Amricaine" by Luis Rodrguez Carnero, both students at the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM).

The panel of judges was chaired by architect Emilio Tun, founder, together with the late Luis Moreno Mansilla of the Mansilla + Tun Arquitectos studio. The panel of judges also included Italian architect Cino Zucchi; the executive director of the Pritzker Awards, Martha Thorne; Indian architect Anupama Kundoo; young architect Jos Mara Snchez, who recently received BSI Swiss Architectural Award for architects under 50; Fernando Mrquez Cecilia, editor and director of El Croquis architecture journal; and the Castelln-born architect Ramn Monfort.

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Winners of 13th Edition of the Tile of Spain Awards Announced