Abalos+Sentkiewicz

Ábalos+Sentkiewicz is an international architecture office directed by Iñaki Ábalos and Renata Sentkiewicz , with offices in Madrid (Spain),Cambridge (US) and Shanghai (China) in association with Professor Linxue Li. Iñaki Ábalos and Renata Sentkiewicz have taught in prestigious universities such as ETSAM, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, the Architectural Association, Columbia, Cornell, and Princeton, working simultaneously in the academic, professional and research spheres. Iñaki Ábalos has been Chair of the Department of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design from 2013 to 2016, and is currently Chaired Professor at ETSAM – Spain. The projects and built work of Ábalos+Sentkiewicz have been internationally recognized, being subject of 15 individual exhibitions and many collective exhibitions in the some of the most prestigious museums and galleries, such as the AA in London, Pavillon de l’Arsenal in Paris, MoMA in NYC — MoMA has featured 5 built works in three exhibition shows: Light Construction, ON Site and Groundswell—, and in the Venice Architecture Biennale. The office’s prestige is reflected in the 50 awards received in architecture competitions, 25 of which awarded with First Prize. Another 45 awards have been given to various research and design activities, 18 of them to Built Works. Their professional work has been collected in 12 monographs and their theoretical work has been compiled in 12 books. Architecture critic William Curtis has chosen one of the Firm’s work, the Pavilion in Retiro Park, as one of the three best works built in Spain over the last 30 years.