If you’re a design aficionado, just like us, you’ve heard about these amazing architectural duo: Cruz y Ortiz! The two architects are the most awarded sevillian designers in the world. Today, we’ll explore their story and the top design projects they have developed throughout the years!
The architectural studio was founded in 1971, by the two friends Antonio Cruz Villalón and Antonio Ortiz García. Nowadays, the design company has offices in the spanish city of Seville and also Amsterdam. The duo have been working all these years in perfect harmony due to the cultural affinity and generosity with each other’s ideas, they say.
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📍 Biography
Antonio Cruz Villalón was born in Seville, Spain, 1948. He is an Architect graduated from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid, 1971 and is a Member of the Andalusian Architects’ Association (Num. 953). Antonio Ortiz was born in Seville, Spain, 1947. Ortiz was also graduated from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid, 1974 and is a Member of the Andalussian Architects’ Association (num. 1206). They have been guest lecturers at numerous universities around the world, among which we would highlight the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Columbia University Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), the Department of Architecture, Cornell University, the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, and the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich. Currently there are co-directors of the White Chair at the University of Seville.
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Institutional Buildings
Museum in Spain
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University in Seville
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Private House
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Ambassador Hotel
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EDITOR’S CHOICE
Hanna Pendant Lamp – DelightFULL
THE MOST ICONIC PROJECT OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DUO
📍 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is a massive romantic confection, an art museum in the polychrome eclectic style of the late 19th century, designed by Pierre Cuypers and home to some of the most important art works in Dutch history.
Despite its overblown size, in recent years it had begun to find itself overwhelmed by increasing numbers of visitors, prompting the decision to renovate and restore the building. This task – the largest restoration of its kind ever undertaken – is currently nearing completion, to a design by Seville architect Cruz y Ortiz.
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Over the years, the Rijksmuseum had, like many large art galleries of a certain age, accumulated various adaptations and alterations to the original design. “During the 20th century the building had been very badly treated,” says Antonio Ortiz, partner at Cruz y Ortiz. “It had become completely labyrinthine and difficult to understand.”
The architects made it their strategy to strip the building back to its original design, removing inserted walls and floors and restoring the galleries to their original size and decorative schemes, while also freeing up the two massive courtyards and the passageway that runs between them. As well as restoring, they would install the new programme that a contemporary museum requires: cafes, shops, auditoriums, children’s areas and so on.
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