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The Holy Redeemer Church received a Honor Award from the Faith & Form International Award for Religious Art and Architecture, an annual award organized by the American Institute of Architects through its Interfaith Design knowledge community in conjunction with the organization Partners for Sacred Places and the editorial Faith & Form. The Holy Redeemer Church…

Are you an architecture/landscape design student or a recently graduated architect/ landscape designer who looks for a start in the work market and real-life training in architecture?  Our Tenerife based office led by the Spanish architect Fernando Menis is calling for interns. Menis's acclaimed architectural production includes a variety of typologies— from housing, schools, cultural…

    December 1st 2021, 19:00h, National University of Seoul: lecture by Fernando Menis within the Fall Series of the Department of Architecture and Architectural EngIneering (SNU-DAAE). The lecture will be streamed on-line from Seoul and will remain available on the YouTube channel of the SNU DAAE. This event is supported by the Government of the…

Rodin Museum will establish its third seat in the Canary Islands within the Viera y Clavijo Cultural Park of Tenerife, an emblematic landscape and cultural space whose rehabilitation is being carried out by the architect Fernando Menis. History and context Historically, the Viera y Clavijo Cultural Park represents a highly valuable landscape and cultural space…

In MENIS, perhaps the best of the decade has been the economic crisis. It may seem pretentious, or a contradiction, but the economic crisis that devastated our profession, architecture, in Spain, from 2009 to the present - because even now that 2020 arrives we have not recovered the good times, nor the Good contests, nor…

HATCHING FESTIVAL ENDS WITH AN ENCOUNTER IN THE BOTANICAL GARDEN `EL DESCUBRIMIENTO´, AT TWENTY YEARS OF ITS CREATION   On Friday, July 26, 2019, at 11:30h,  in the Botanical Garden `El Descubrimiento´ in Vallehermoso of La Gomera, at 20 years of its creation, Hatching Festival invites us to explore the Garden by the hand of…

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En el marco del proyecto cultural “Razón y Emoción” desarrollado por la oficina de arquitectura Fernando Menis, queremos dar visibilidad a los talentos desconocidos de nuestro archipiélago. Por ello abrimos una convocatoria para que artistas desconocidos tengan la oportunidad de exponer por primera vez en La Casa de los Coroneles en la Oliva, Fuerteventura, durante…

1. El concurso “#FestivalHatching – La isla de Tenerife que tú quieres” está organizado por Fernando Menis SLPU dentro de su proyecto cultural Festival Hatching 2019, con la colaboración del Gobierno de Canarias y del Cabildo de Tenerife.  2. El tema del concurso pretende responder a la pregunta “¿Cómo quieren los adolescentes que sea la…

    Open call to participate in the workshops of the Festival Hatching that will take place between July 10-14 in Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands, Spain. The expression of interest to participate in the workshops can be done until May 20, 2019, by email at comunicacion@menis.es with the subject "Festival Hatching". Participation at the workshop is…

SHARE Skopje International Architecture and Engineering Forum brings together principal and senior architects from leading practices to discuss and gain inspiration from each other. The conferences are accompanied by debates focus on the local architectural issues and exhibition of innovative architectural solutions, product and services. On February 19, in Skopje (capital city of Macedonia) Fernando Menis‘s…

On December 7, the legendary AEDES gallery in Berlin (Christinenstrasse 19) opened the exhibition "Backstage" and presented the catalogue of the same title, in an event hosted by Kristin Feireiss, director of Aedes and presented by Ewa Porebska, Editor-in-Chief of the Architektura Murator magazine in Poland.   "Backstage" presents an extensive retrospective that reveals the…

On December 7th, AEDES, the historic architecture gallery from Berlin opens an exhibition starring the Spanish architect Fernando Menis. Under the title “Menis Backstage, Nature, Culture and Materiality”, the exhibition will allow you to delve into the creative processes of an author whose work is based on experimentation, research and innovation in the field of…

Fernando Menis has conducted the Innovation workshop for the adaptive reuse of the Hotel Krakow as a Museum of Architecture and Design Thanks to a wonderful initiative by the magazine Architektura Murator and its director Ewa Porebska, students of architecture, interior and industrial design have thought intensely and intensively about the future of the historic…

Fernando Martín Menis: el arquitecto que proyectó la playa de Santa Cruz.    En la inauguración oficial de la playa de Santa Cruz de La Palma que preside hoy la ministra de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, Isabel García Tejerina, después de casi un mes de su puesta en uso, estará entre los invitados una…

Colegio de Arquitectos de Catalunya, demarcación Tarragona  El próximo 26 de enero de 2017, a las 19:30 hrs, el arquitecto Fernando Menis impartirá una conferencia en la Demarcación de Tarragona del Colegio de Arquitectos de Catalunya. +info

On November 10, 2016, in Mexico, the CEMEX Building Awards for 2016 were unveiled and CKK Jordanki won the Special Award to Universal Accessibility … +info   

In Taipei, the World Design Capital 2016, the Spanish architect won the Gold Award of Public Space Design for his CKK Jordanki, in Poland and the Jury’s Special Award for the Bürchen Public Square, in Switzerland The Taipei City Government founded the Interna5onal Design Award to convey the quality image of Taipei design to the interna5onal…

Entrega premios Taburiente. Jueves 27 de octubre. 19:30 hrs. Teatro Guimerá. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Fernando Martín Menis se ha consolidado como uno de los arquitectos de mayor prestigio y proyección internacional … +info

CKK “Jordanki”, Torun, Poland. Menis Arquitectos, SLP The CKK “JORDANKI” is set on a green ring that surrounds the centre of this Polish town, bordering the city’s new development. The initial conception as per… +info

El arquitecto Fernando Menis deja su huella en Polonia El español firma un espectacular auditorio multifuncional en la localidad polaca de Torun.

Nueva fecha Semana de la Arquitectura 2016.  Colegio de Arquitectos de Canarias.   El próximo 21 de octubre a las 19:30 hrs el arquitecto Fernando Menis impartirá una conferencia en el Colegio de Arquitecto de Canarias, demarcación Santa Cruz de Tenerife. 

This Saturday Fernando Menis received “Złotą Karetę Nowości”, an award that is given every year to the most successful people. The ceremony took place in the building which he designed, and for which he got an award – CKK Jordanki This building was my love letter for Toruń. I built a strong relation with the…

Primeras críticas positivas del Auditorio de Fernando Menis en Polonia Van llegando las primeras críticas positivas tras la apertura del auditorio diseñado por Fernando Menis en Polonia y abierto al público el pasado mes de diciembre de 2015: “El edifico más original y radical del año es Jordanki en Torun,  escribe en su resumen de…

The plot of the CKK “Jordanki” is set in a green ring around the center of the small and well attended Polish town of Torun. The project site is designed to exist as half of the area of the site in order to give the remaining area to the park. A green arc is then…

The architect Fernando Menis will participate in two meetings this week in the Center of Contemporany Art in Torun and Biennal in Krakow, Poland, the next 15th and 16th October. The subject of study is the human dimension of urban space, allowing Menis discuss the latest works in which he has been working, in relation…

Leaders in Architecture CEE/CIS Summit is the region’s largest event dedicated to developing, celebrating and connecting architects,interior designers and senior decision makers from leading international architectural practices, contractors, developers, engineers and solution providers.     Day 2  –  2nd of June – Panel Discussion: “Creating Sustainable Architecture”   Day 2 –   2nd of June –…

Evolution, Toruń Study Case. Wykład hiszpańskiego architekta Fernando Menisa autora Wielofunkcyjnej Sali Koncertowej na Jordankach w Toruniu   WBiA, al. Piastów 50, aula 360 Środa, 15 kwietnia 2015, godzina 18.30 Aby uzyskać więcej informacji, prosimy odwiedzić: Zachodnioponorski Uniwersytet Technologiczny w Szczecinie     Evolution, Torun Study Case. Spanish architect Fernando Menis’s Multifunctional Jordanki Concert Hall in Torun…

Fernando Menis ABOUT ARCHITECTURE: “Menis Evolution” 17th April 2015; 17:00h at Audytorium nr 103, Wydział Architektury Politechniki Warszawskiej, Warsaw, Poland.   Fernando menis Speach will be the second in the series “On Architecture” lecture organized for the 100th anniversary of the Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture. Academic Association WA PM proposes meetings with experienced and…

Architect Fernando Menis is attending, as an honorary speaker, the ASA International Forum 2015, between May 1st – May 4th,  2015 in Bangkok, Thailand.   For more information & registration, please visit www.asaforum.org

“For his visionary ideas, inquiring mind, belief in freely sharing knowledge and inventions, his collaborative spirit and concern for the careful use of resources, the 2015 Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded to Frei Otto”. This is how the jury of the most famous world architecture award marks its recognition to the great German architect.  …

Fernando Menis Lecture at the London Metropolitan University Friday 6th March 2015 at 6:30 pm   London Metropolitan University The CASS 59-63 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7PF Photos by London Metropolitan University

Uznane  międzynarodowe biuro projektowe „Menis Arquitectos” wprowadza nawy obiekt zainteresowania.        To znaczące kulturalne wydarzenie dla historycznego Torunia odbędzie się 19 lutego o godzinie 18.00.   Wielofunkcyjna Sala Koncertowa “Jordanki” w Toruniu, której uroczyste otwarcie nastąpi pod koniec 2015 została zakwalifikowana jako jeden spośród 25 najbardziej znaczących budynków w Polsce ostatniego ćwierćwiecza. Makieta budynku…

Internationally Acclaimed Architectural Firm “Menis Arquitectos” is introducing Toruń’s newest point of interest.   The cultural event to share the recognition of Toruń’s notable landmark will take place on February 19th at 18.00h.       The Multifunctional Concert Hall “Jordanki” in Toruń, whose inauguration ceremony will take place at the end of 2015, was…

Fernando Menis will give a Lecture at The Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej in Warsaw on the 19th of February at 18:00

Fernando Menis as a jury member and speaker at the AICA Asia Fest 2015 in Mumbai on the 20th and 21st of January. Please find enclosed a brochure about the event. For more information about the festival, please visit http://www.aica.in. Also, he is giving a Lecture at Balwant Sheth School of Architecture in Mumbai on the 23rd…

Technical data: Architect: Fernando Menis Location: Rodnoe Village Balaklava Sevastopol Crimea region, Ukraine 44°54’20.2″N 33°47’59.2″E  Client: Uppa Winery Status: Under Construction Constructed area: 480sqm Budget: 1.045.000 euros Description:Using the natural topography of the site near the access road, the winery is coping the landscape line and integrates itself into the surrounding. The means how the building…

“Process: Torun Study Case, Poland” Lecture for the Master of Architecture program in Shanghai Study Centre  

Fernando Menis Lecture at Balwant Sheth School of Architecture in Mumbai on the 23rd of January 2015 at 12:30

Artist in Concrete Awards (AICA) Asia Fest is annual celebration of excellence in architecture, landscape designing, interior designing and construction. An award function with a difference, it offers you an opportunity to catch up with what is happening around the world and get bird’s eye view of the global architectural and interior designing scenario. It…

Fernando Menis as a Jury for the Taipei International Design Award 2014   014 TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD OBJECTIVES In order to convey to the world the quality image of “Taipei Design”, Taipei City Government organised the “Taipei International Design Award”. Creative designers, teachers and students of design schools, and people with design passion from…

  Exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the “Architecture Murator” magazine. The exhibition displays 25 of the best model buildings in Poland including the model of Multifunctional Concert Hall on Jordanki in Toruń made by the students of architecture from the University of Technology and Sciences in Bydgoszcz and supervised by Menis Arquitectos. Between 2nd…

European Architect Fernando Menis displays a mock-up of Toruń’s new Multifunctional Concert Hall “Jordanki” in the Polish capital.   The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw is holding an exhibition on October 2nd to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the “Architektury Murator” Magazine. The monthly magazine “Architektury Murator” is celebrating its Twentieth Anniversary this October…

14th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale The Biennale Architettura 2014 is the most important event of the international architecture scene. Over the course of six months, thousands of professionals – journalists, heads of institutions, public and private clients – participate in exhibitions, conferences, symposiums, and evening events. The 14th edition of the International…

Durante estos días varios expertos presentaron diferentes ejemplos de arquitectura sostenible para dar solución a situaciones desfavorables tanto climáticas como geográficas.    Durante los días 24 y 25 de Julio tuvo lugar en el Centro de Desarrollo Turístico Costa Adeje (CDTCA) el Curso Arquitectura Sostenible: “Moldeando la Naturaleza para Crear Vida” – cuyo objetivo del curso fue,…

Hong Kong tiene más de un 70% de su paisaje natural protegido según el profesor universitario, Thomas Tsang Menis introduce el curso explicando el proyecto Hatching y su trayectoria ligada a la sostenibilidad y la naturaleza. El arquitecto Fernando Menis explicó durante la inauguración del curso de verano de la Universidad de La Laguna en…

He won two of those renowned prizes in 2010 and 2012. Architect Fernando Menis, once again a finalist at the World Architecture Festival Awards 2014 in Singapore due to a Hotel in Switzerland. The Bürchen Mystik Hotel Project (Switzerland) is what stands out this time within the Future Projects Leisure Led Development category. Menis is…

Architecture Venice Biennale 2014 – Morocco Pavilion FUNDAMENTAL-(ISM)S Molding Nature to Make Life Possible Symbiosis between the natural energy and the manipulation of the form Hatching is a machine that produces life through: Catching the trade winds at great altitudes Water condensation from the clouds Protection from the warm winds in the lower parts Protection from…

24 y 25 de Julio 2014 Director: Fernando Menis Adeje – Tenerife ­   Página WEB Oficial: www.adeje.es/uva Descripción y Contenidos: La Visión Más Sostenible de la Arquitectura. Soluciones para Canarias con visiones desde Hong Kong, Alemania, Singapur y Emiratos Árabes y Marruecos.   Contará con un ciclo de conferencias magistrales, para las cuales han sido…

V Foro Argos  360º en Concreto   15 expertos contemporáneos de la industria de la construcción en un espacio para compartir experiencias entorno a la tecnología del concreto y su papel en los escenarios actuales de la ingeniería; pero también para reflexionar sobre el valor social de la supervisión técnica y el cumplimiento de normas y de…

Multifunctional Concert Hall Jordanki Work Multifunctional Concert Hall Jordanki: Live Camera     TV Torun: Watch it here

Multifunctional Concert Hall Jordanki Team     From left to right:  Grzegorz Grabowski (President of the Congress & Culture Center – CKK Jordanki), Fernando Menis (Head Architect, Menis Architects), Emilia Brulinska (Menis Architects), Javier Espilez (Menis Architects),  Agnieszka Hornowska (Menis Architects),  Alina Odjas (Work Director), Roberto Jimenez (Mostostal), Marek Trzoska (Project Manager), Robert Kiezik (Work Contract Director) and Marta Jurkow (Assistent of the…

Menis will give a Lecture at the American University of Sharjah on Sunday, 4th of May 2014 The lecture, which will take place in the CAAD Lecture Hall at 1:00pm, will explain the creating process of Menis Arquitectos through the “Multifunctional Concert Hall “Jordanki” in Torun (Poland).

MOROCCO * Fundamental(ism)s Mikou Design Studio, Groupe 3, Stefano Boeri architetti, Fernando Menis arquitectos, X-tu architectes, BOM architecture, BAO + Ultra Architettura, and Linna Choi Tarik Oualalou – KILO Commissioner: Hassan Abouyoub (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Italy). Curator: Tarik Oualalou for Fondation pour l’Art, le Design et l’Architecture (FADA’). Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

A new meeting, and he, with the same freshness and childlike enthusiasm as years ago

ARCHITECT FERNANDO MENIS LAUNCHES LECTURE IN ASIA AND AMERICA In April and May he will explain his creative process in the cities of Hong Kong (China ), Dubai (UAE) and Bogota (Colombia). The Canarian architect Fernando Menis, commencing in April will give a series of conferences in Asia and America, where he will explain his…

He will speak at the University about the evolution of his creative process The lecture, which will take place on the 17th of April, will explain the creating process of Menis Arquitectos through the Multifunctional Concert Hall “Jordanki” in Torun (Poland)     The Canarian Island architect Fernando Menis will give a lecture at the…

To begin working draft Auditorium Torun in Poland we looked to attractive, plastic and suggestive geometric solution, keeping in mind that it should be adjusted to the program required by the organization, but without limiting the geometric freedom, since later we would it submit to the power of reason, and should it not be compatible…

Arquitectura Sensible   Fernando Menis,  junto a Dulce Xerach, participarán como ponentes en el  V Congreso Internacional de Arquitectura, “Arquitectura Sensible” de la Universidad Marista de Mérida.   El Congreso tendrá lugar los días 5, 6 y 7 de Marzo. La última jornada la protagonizarán Fernando Menis y Dulce Xerach, que expondrán a las siete de la…

Fernando Menis explains the architectural process that he follows every time he is facing a new project: “It begins with a thorough analysis of the architectural style in which it will be worked , different experts in the subject will be studied, both historical and current, previous influences from their own and other projects, intentions…

The Summer Student Experience Admission Now Open info@menis.es   Apply now specifying the “Summer Student Experience“

“Fernando Menis’ luxury houses represent a unique concept of houses, a unique and different Luxury. They are homes to live in, the place where we daily build the emotion that we call living. When the architect creates a home to live in, he thinks of one that has the strength of a fortress and at…

 The architect Fernando Menis will give a postgraduate course at Wroclaw University of Technology where, among other things,he will explain the process of the work Multifunctional Concert Hall “Jordanki” in Toruń. The postgraduate course “Investment Process and Construction Solution in MENIS Architecture” by Fernando Menis, will take place at the University of Technology in Wroclaw…

Hace muchísimo tiempo, casi desde que comencé mi carrera de arquitecto que tengo el sueño de hacer un hotel. Pensé que al vivir en una tierra como las islas Canarias alguien me daría una oportunidad. Pero no ha sido así, desconozco por qué en general las cadenas hoteleras tan exitosas no le dan la importancia…

Nuestra visita a Sevastopol fue en junio. Allí entramos en contacto con nuestro cliente para la bodega de Ukrania. Sevastopol es un lugar extraño. Todo está aún lleno de recuerdos de la guerra (de la segunda guerra mundial, donde pereció gran parte de la población). También puedes encontrar restos militares de la ocupación soviética.

La arquitectura de Fernando Menis en Cartagena de Indias y Medellín.     • El arquitecto canario participará en el Taller Internacional de Arquitectura de Cartagena como conferenciante mostrando su habilidad para convertir el hormigón en formas de belleza impecables. • Posteriormente Menis se trasladará a Medellín donde impartirá una conferencia en la Universidad Pontificia…

MANIFESTO ON ARCHITECTURE AND KILOMETRE ZERO PHILOSOPHY   By Fernando Menis and Dulce Xerach (2013) “Our commitment is to promote the extension of Kilometre Zero philosophy to the architecture field in order to stimulate the economy of places and environments where building or rehabilitating and to reduce the impact of construction on the quality of…

A principios de mayo de 2013 comenzaron por fin las obras del Auditorio futuro de Torun, dirigidas por su autor, el arquitecto de Tenerife Fernando Menis.

In: archi.ru Испанский архитектор выиграл архитектурный конкурс еще в 2008, но значительное время занял выбор подрядчика и сбор средств: бюджет проекта составляет в общей сложности 200 млн злотых (ок. 2 млрд рублей), часть из которых выделил ЕС. Строительство должно занять 25 месяцев.    

In: ecopresscomunicaciones.wordpress.com Expertos de todo el mundo, lectores del portal sobre arquitectura más visitado [http://www.archdaily.com], han seleccionado la Iglesia del Santísimo Redentor, ubicada en Las Chumberas [San Cristóbal de La Laguna], entre las candidatas a los Premios Archdaily al Mejor Edificio del Año 2012. La obra, de Menis Arquitectos, es una de las cinco construcciones…

In the project, a great public space is generated in the surface: the main square of this touristic city, and an underground space for the ne Sacred Museum. The plot corresponds to Plaza España square, Grande Street in Adeje, on the edge of Barranco del Infierno ravine and the buildings between the Church and the…

In: Diario Design El objetivo del proyecto ha sido convertir al paisaje en un modelo, pero no para imitar, sino para ser observado. La arquitectura se convierte en un medio para aproximar a la gente al medio natural en que un día estaban arraigados. Fernando Menis es el autor de esta intervención que se localiza…

In: Paperblog Esta es una de las obras más emblemáticas del Arquitecto Español Fernando Menis. Ubicada en La Laguna, Tenerife la Iglesia del Santísimo Redentor nos cautiva por la austeridad de los cuatro imponentes volúmenes realizados en hormigón que la conforman, separados entre sí permitiendo la entrada a la espiritualidad por medio de la luz…

In: La opinión de Tenerife El arquitecto tinerfeño Fernando Menis ha sido nominado a los premios NAN por el diseño del Palacio de la Música de Torún, una ciudad patrimonio de la Unesco en Polonia. El Auditorium Jordanki es uno de las obras más premiadas de Menis y figura entre los aspirantes al premio en…

In:Hoy-Today Además de ser galardonado en los WAF (Festival Mundial de Arquitectura) con el primer premio en la categoría de “Proyectos Culturales Futuros”, el Auditorium Jordanki de Torún, obra del arquitecto canario Fernando Menis, ha sido nominado como uno de los mejores proyectos arquitectónicos para los Premios NAN. El Grupo TPI y la revista NAN,…

In: El Dia El Auditorium Jordanki en Torún (Polonia), diseñado por el equipo tinerfeño Menis Arquitectos, ha sido nominado en la categoría de Mejor Proyecto en el Extranjero de los premios NAN, que se entregarán hoy en Madrid. Esta obra de Fernando Menis ha sido nominada como uno de los mejores proyectos arquitectónicos para los…

In:Canariasgrafica El World Architecture Festival es el más importante en su especialidad y funciona como un escaparate de la excelencia arquitectónica del mundo. Compitiendo con proyectos de otros diez países como China, Estados Unidos, Australia, Reino Unido, Estonia, Suiza, Singapur, Eslovenia, Nueva Zelanda y Canadá, el jurado destacó “el carácter transformador del proyecto y su…

In: vnorte.es El arquitecto español Fernando Menis gana un premio WAF en Singapur, con su obra para la Plaza de Adeje de Tenerife. El jurado ha destacado el carácter transformador del proyecto y su significado como una nueva forma de apreciar la identidad de la ciudad. La obra de la Plaza de España de Adeje…

In: archiloci.com     Holy Redeemer Church in the tiny town of Los Majuelos stands out for its strength in simplicity and a story in the study of light. Four large slabs of re-enforced concrete stand alongside each other against each other creating asymmetric movement that is both open and sheltered. Local volcanic stone was…

En: archdaily.com.br Este é um projeto construído na cidade de La Laguna (Tenerife), pensado para formar um espaço que estimula a reflexão, um espaço de meditação, um lugar místico, um ponto de encontro de diferentes culturas. Um lugar onde uma pessoa de qualquer raça, origem ou crença, pode encontrar-se no templo, ou juntar-se com os…

En: edgargonzalez.com El arquitecto Fernando Menis con su Plaza de España en Adeje, Tenerife, ha resultado ganador de la quinta edición de los premios World Architectural Festival WAF, en la categoría New and Old. En este encuentro mundial de arquitectura que ha tenido lugar en Singapur, el arquitecto tinerfeño competía con otros diez proyectos realizados…

En: lacelosia.com       Los premios del Festival Mundial de la Arquitectura (World Arquitecture Festival) de este año se han rendido a la evidencia, otorgando el premio en la categoría New and Old, la que premia los trabajos que aúnen lo viejo y lo nuevo, a Fernando Menis por el trabajo de su estudio…

Canarias MedioDía – RNE – WAF Adeje

En: entrerayas.com El jurado ha destacado el carácter transformador del proyecto y su significado como una nueva forma de apreciar la identidad de la ciudad. La obra de la Plaza de España de Adeje (Tenerife – Canarias), realizada por el arquitecto canario Fernando Menis, ha resultado ganadora de la quinta edición de los premios de…

In: designboom.com   Tenerife-based practice menis arquitectos has completed the ‘sacred museum and plaza de espana’ renovation abutting a cliff in adeje, spain. the new project not only widens the existing plaza de españa by 2.5 times, but also creates spaces below it used for community activities and the sacred museum of adeje. sitting as…

In: dezeen.com   World Architecture Festival 2012: this slideshow of images features the Plaza Espana, a public square above an underground museum in Tenerife by Menis Arquitectos, which won the award in the new and old category at the World Architecture Festival this week. The space created by the demolition of an old building in…

In: worldarchitecturefestival.com Date posted: 05/10/12 Festival director Paul Finch gave a special director’s award to Plaza España in Adeje, Tenerife, designed by Menis Arquitectos. The project, which was the winner of the Old and New category, was, Finch said, ‘a love letter from an architect to his own home community.It involved the demolition of an…

In: metalocus.es Museo Sagrado and Plaza de España in Adeje. Photography © Simona Rota. The Spanish architect Fernando Menis wins WAF´s award in Singapore with his work for the Plaza de Adeje in Tenerife. The jury highlighted the transformative nature of the project and its significance as a new way to appreciate the city’s identity.…

La obra de la Plaza de España de Adeje, realizada por el arquitecto tinerfeño Fernando Menis, ha resultado ganadora de la quinta edición de los premios de Arquitectura del World Architecture Festival (WAF), en la categoría New and Old, en la que competía con proyectos de otros diez países tales como China, Estados Unidos, Australia,…

In: vitruvius.com.br Into the wall, de Fernando Menis   Desde quando estudava arquitetura em Barcelona, Espanha, aprendi que não se podia projetar um edifício sem conhecer previamente o seu meio ambiente. A paisagem onde irá surgir uma nova obra é, para o nosso estúdio, o primeiro passo do projeto. Quando fui convidado a participar na…

In: lavozdetenerife.com   La conocida escuela japonesa de arquitectura Yokohama Graduate School of Architecture (Y-GSA) celebra junto con las Universidades Europeas de Madrid (UEM) y Canarias (UEC), y bajo la dirección del profesor y arquitecto Fernando Menis, un workshop sobre costa y agroturismo   Tras unas primeras jornadas de trabajo llevadas a cabo en Japón,…

In: e-architect.co.uk   MAGMA Art and Congress, Tenerife Fernando Menis at The Venice Biennale 2012 MAGMA Arts and Congress appears as a reference point amongst anonymous buildings. photo ® Simona ROTA The semi-desert landscape around it and the proximity of the sea, an imposing presence that frames the building establishing a strong relationship between both,…

Plaza España in Adeje, Spain, wins new and old category Date posted: 03/10/12 In: www.worldarchitecturefestival.com   It was, said the judges, ‘a transformative project that uses the removal of buildings to open up an enlarged public plaza to an incredible landscape. ‘The addition of a small, underground museum adds to the surprise and unique understanding…

diariodeavisos.com   El país nipón y Canarias se dan la mano para impulsar un interesante proyecto en el municipio de Tacoronte. Así, la conocida escuela japonesa de arquitectura Yokohama Graduate School of Architecture (Y-GSA) celebra junto con las Universidades Europeas de Madrid (UEM) y Canarias (UEC), y bajo la dirección del profesor y arquitecto Fernando…

noticias.arquired.com.mx     Fernando Menis presenta una instalación en los Giardini de la Bienal de Venecia llamada Into the Wal, realizada en concreto, que estará abierta hasta el 25 de noviembre de este año 2012. El arquitecto canario participará en Asocreto como conferenciante el 21 de septiembre por su manejo del concreto “de manera impecable”…

See the Polish notices of the participation of Menis on the Architecture Biennale of Venice of 2012: architektura.muratorplus.pl skyscrapercity.com um.torun.pl torun.com.pl torun.pl e-polska.info mmtorun.pl slaskie-info.pl

elmundo.es     El arquitecto europeo Fernando Menis, muestra su obra arquitectónica llamada Into the Wall, realizada en concreto y manejada de manera impecable, en los Giardini de la Bienal de Venecia. La instalación creada sobre innovaciones con concreto, permite que el visitante pueda adentrarse en un moro encofrado, que Menisy su equipo han creado…

arquinauta.com     Fernando Menis presenta una instalación en los Giardini de la Bienal de Venecia llamada Into the Wal, realizada en concreto, que estará abierta hasta el 25 de noviembre de este año 2012. El arquitecto canario participará en Asocreto como conferenciante el 21 de septiembre por su manejo del concreto “de manera impecable”…

Notice in Entre Rayas – Venezuela : entrerayas.com   And in Arquimaster – Argentina : arquimaster.com.ar

Sacred Museum and Plaza of Spain in Adeje   Holy Redeemer Church   Magma Arts & Congress

diariosdeavisos.com     Venecia, hasta finales de noviembre, es el parnaso de la arquitectura contemporánea, un oasis de pabellones nacionales desafiando la crisis inmobiliaria y el desinterés de algunos gobiernos por las artes y la cultura. Entre los autores seleccionados en la bienal de esta meca, hay un canario que se consolida, Fernando Menis, confirmando…

rtvc.es Fernando Menis, sin duda uno de los arquitectos canarios de mayor proyección, es uno de los creadores seleccionados, del panorama internacional, para exponer en la XIII Bienal de Arquitectura de Venecia. Menis no se estrena en esta cumbre de la arquitectura actual, pero diríase que esta vez sí acude con su mejor bagaje y…

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telecinco.es El arquitecto Fernando Menis presenta hasta el próximo 23 de noviembre en el marco de la XIII Bienal de Arquitectura de Venecia la propuesta ‘Into the wall’ (Dentro del Muro), en la que hay, entre otros, tres proyectos realizados en Canarias. El Pabellón de España y la muestra reconocen así la trayectoria del arquitecto…

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diariodesign.com   El pasado lunes 27 de agosto se presentó SpainLab, el pabellón español de la recién inaugurada 13ª Bienal de Arquitectura de Venecia. Sus comisarios, los aquitectos Antón García-Abril y Débora Mesa (ambos de Ensamble Studio), explicaron el leitmotiv de la exposición para esta edición: los procesos de innovación e investigación en la arquitectura.…

lainformacion.com Venecia (Italia), 27 ago (EFE).- España saca a la luz en la XIII Exposición Internacional de Arquitectura de Venecia toda la energía que se esconde detrás del trabajo de los arquitectos, en particular la investigación, para conectar con la sociedad este importante proceso previo a la construcción.     Venecia (Italia), 27 ago (EFE).-…

Unico arquitecto canario invitado a participar en esta XXXI Bienal que lleva el título COMMON GROUND. El arquitecto Fernando Menis presentará del 29 de agosto al 23 de noviembre en el marco de XIII Bienal de Arquitectura de Venecia la propuestta INTO THE WALL. EL PABELLÓN DE ESPAÑA Y La muestra reconocen así la trayectoria…

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Fernando Menis as a finalist on the WAF Awards in Singapore with his architectural project Plaza of Spain in Adeje. The Plaza of Spain in Adeje has been chosen as a finalist of the fifth edition of the World Architecture Festival to be held in Singapore in October.

This workshop is part of the programme “Laboratory of ideas for the islands of the future”, which should reflect and deepen the possibilities for future urban development in the different islands in the world considering that in all the islands there are symbolic aspects involved in their development in a decisive but often unconscious way:…

Online shop to buy the ring: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tienda-Amigos-del-Espacio-Cultural-El-Tanque/114592595335221

Is it possible to be a tourist in your own city? Cities of tourists are not real cities. They are turning in scenes that they recognize the advertising images that the own city uses to claim the tourist masses, finishing for consuming fragments of the city. Packagings for the tourism of masses, the tourist destinations…

The context in which the workshop is held is marked by the friction generated by the sudden arrival of mass tourism on the island, the wear caused by this invasion in a culture characterised by a highly specific, slower rhythm, incapable of assimilating the demands of modern tourism all at once. The forced encounter between…

The present moment in which we approach work on Benicàssim may be idyllic. The whole city changes and is in a continuous process of transformation since its genesis. The idea of city is increasingly understood as an open object and enhanced, in flux, as an accumulation of facts and phenomena that come complete or degrade…

In order to understand the situation in Adeje and the reasons behind this workshop, we must first have an aunderstanding of the current tourist model and its origins i nthe beginning of the 170s. During these years, the southern part of the island of Tenerife underwent a boom in its tourist industry primarily within the…

The building is an emblematic, accessible to the citizens; justice as one of the pillars on which society relies. The building’s image, solid but at the same time transparent, coincides with the own justice principles. The project aimed to find a solution for the exterior of the building and which could fulfill the image of…

This past weekend Fernando Menis was projecting the Menis Arquitectos installation on the pavillion itself, along with other teams also invited to the Biennale of Venice

Our project Sacred Art Museum and Plaza in Adeje is one of the 19 finalists of this important European prize. Check here the awards, mentions and finalists http://www.publicspace.org/es/premio/resultados-para-pdf/2012

Fernando Menis will lecture at ASIA University in Taichung on the 17th of April at 15.00h. For more details check: https://www.facebook.com/asiau.id

Fernando Menis will lecture for Studio X Mumbai, on the 12nd of April, at 18.30h Studio X Mumbai is part of the Studio X Global Network Initiative promoted by the Columbia University New York http://www.arch.columbia.edu/studiox/mumbai

The Church featured in Dezeen.com

Fernando Menis has been awarded with the Prize for Innovation in Concrete, Architecture category. This is a award given by the prestigious Ambuja Cement Foundation integrated by professionals and associations of cement and concrete. Finalist with 2 projects – Magma Art & Congress and of the Holy Redeemer Church, both buildings located in Tenerife –…

The Espacio Cultural El Tanque de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary at ARCO 2012 with Fernando Menis as a special guest. Fernando Menis is the co author and head of the architectural restoration (1997) that turned an old oil tank of a Refinery, the tank 69, in what today is internationally…

Opening in Madrid on the 26th of January, 20:00h, Nuevos Ministerios. The exhibition "1975-2010 Arquitectura Española 35+ Construyendo en Democracia /Spanish Architecture 35+ Constructing in Democracy" at the venue Zuazo, Galerías de los Nuevos Ministerios. Menis takes part at it with the building The Presidency of the Canaries Islands Government, a building distinguished with the…

Architecture Research Center (ARC), University of Nicosia, 29th of November 2011, 19h   Fernando MENIS, lecturing on the 29th of November 2011, at 19h, at the Architecture Research Center (ARC), University of Nicosia, Cyprus. An event organized by the University of Nicosia together with the Embassy of Spain in Nicosia and the Architects' Association from…

Our book " MENIS" edited in Korea by Archilife has been released and will be soon in the bookstore. For the essays of this book, we had the great honour to have contributions by Barry Bergdoll (MOMA NY) and Luis Fernández Galiana (Arquitectura Viva). CREDITS EDITION: Publisher: Kim Yong-kwan, Editors: Shim Jae-yeun, Shin Kyung-mi, Photo…

Menis Arquitectos, 3rd Award. International Competition for a new HQ Fundecor in Costa Rica. The jury highlight the potency of the idea and the integration in the landscape

DOGA, Oslo, 29th September- 3rd November 2011 MAGMA Arte&Congresos is being exhibited by the Spanish Office for Tourism in Norway within a wider event that features Contemporary Spanish Architecture and designs by Herzog & De Meuron, Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, Benedetta Tagliabue, Zaha Hadid, Moneo Brock, Fermín Vázquez, Emilio Tuñon y Luis Mansilla. In Oslo,…

MAGMA Arte&Congresos designed by Menis in co-authorship, is being exhibited by the Spanish Office for Tourism in Norway within a wider event that features Contemporary Spanish Architecture and designs by Herzog & De Meuron, Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, Benedetta Tagliabue, Zaha Hadid, Moneo Brock, Fermín Vázquez, Emilio Tuñon y Luis Mansilla. In Oslo, at DogA,…

7th of October, Praia, 3rd International Fair of Construction Fernando Menis will give a lecture within the Seminar on Sustainability and Energetic Efficiency in Architecture and Construction, held at the 3rd International Fair of Construction from Cabo Verde www.fich.cv

Teaching.Universidad Europea de Madrid (UEM) Fernando Menis will be teaching at the Universidad Europea de Madrid (UEM) as an Associate Professor for the academic year 2011-2012 www.uem.es

Teaching. Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture de Paris Fernando Menis will be teaching as Visiting Professor at the ESA in Paris during the fall semester 2011 www.esa-paris.fr

World Architecture Festival Awards 11, Barcelona The Auditorium and Cogress Center in Morro Jable has been shortlisted at the WAF Awards 2011 within the category of Future Cultural Project www.worldarchitecturefestival.com

Barcelona-WAF , Noviembre 2011 Fernando Menis has been called to seat as one of the jurors at the World Architecture Festival in November, Barcelona. www.worldarchitecturefestival.com

Moscu, May-July 2011 The exhibition “A City called Spain” curated by Manuel Blanco, after Athens, last year, travels to Moscú at the Center House of Artists, from the 12nd of May to the 17th of July 2011. Menis is taking part at it with the project Congress Center and Auditorium Morro Jable in Fuerteventura. www.cha.ru

Singapore, July 2011 Speaker + Juror. Fernando Menis is one of the Jurors for the President’s Design Award Singapore 2011. The award is conferred by the President of the Republic of Singapore and is jointly administered by the Design Singapore Council and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of the Ministry of National Development. He will also…

Moscu, House of Artists, May-July 2011 The exhibition “A City called Spain” curated by Manuel Blanco, after Athens, last year, travels to Moscú at the Center House of Artists, from the 12nd of May to the 17th of July 2011. Menis is taking part at it with the project Congress Center and Auditorium Morro Jable…

The Laboratory, 7th of April 2011 The Laboratory, lead by Fernando Menis organizes a new seminar, this time focused on the water issue: “WATER FUTURE COST”, 7 de abril, 17h, Hotel Nivaria, Plaza del Adelantado, 11, La Laguna, Tenerife www.ellaboratorio.org

Seville, 5th of April 2011 Lecture by Fernando Menis at the School of Architecture in Seville. You can see the lecture here: www.obiter.us.es

Valencia, 2nd of April 2011 ‎MENIS is one of the speakers at the 1ST EUROPEAN CONGRESS ABOUT SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURES held in Valencia from the 31st of March till the 2nd of April 2011. www.infraestructurasdeportivas.com

24th of March Dublin, Ireland Lecture in Dublín at the AAI. Fernando MENIS gives the Annual Concrete Society Lecture organized by the Architectural Association of Ireland. www.architecturalassociation.ie

The Laboratory, 3rd of February 2011 El Laboratorio, lead by Fernando Menis organizes a new seminar and a panel “Arquitectura hoy. Ideas trás la crisis”. Among speakers: Federico García Barba (Architect and President of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Canarias-Tenerife chapter). Location: Circulo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife. www.ellaboratorio.org

ARCO, February 2011 The Cultural Space El Tanque, a project designed in co-authorship by Fernando Menis, is going to be presented at the arts fair ARCO in Madrid. www.amigosdeltanque.com