The 2009 medals in architecture

Commemorative piece given to the 2009 recipients of Puerto Rico's Architecture Awards. Design and concept by Alberto Rigau. Fabrication by Roberto Pérez.

This past Thursday, Puerto Rico’s professional college of architects and landscape architects awarded the 2009 medals in architecture. These awards, named after Ricardo Alegría, are given to individuals and/or entities who are not directly related to the discipline of architecture but who have contributed to the field in a way that can be evidenced in a substantial body of work.

Previously, this prestigious recognition had been given four times, and to my knowledge, recipients were given only a certificate. This year I volunteered and gifted the College with a design of commemorative piece to be handed out in the naming ceremony.
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Una de Cal y Otra de Arena: A STEP Readers’ Choice contestant

Una de Cal y otra de Arena, Editorial Revés latest publication and my most recent book design, has been selected as a runner-up selection in STEP Design’s Reader’s Choice Contest.

The five entries that receive the most votes in the Readers’ Choice contest will also be featured in the STEP Design 100 March/April 2009 Annual, so all you will receive an email to go vote on the entry soon…:)

Thanks to Jorge Rigau and José Lorenzo Torres for your support, comments, feedback, ideation, and moral infrastructure throughout the short and intense design process of the book… to Robert Ruehlman and Santiago Piedrafita for your e-mails, feedback, critiques, and comments on the layout, structure and typography of the book as I was making design decisions… to Alfonso Gómez Arzola, who came in during two of the most critical days of the process to help with the production of the piece… to Eduardo Miranda, who helped make the cover a reality…and last, but never least, to Eric Jukelevics, who not only retouched 4 of the images in the book, but who always provides me with photographic support when it comes to the documentation of my projects.

Gateways: International Book Cover Exhibit

Detrás del Silencio, Gilda Navarra’s retrospective, has been chosen to be part of Gateways, an international exhibition of contemporary book design that will take place in Porto, Portugal. It will open on July 30th.