Luis Mansilla and Emilio Tunon Alvarez were born in Madrid in 1959 and 1958 respectively. both studied architecture at the escuela técnica superior in arquitectura di madrid graduating in 1981/82. in 1992 the duo established mansilla + tunon architectural firm and have since designed numerous public and private buildings worldwide.

Their award winning projects include ‘energy dome’ in soria, spain, ‘migration/territory’ museum in algeciras, spain, ‘museum of cantabria’ spain and mudac, the contemporary art museum of castllia y leon, spain, who received the prestigiuos mies van der rohe award on 2007. most recently they gained worldwide attention for their first prize winning designof the madrid international convention center.

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