Javier Carvajal – Biography

Javier Carvajal (Barcelona, 1926) He obtained the degree in architecture with extraordinary graduation Prize in 1953 by the school of architecture of Madrid. In 1955 He was pensioned from the Academy of fine arts in Rome, where lived up to 1957, He was appointed academic master Honoris cause from the Academy Mondiale Degli Artisti e Profesionisti di Roma.
En 1964 He built the Pavilion of Spain at the world fair in New York. Thanks to him he obtained the prize of the Rockefeller Foundation and international recognition. En In65 He became first Professor of the school of Madrid winning his chair a modern architecture building.
In 1973 He was appointed director of the school of architecture of Barcelona and in 1974, the architecture school of Las Palmas. He combined his teaching with the positions of Dean of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Madrid. From 1976 He was Professor of projects at the University of Navarra.
The numerous honors and distinctions received throughout his professional career include the fine arts medal in architecture section (1960); the Knight's cross of the order of Isabel la Catolica for services to Spanish architecture abroad; the prize for the best architecture international of the fair world of New York of the Institute of architects American (1964); and the Grand Cross of the order of Alfonso X el Sabio (1973). He died in Madrid on 14 June 2013. “…Already my lesson ends, already I do not talk over at this school as a teacher, Although you can always count on me, here or anywhere, because they are never finished the tasks that men undertake."
His last academic lesson. 24 in January of 1991.