The Lisbon Architecture Triennale has announced the Catalan practice Bonell+Dòriga, founded by the young architect duo Laura Bonell and Daniel López-Dòriga, as the winner of the third edition of the Début Award. The firm gained recognition for the work compiled on the platform A Series of Rooms, which presents an extensive, multidisciplinary study of domestic spaces and the archetypes of habitation.
The announcement was made on Saturday, October 5, the final day of the Triennale's opening events. In this edition, the Triennale deservedly presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Denise Scott Brown for her more than four decades of contributions to the field of architecture.
The Catalan architects founded the practice in 2014, after completing their studies at the Escola Técnica Superior de Arquitetura de Barcelona, with periods at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio in Switzerland and the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their work primarily focuses on private commissions and public competitions.
Among the ten finalists for this year's Début Award were two Brazilian practices: Rio de Janeiro-based gru.a and Porto Alegre-based sauermartins. This edition's jury was composed of Ana Dana Beroš, Anna Ramos Sanz, Fosco Lucarelli, Go Hasegawa, Joaquim Moreno, Mariabruna Fabrizi, and Sofia von Ellrichshausen.
The call for entries was open from May 24, 2018, to March 26 of this year. In previous editions, the award recognized the work of Umwelt (Chile, 2016) and Jimenez Lai of Bureau Spectacular (USA, 2013).
This article was written by Romullo Baratto. The translation is powered by AI.
