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Biography. Architect Antonio Cruz Villalón was born in Seville, Spain, in 1948, and graduated from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid in 1971. He is a member of the Andalusian Architects' Association (Num. 953).
Bio. Arquitecto por la Escuela Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid en 1971. Ha sido profesor invitado en los politécnicos de Zurich y Lausanne, en las Universidades de Harvard, Cornell y Columbia y en la Escuela de Arquitectura de Pamplona. Ha ocupado la Cátedra Kenzo Tange de la G.S.D. de Harvard.
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- The Project
- The Difficulties of The Renovation
- Museum in Conflict with The Cyclists’ Union
- The New Rijksmuseum
- The Grand Opening
The main value of the Cruz y Ortiz project was the decision to keep the old building intact, locating many of the modern museum service areas deeper under the old structure. The historical building designed by the Dutch architect Pierre Cypers (1827 - 1921) originally opened in 1885, had the so-called Museumpoort – centrally located gates from the ...
The reconstruction of the Rijksmuseum took 10 years and went several times over budget. While the original cost was estimated at 272 million euro, finally the total cost amounted to 375 million euro, which is almost half billion US dollars (ca. $ 487 M.). Several factors contributed to this staggering cost. Construction companies, which went bankru...
In the original reconstruction plans, the street passage under the Cuypers building had to be closed and included in the building’s volume. Amsterdam Cyclists' Union (Fietsersbond Amsterdam) went to court to preserve this shortest passage from the Old City center to the South. Important Dutch personalities all of them themselves using the bicycle e...
Every nation endeavors to present its heritage in the best possible way. The Dutch live with a deep respect for their past and their most important museums, most of them recently painstakingly renovated, express this emotion. The Rijksmuseum in its new presentation designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte presents famous Dutch paintings in the context of t...
It has been one of the Queen Beatrix last official tasks before succeeding the throne to her oldest son King Willem-Alexander, to reopen the Rijksmuseum on April 13, 2013. On that day, the museum stayed opened free until midnight to all visitors. On the eve of coronation of the new King on April 30, 2013, the Queen decided to hold her farewell rece...
Cruz y Ortiz arquitectos is an architectural studio founded by Antonio Cruz Villalón and Antonio Ortiz García. The studio have offices in Seville and in Amsterdam.
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Antonio Cruz Villalón. Architecte Nationalité espagnole. Birth: 1948, Séville (Espagne) Place(s) of residence and work : Espagne
