Bonell i Gil Arquitectes is a Barcelona-based architecture practice set up by Esteve Bonell Costa and Josep Maria Gil Guitart, who graduated from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) in 1971 and 1978 respectively. Their work has received international recognition in the form of awards such as the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture—Mies van der Rohe Award in 1992, the IAKS Gold Medal awarded in 1995 by the International Olympic Committee, the FAD Prize for Architecture in 1975 and 1984, and the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona Award in 1994 and 1996.
Esteve Bonell has combined his professional praxis with academic activity, lecturing in Projects at the ETSAB, the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, and the School of Architecture of Paris-Belleville, and as staff lecturer in Projects at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio in Switzerland. In 2009, he was responsible for the exhibition Architecture Catalane 2004-2009 at the Cité d’architecture et du patrimoine in Paris, and in 2010 he received the Premi Nacional d’Arquitectura i Espai Públic, awarded by the Consell Nacional de la Cultura i les Arts de Catalunya.
Esteve Bonell has combined his professional praxis with academic activity, lecturing in Projects at the ETSAB, the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, and the School of Architecture of Paris-Belleville, and as staff lecturer in Projects at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio in Switzerland. In 2009, he was responsible for the exhibition Architecture Catalane 2004-2009 at the Cité d’architecture et du patrimoine in Paris, and in 2010 he received the Premi Nacional d’Arquitectura i Espai Públic, awarded by the Consell Nacional de la Cultura i les Arts de Catalunya.
