Jose Ramón Puerto Álvarez y María de los Ángeles Sánchez Sánchez. Puerto & Sánchez Arquitectos

Puerto & Sánchez Arquitectos is a professional Architecture and Urban Planning studio based in Cangas de Narcea, Asturias, founded in 2009 by Jose Ramón Puerto Álvarez and María de los Ángeles Sánchez Sánchez, and which has recognized works such as the Illano Swimming Pools, the Cangas Wine Museum, the Allande Astronomical Observatory, or the Farrapona viewpoint.

Jose Ramón Puerto Álvarez, architect from the ETSAM (1994) and Doctor from the University of Oviedo, Faculty of Art History. His professional activity has been developed as Co-founder of Puerto & Sánchez Arquitectos in 2009, as an Architect at ADL City Council of Cangas del Narcea (2002-05), Councilor for Urban Planning of the Hon. Cangas de Narcea City Council (2012-2014), Member of Culture and Heritage of the Governing Board of the Official College of Architects (2016-2020), Member of the Technical Commission of the DOCOMOMO Iberian Registry (2016-2020), Vice Dean of the COAA (2018-2020) and Professor of Architectural Projects at CESUGA (2020-2021) mainly.

María de los Ángeles Sánchez Sánchez, architect from the ETSAM (1997), specialized in Urban Planning and co-founder of the Puerto & Sánchez Arquitectos studio.

The studio has received awards such as the first COAM Emilio Larrodera Urban Planning Prize in 1992, the runner-up prize in the HUNOSA Historical Archive Ideas Competition for the Fondón Well in Langreo in 1995, the first prize in ASTURIAS GARDENING Prize for the Fuejo Park, Cangas del Narcea, the second prize in the Menhir Prize for young architects for the Illano Municipal Swimming Pools in 2003, the third prize in the ABANDOIBARRA Ribera Park Ideas Competition in Bilbao in 1996, the Trespa Perspective Award 2009 for the Cangas Wine Museum, Santiso, Cangas del Narcea, Asturias in 2009 and the first prize in the Farrapona Geological Viewpoint Ideas Competition in Somiedo.