The document discusses the Auditori de Barcelona concert hall in Barcelona, Spain, designed by renowned Spanish architect Rafael Moneo. It provides details about Moneo's background and career, as well as technical specifications and photos of the Auditori's exterior, foyer, and three performance halls. The 42,000 square foot modern building opened in 1999 near the city center and houses the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya and Museu de la Música, making it a focal point for Barcelona's musical life.

1. AUDITORIUM OF BARCELONA L’AUDITORI DE BARCELONA Rafael Moneo

2. The Building Rafael’s professional work Technical specifications The architect Photographic Tour Technical Specifications The Auditori is a modern building of 42.000 square metres designed by the architect Rafael Moneo , opened on 22 nd March of 1999. It’s in the centre of the new pole of urban development of Glòries , which brings together the three widest and longest avenues in Barcelona Diagonal, Gran Via and Meridiana- The Auditori is near to the old centre of the city and next to the National Theatre of Catalonia. The acoustics of the halls has been carefully studied within the project by the specialized engineer Higini Arau. In the same musical complex, there are the centres of the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya and the Museu de la Música . This makes the Auditori a focus of musical life in the city.

3. The Building Rafael’s professional work The Architect José Rafael Moneo Vallés was born in Tudela (Navarre) in 1937. He studied at the Madrid School of Architecture , graduating in 1961. Nine years later he became a professor of Elements of Composition in the Barcelona School of Architecture and in 80s held the same post in Madrid until 1985, when he was appointed Chairman de la Graduate School of Design of Harvard University, a post he held until 1990. Rafael Moneo has received numerous distinctions, including the Pritzker Prize for Architecture in 1996 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2003. Elected an Academic of Fine Arts in 1997, he took possession of his post in early 2005. Technical specifications The architect Photographic Tour

4. The Building Rafael’s professional work Photographic Tour Exteriors Technical specifications The architect Photographic Tour Exteriors Foyer Salas

5. The Building Rafael’s professional work Photographic Tour Foyer Technical specifications The architect Photographic Tour Exteriors Foyer Salas

6. The Building Rafael’s professional work Photographic Tour Salas Technical specifications The architect Photographic Tour Exteriors Foyer Salas Sala 1 Sala 2 Sala 3

7. The Building Rafael’s professional work Rafael’s professional work Of his professional work, it is worth mentioning the National Museum of Roman Art in Mérida (1986), Atocha Station in Madrid (1992), the Pilar y Joan Miró Foundation in Palma de Mallorca, the Davis Museum in Wellesley College in Massachusetts (1993), the Museums of Modern Art and Architecture in Stockholm (1998), the New Building for Murcia City Hall (1998), the Auditorium and Kursaal Congress Centre in San Sebastián (1999), the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas (2000), the New Cathedral in Los Angeles (2002), the General Archives of Navarre in Pamplona (2003) and the Gregorio Marañón Mother-Infant Hospital in Madrid (2003), amongst other works. The New Cathedral in los Angeles © Miquel Royo Martínez