Josep Lluís Mateo (1949, Barcelona) graduated in Architecture in 1974 from the ETSAB and gained his doctorate (cum laude) at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 1994.

Mateo’s practice is based in Barcelona, and he is currently involved in a number of local and international projects such as the new Film Theatre of Catalonia in Barcelona, the new headquarters for PGGM Pension Fund Company in Zeist, Holland and the office building on the former site of Renault factories in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, among others.

With each of his projects, Mateo seeks to connect the practice of construction with research and development in both intellectual and programmatic terms. He works in the area between the sphere of ideas and the physical world of reality.

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The new head office of the Bundesbank in Chemnitz, Germany (First Prize, international competition) is the result of an intense conceptual process of design that met with excellent international acclaim, as did the Barcelona International Convention Centre (First Prize, international public competition) and the 5-star hotel and office block for the Forum 2004, all in Barcelona. In the same period, he developed the new branch image and layout for Banc Sabadell in Spain, and was responsible for the renovation of the bank’s historical head office in Sabadell (First Prize, invited competition). Deserving of particular mention are works such as the remodelling of the entrance to Banc Sabadell’s Torre Diagonal in Barcelona and projects such as the Sant Jordi Hall of Residence for Barcelona University (First Prize, national public competition), Largo da Devesa park in Castelo Branco (Portugal) and the office building for WTC Almeda Park in Cornellà, Barcelona (First Prize, invited competition).

Currently under construction are:

The new Film Theatre of Catalonia in Barcelona (2005-2010. First Prize, national invited competition)
The new headquarters for PGGM Pension Fund Company in Zeist, Holland (2002-2010. First Prize, international invited competition)
The office building on the former site of Renault factories in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris (2006-2010. First Prize, invited competition)

At the planning stage, after winning the corresponding national competitions, are, among others:

Draga-Sibenik Complex, Croatia (First Prize, invited competition, 2009).
Renovation of El Ninot central market in Barcelona (First Prize, national public competition, 2008).
Dr Josep Trueta General Hospital in Girona, Spain (First Prize, invited competition, 2006).
Women’s prison in St. Llorenç d’Hortons, Barcelona (First Prize, invited competition, 2005).
Apartment building in Valencia for the Sociopolis Project (shown at New York’s MoMA as part of the exhibition “Spain: On Site”)
Remodelling of the riverfront in Bayonne, France (First Prize, invited competition, 2006).

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Josep Lluís Mateo was editor-in-chief of the magazine Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme from 1981 to 1990. During this period, the magazine received the following awards: ACCA, Laus, Barcelona City Awards and the International Union of Architects (UIA).

Monographs

Occasions, Josep Lluis Mateo Ed. Actar (Barcelona, 2009)
Josep Lluís Mateo, Opere e progetti, Electa (Milan, 2007)
Josep Lluís Mateo, Works, Projects and Writings, Ediciones Polígrafa (Barcelona, May 2005)
CCIB. Josep Lluís Mateo. MAP Architects, ACTAR (Barcelona, December 2004)
Organic versus Inorganic. Catalogue of the exhibition in the Aedes Gallery, Berlin (June 2004)
Josep Lluís Mateo, World Architecture, Tsinghua University (Beijing, China, 2003)
Josep Lluís Mateo, Recent Work, 2G, Gustavo Gili. (Barcelona, 2003)
MATEO ATLAS, ACTAR, Ministerio de Fomento and COAC (Barcelona, 1998)
Mateo-Matrix. Catalogue of the exhibition at the IAAS, Institute for Advanced Architectural Studies (Hamburg, Germany, May 1996)
Housing, Josep Lluís Mateo, “Arquitecturas de Autor” collection, ETSAUN (Pamplona, 1996)
Ideen und Bauten, Birkhäuser Verlag (Basel, 1995)
Josep Lluís Mateo at ETH. CD-ROM published by Gas-New Media SL (Barcelona, 1995)
Ideas on Building. Video by Henryk Gajewski, Berlage Institute Amsterdam (Netherlands, November 1994)
Josep Lluís Mateo. Zwei Jahre-Zwei Zeiten 1993-1994. Catalogue of the exhibition at Aedes Gallery (November 1994)
Josep Lluís Mateo, "Catálogos de Arquitectura Contemporánea" collection, Gustavo Gili (Barcelona, 1992)
Schichten. Catalogue of the exhibition “José Luis Mateo, Map Architects”, Architekturgalerie Luzern (Switzerland, 1992)
Map Architects. Catalogue of the exhibition “Kreuzungen-Forschungen und Objekte”. Architekturgalerie EV, Munich, 1991. Dragados y Construcciones (Barcelona, 1991)

Books

Textos instrumentales. Josep Lluís Mateo. GG (Barcelona, 2007)
Bauen und Denken. Josep Lluís Mateo. Quart Verlag (Luzern, Switzerland, 2002)

Books published by the Chair of Professor Mateo in ETH Hönggerberg, Zurich:

Iconoclastia. News from a Post-Iconic World. Architectural Papers IV.. Ed. ETH - Actar, 2009
Global Housing Projects. Ed. ETH - Actar, 2008
Natural Metaphor. Architectural Papers III. Ed. ETH - Actar, 2007
Big Scale. Grossform. Architectural Papers II. Ed. ETH - Gustavo Gili, 2006
Object Laboratory. Architectural Papers I. Ed. ETH — Gustavo Gili, 2005
Natur und Abstraktion. Josep Lluís Mateo. ETH-Zurich 1993-94. Ed. Actar 1995

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