SelgasCano

SelgasCano is a Spanish architectural office based in Madrid and founded in 1998 by José Selgas and Lucía Cano.

The Serpentine Pavilion of 2015

Their work includes three Auditoriums and congress centers in Spain (Auditorio de Badajoz[1], [Auditorio El Batel Cartagena][2] and Auditorio de Plasencia[3]), several office buildings such as Second Home London[4], Second Home Lisboa[5] and Second Home Los Angeles[6], a school in Kibera Nairobi [7], a vaccination center in Turkana Kenya [8], and several public pavilions including the 15th annual Serpentine Pavilion 2015 in London [9], which was re-installed at La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles in 2019 [10].

Selgascano´s office in the woods in Madrid [11] is the most visited project [12] in the specialized architecture website Archdaily.

Selgascano's work has been exhibited in MOMA New York [13], Bruges Trienal [14], Guggenheim New York, GA gallery in Tokyo, the MOT(Contemporary Art Museum of Tokyo, the Design Museum of London, the Akademie der Kunste in Berlin, the Tin Sheds Gallery in Sydney, the MIT in Boston, the architecture Venice Biennale in Venice and the Louisiana Museum in Copenhagen.

References
  1. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palacio_de_Congresos_de_Badajoz
  2. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditorio_y_palacio_de_congresos_El_Batel
  3. https://www.archdaily.com/910529/plasencia-auditorium-and-congress-center-selgas-cano
  4. https://www.archdaily.com/769707/second-home-london-office-selgascano
  5. https://www.dezeen.com/2017/02/14/second-home-lisboa-market-hall-co-working-plants-office-selgascano-portugal
  6. https://www.archdaily.com/928819/second-home-hollywood-office-selgascano
  7. https://www.dezeen.com/2017/01/05/selgascano-designed-pavilion-transformed-into-school-for-kenyas-kibera-slum
  8. https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7996-konokono-vaccination-center
  9. https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/serpentine-pavilion-2015-designed-selgascano
  10. https://tarpits.org/experience-tar-pits/second-home-pavilion
  11. https://www.archdaily.com/21049/selgas-cano-architecture-office-by-iwan-baan
  12. https://www.archdaily.com/484856/the-20-most-visited-archdaily-projects-of-all-time
  13. https://www.moma.org/artists/29835
  14. https://triennalebrugge.be/en/nieuws/the-selgascano-pavilion-is-a-winner

Further reading
  • "[Selgascano 2003-2013]. Shambling nature", El Croquis, Vol. 171, 2014, ISBN 9788488386793, ISSN 0212-5633
  • "[a+u 2018:08 selgascano].", a+u, N.575, 2018, ISBN 978-4900212251



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