Jose Rafael Moneo is the first Josep Lluis Sert Professor of Architecture. He was chairman of the Department of Architecture from 1985 until 1990 and teaches the lecture courses On Contemporary Architecture, and Design Theories in Architecture.

Before joining the School of Design, Moneo was a fellow at the Spanish Academy in Rome and taught in Barcelona and Madrid. His scholarly work includes numerous articles and lectures published throughout the world. His projects include the Bankinter Building in Madrid, the Museum of Roman Art in Merida, the L'Illa building in Barcelona, the Pilar and Joan Miro Museum in Palma de Mallorca, the "Kursaal" Auditorium and Congess Center in San Sebastian, the extension of the Prado Museum in Madrid, as well as the Davis Art Museum at Wellesley College, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Moneo has been awarded the Gold Medal by the Spanish government, the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Prince of Viana Prize (Spain), the Swedish Schock Price for the Visual Arts and the Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal. In 1996, he received the UIA Gold Medal and the Pritzker Prize.

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