Manolo F. Ufer | Angela C. Soong | team

Manolo F. Ufer

[partner / architect]

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[education]
2003-2004 Master of Science in Architecture & Urban Design from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning & Preservation in New York.
2002- Registered architect at the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (COAM).
2001-2002 Master in Housing & Urbanism (AA Distinction) from the Architectural Association in London.
1998-2000 Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Edinburgh.
1994-1998 Master of Arts (with Honours) in Architectural Design from the University of Edinburgh.

[professional]
2007- Partner at  ..a r c h i p e l a g o s
2006-2007 Skidmore Owings and Merrill New York  
2005-2006 SCAPE New York
2004-2005 NBBJ New York
2000-2003 Dental clinic in Madrid (Spain).
2000-2001 Legorreta + Legorreta
1997-1999 Legorreta Arquitectos

[teaching]
2004- "Reading New York Urbanism".
Seminar on urbanism and film at Columbia University GSAPP.
Digital instructor and webdesign. www.arch.columbia.edu/UD/summer04/rnyu04/index.htm
2004- "Encountering the Urban".
Urban Design Studio at Columbia University GSAPP.
Digital instructor and webdesign. www.arch.columbia.edu/Studio/Sum2004/UD/index.htm
2004- "Digital Modeling for Urban Design".
Seminar on urbanism and film at Columbia University GSAPP.
Guest critic at Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Parsons School of Design, Architectural Association School of Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Tec de Monterrey.

[awards]
2004- Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize for the project titled "Delta Edge BCG".
2004- William Kinne Fellows Traveling Fellowship for the proposal titled "Post-global Economic Restructuring in the Asian-Pacific:
Japan & South Korea" (with Angela Soong and Van Tsao).
2002- AA Distinction from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.
2002- AA Dissertation Prize for the paper titled "The Grid and the Skyscraper: An analysis of the compaction/sprawl debate and the future of urban density"”Lawrence Barth and Jorge Fiori [tutors].

[publications]
2004- Abstract 03-04. (New York: Columbia Publications, 2004).
2002- AA Projects Review 01-02 (London: AA publications, 2002)
2002- Architectural Association School of Architecture Prospectus (London: AA publications, 2002)
2002- Architectural Association Graduate School Prospectus (London: AA publications, 2002)
1998- El Concurso para la Embajada de Mexico en Berlin (Mexico: Conaculta, 1998)

[exhibitions]
2004- "I-95 Corridor Exhibit". US Forest Service Centennial Congress, Washington D.C.
2004- "I-95 Corridor Exhibit". US Forest Service Centennial Forum. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.
2004- "Year-End Show." Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, New York.
2004- "Bucharest: beyond trasition" .Romanian Cultural Institute, New York.
2002- "AA Projects Review 01-02"  London.