Large Public Buildings
In the field of large transport infrastructures, Taller de Arquitectura designed the 1991 extension and remodelling of Barcelona Airport (now known as Terminal 2) as well as its more recent extension, Terminal 1, completed in 2010 and awarded 2011 Best Airport Southern Europe. Other prominent public projects include the National Theatre of Catalonia in Barcelona, Madrid Congress Centre, the Arsenal Concert Hall in Metz, the Shepherd School of Music for Rice University in Houston, the Villa Cultural del Prado in Valladolid, and the Convention and Exhibition Centre in A Coruña.
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