In the history of building, Alejandro Zaera-Polo is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Alejandro Zaera-Polo as Spanish architect.
Alejandro Zaera-Polo was born at Madrid in 1963. His recorded nationality is Spain. He trained at Technical University of Madrid and Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Contemporary practice is global, computational and preoccupied with energy: the profession's central question is now what a building costs the climate.
He is recorded as architect.
His best-known building is Ōsanbashi Pier. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
That the work was built in Spain shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Alejandro Zaera-Polo is still practising, and the body of work is not yet complete.
Achievements
- Notable work: Ōsanbashi Pier
- Trained at Technical University of Madrid and Harvard Graduate School of Design
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