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In 1966, the inauguration of the Museum of Spanish Abstract Art in the Hanging Houses of Cuenca with the collection of Fernando Zóbel was a milestone for the history of contemporary art in our country. From an architectural and urbanistic point of view, it also had a crucial significance in the urban regeneration process. The restoration works to adapt the building for the museum were not an isolated intervention. At the same time, Fernando Zóbel and some artists of his social environment carried out similar actions to move into the historic center of Cuenca, leading a dynamic that transformed the city into an artistic and cultural settlement. The drawings they made of their houses were originally published on the magazine Arquitectura. These drawings are the storyline of this episode of our history, when a group of artists led the initiative in the restoration of traditional architecture and urban regeneration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Antonio Fernández Alba (Salamanca 1927) has written and also has inspired so many texts on architecture. His bibliography is as astonishing as his professional career. A member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, since 1987, and of the Spanish Royal Academy since 2005, the numerous awards in recognition of the virtuosity of his works culminated in the Gold Medal for Architecture from the Governing Board of the College of Architects of Spain, in 2002, and the National Prize for Architecture, in 2003. He is one of a few architects who has very zealously cultivated drawing in his design projects, aware of its instrumental role in the transmission of the intrinsic values of architecture. Some of his sketches, plants and perspectives have been widely reproduced and they are part o f the collective imaginary of the representation of modern architecture in Spain. In this interview he shows us another facet of his passion for drawing; the collection of sketchbooks that fill the shelves of his studio. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The artistic dimension of the architect from Zaragoza, Jose Borobio Ojeda (1907-1984), was an essential part of his life that guided his personal and professional career. The portfolio of his graphic work has been analyzed and disseminated in different exhibitions and publications. In this article, we centre on the study of architectural sketches taken during a study trip to Albarracin, organized by Teodoro de Anasagasti in 1930. Two years later, Anasagasti would choose those drawings to illustrate Anta, the architectural journal that he edited and published every ten days. The expressiveness of the linear outlines characteristic of his sketches made him a leading figure of the graphic discourse in the newsletter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]