The couple, who established the eponymous Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos in 1984, first won international recognition for their museum beside the archeological site of Madinat al Zahra, a 10th-century Islamic city-palace near Córdoba, Spain. Winner of the 2010 Aga Khan Award, that project adapted the palace’s geometric patterns of spaces and patios to work in a sleek, modern design. Other notable works include the San Telmo Museum in San Sebastián, Spain (2011), the Center for Contemporary Creation, also in Córdoba (2013), and the Moritzburg Museum in Halle, Germany (2008). Nieto and Sobejano teach and maintain offices in Madrid and Berlin. Sobejano spoke with record international correspondent David Cohn about the winning proposal for the Dallas Museum of Art and the similarly “respectful” approach the firm has taken to expansion projects at European cultural institutions.
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