28 July 1951 Born in Valencia, Spain.
1956-1961 Elementary school in Valencia.
1959-1960 Visited evening courses at the School for Arts and Crafts in Burgasot, Spain.
1961-1968 Secondary school and graduation in Valencia.
1968-1969 Art school in Valencia
1969-1973 Studied architecture at the “Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Valencia”.
1973 Graduate work in urban studies in Valencia.
1975-1979 Studies civil engineering at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
1979-1981 Doctorate of Technical Science awarded by Architectural Department of the ETH; dissertation title: “Concerning the foldability of frameworks”.
Assistant at the Institute for Building Statics and Construction at the ETH Zürich, Dept. 1.
Assistant at the Institute for Plane Statics and Light Constructions at the ETH Zürich, Dept. 3.
Since 1981 Own architecture and civil engineering office in Zurich.
Since 1987 Member of the BSA (union of Swiss architects).
1987 Price “Auguste Perret UIA” (Union Internationale d’Architectes).
Member of the International Academy of Architecture.
1988 Art prize of the city of Barcelona.
“Premio de la Asociación de la prensa”, Valencia.
“Internationale Vereinigung für Brückenbau und Hochbau” prize 1988.
FAD prize 1988, Spain.
Fritz Schumacher prize 1988, Germany for “Städtebau Architektur/Ingenieurwesen”.
Fazlur Rahman Khan International Fellowship for Architecture in Engineering.
1989 Honorary Member of BDA (Bund Deutscher Architekten).
1990 “Médaille d’Argent de la Recherche et de la Technique”, París.
1991 European “Holzleimbau-Prei”, Munich.
“Doctor Honoris causa”, University of Sevilla, Spain.
1991 Prize “Auszeichnung für gute Bauten 1991”, city of Zurich for Railway station Stadelhofen Zurich.
1992 Member of the “Europa Akademie”.
Member fo the “Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos”, Valencia, Spain.
Chosen by the appropriate academic Zurich (Switzerland) from the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi on October 21, 1992, thereby approving the proposal at the time by academics Number Joan Bassegoda Nonell, Jordi Bonet Armengol and Josep M. Garrut Roma.