Last September 10, 2024 the Government of Spain made its second official visit to China with its president at the head. Among all the major events he held, he met with the Chinese President and the Prime Minister, among other authorities. His long and busy schedule included numerous political, business, and ties-building activities between the two countries, and there was also a moment for culture . The Spanish Prime Minister inaugurated the new Instituto Cervantes c

After many months of coordinated work between Abelardo Lafuente Research Project, Biblioteca Cervantes Shanghai, and ICEX Architecture...

Lafuente works featured at an ICO Museum Exhibit in Madrid

An Imprint of Spain in China Exhibit (2011) at South Bund 22 (Shanghai) In tribute to the 80th anniversary of the death of Abelardo Lafuente, Alvaro Leonardo and his partners from Polifactory organized and designed ‘An Imprint of Spain in China’ exhibition in Shanghai about his legacy. The exhibition, featuring the hidden story of Spanish architecture in China, was the result of the research overseen by Alvaro Leonardo, about Abelardo Lafuente (1871-1931), the first Spanish a