Thanks to Instituto Cervantes de Manila for their great organization and coordination of the first-ever lecture about the beginning of the professional practice of the Spanish "architect born in Manila", Abelardo Lafuente . Thanks to the College of Architecture from the University of Santo Tomas and the Dean of Architecture (who partners with Cervantes at their relevant events) Rodolfo Ventura . The conference was hosted at the main lecture hall of the most important Facult

Thanks to "Instituto Confucio Coimbra" for hosting a very special lecture in Portuguese language about Abelardo Lafuente at the "Universidade de Coimbra" last Nov 24th which is the oldest University in Portugal (founded 1290) and the 10th oldest in Europe. Such an honor for this research project to visit the campus. Following the interest and curiosity of Professor Cristina Zhou who studied in Shanghai it was a great opportunity for Dr. Alvaro Leonardo-Perez to show the works

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