El Croquis (Spanish; translates to English as "The Sketch") is one of the most prestigious architectural magazines in the world. Retrieved 11 November 2009. In English Google Scholar Retrieved 11 November 2009. In Spanish Google Académico Retrieved 11 November 2009.
The leading international architects choose it as their showcase. The volumes dedicated to established Pritzker Prize names like OMA Rem Koolhaas, Kazuyo Sejima, Herzog & de Meuron, Alvaro Siza or Rafael Moneo, are considered their respective oeuvre complète. For emerging architects, being published by El Croquis is a target in itself.
In 1992 it was awarded the Gold Medal for Exports by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, a rare accomplishment for an architectural journal. In 2014, editors Fernando Marquez Cecilia and Richard Levene received an International Fellowship from RIBA. Writing in Architects' Journal, Greg Pitcher cited "the exceptional quality of their highly selective publications" and their work in supporting promising young architects, through which they have "created retrospectively an international Who’s Who of the architecture of the late 20th and early 21st centuries."
In 2026, the magazine received the Premio Compromiso ("Commitment Award") at the Premios Arquitectura organised by the Superior Council of Spanish Architects' Associations (CSCAE), in recognition of its role in the critical dissemination of architecture.
El Croquis Editorial is also noted for their exhibition gallery El Croquis Gallery Retrieved 20 February 2011. in El Escorial (Madrid), housing a large collection of architectural models in constant rotation.
Publications El Croquis (Architectural Magazine) NumberTitleCountry020Rafael Moneo030Enric Miralles; Carme Pinos032/33Sáenz de Oiza037Morphosis Architects 1986-038Santiago Calatrava040Coop Himmelb(l)au041Peter Eisenman 1986-1989042Mark MacK Architects044Tadao Ando045Frank Gehry047Bolles+Wilson049/50Enric Miralles051Bonell/Gil / Ruis / De Las Casas/ Lorenzo / Vazquez Consuegra / Mangado052Zaha Hadid 1983-1992053OMA: Rem Koolhaas 1987-1992054Juan Navarro Baldeweg 1982-1992055/56Spanish Architecture 1992057Santiago Calatrava 1990-1992058Tadao Ando059Morphosis Architects 1988-1993060Herzog & de Meuron 1983-1993061Elías TorresJosé Antonio Martínez Lapeña062/63Spanish Architecture 1993064Rafael Moneo065/66Jean Nouvel 1987-1998067Bolles+WilsonElia Zenghelis068/69Álvaro Siza070Spanish Architecture 1994071Toyo Ito 1986-1995072 IBen van Berkel072 IIEnric Miralles073 IZaha Hadid073 IIJuan Navarro Baldeweg 1992-1995074+75Frank Gehry076Spanish Architecture 1995: Modernism, Avant Garde and Neo-Avant Garde077 IKazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)077 IIWaro Kishi078Steven Holl079OMA: Rem Koolhaas080Daniel Libeskind 1987-1996081/82Spanish Architecture 1996: From the deep plan towards anamorphic plan083Peter Eisenman 1990-1997084Herzog & de Meuron085Wiel Arets 1993-1997086MVRDV087David Chipperfield088/89WORLDS [one] 1998x090Spanish Architecture 1997-1998: Towards an Artificial Landscape091WORLDS [two] 1998x092WORLDS [three] 1998x093Steven Holl094Neutelings Riedijk Architects095Álvaro Siza096/97En proceso098Rafael Moneo099Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) 1995-2000100/101Enric Miralles 1996-2000102Annette Gigon/Mike Guyer 1989-2000103Zaha Hadid 1996-2001104Dominique Perrault 1990-2001105Bolles+Wilson 1995-2001106/107En proceso108Steven Holl 1998-2002109/110Herzog & de Meuron 1998-2002111MVRDV 1997-2002112-113Jean Nouvel 1994-2002114 [I]Sauerbruch Hutton 1997-2003114 [II]Njiric+Njiric 1997-2003115/116En proceso / In progress. FOA 1996-2003 Mansilla+Tuñón 2001-2003 RCR 1999-2003117Frank Gehry 1996-2003118Cero.9Abalos & HerrerosNo.mad119Sistemas de trabajo / Work systems. Federico Soriano, Juan Domingo Santos, Selgascano, Manuel Ocaña, Carlos Arroyo, Eleonora Guidotti, Solid Arquitectura, Aranguren+Gallegos, Nieto Sobejano120David Chipperfield 1998-2004121/122Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)123Toyo Ito 2001-2005124Eduardo Souto de Moura 1995-2005125Stéphane Beel 1992-2005126Xaveer De Geyter 1992-2005127John Pawson 1995-2005128Josep Llinás 2000-2005129/130Herzog & de Meuron 2002-2006131/132OMA 1996-2006133Juan Navarro Baldeweg 1997-2006134/135OMA 1996-2007136/137Sistemas de trabajo II. Arquitectura española 2004-2007138RCR Arquitectes139SANAA 2004-2008 Sejima + Nishizawa140Álvaro Siza 2001-2008141Steven Holl 2004-2008142Prácticas arquitectónicas. Arquitectura española 2008143Annette Gigon / Mike Guyer 2001-2008144EMBT 2000-2009 Miralles/Tagliabue145Christian Kerez 1992-2009146Eduardo Souto de Moura 2005-2009147Toyo Ito 2005-2009148Spanish Architecture 2010: Collective Experiment Vol.I149Spanish Architecture 2010: Collective Experiment Vol.II150David Chipperfield 2006-2009. Conciliación de contrarios.151Sou Fujimoto 2003-2010152/153Herzog & de Meuron 2005-2010154Aires Mateus 2002-2011155SANAA 2008-2011 Sejima + Nishizawa156Valerio Olgiati 1996-2011157Studio Mumbai 2003-2011158John Pawson 2006-2011159Neutelings Riedijk 2003-2012160Bevk Perović 2004-2012161Mansilla+Tuñón 1992-2012162RCR_Arquitectes 2007-2012163/164Glenn Murcutt 1980-2012165Sean Godsell 1997-2013166Caruso St John 1993-2013167Smiljan Radic 2003-2013168/169Álvaro Siza 2008-2013170João Luís Carrilho da Graça 2002-2013171Selgascano 2003-2013172Steven Holl 2008-2014173MVRDV 2003-2014174/175David Chipperfield 2010-2014176Eduardo Souto de Moura 2009-2014177/178Lacaton & Vassal 1993-2015179/180SANAA 2011-2015 Sejima + Nishizawa181MGM - Barozzi Veiga - Harquitectes - Selgascano182Christian Kerez 2010-2015, Junya Ishigami 2005-2015, 183Jean Nouvel 2007-2016, Junya Ishigami 2005-2015184AMID.CERO9 2010-2016, MOS 2008-2016, 185OFFICE 2003-2016186Aires Mateus 2011-2016187Sergison Bates architects 2004-2016188Tham & Videgard 2005-2017189-Alfredo PAya 2010-2017, Toni Gironès 2003-2017, José Maria Sanchez Garcia 2010-2017190RCR Arquitectes 2012-2017191Go Hasegawa 2005-20171926a Architects 2009-2017193Manuel Cervantes 2011-2018194Brandlhuber+ 1996-2018195Carmody Groarke 2009-2018196 I + IIKARAMUK KUO 2009-2018, TEd'A arquitectes 2010-2018, 197BRUTHER 2012-2018198Johnston Marklee & Associates 2005-2019199Smiljan Radic 2013-2019200Studio Mumbai 2012-2019201Caruso St John 2013-2019202Bernardo Bader 2009-2019203HArquitectes 2010-2019204Xaveer De Geyter 2006-2020205SANAA I 2015-2020206Anne Holtrop 2009-2020207Estúdio Gustavo Utrabo 2015-2020208DOGMA 2002-2021209Roger Boltshauser 2002-2021210/211Gion A. Caminada 1995-2021212Palinda Kannangara 2005-2022213Taller Héctor Barroso 2015-2022214Pezo von Ellrichshausen 2005-2022215/216Alvaro Siza 2015-2022217 [I]Arrhov Frick 2015-2022217 [II]Groupwork 2012-2022218Eduardo Souto de Moura 2015-2023219Instituto Balear de la Vivienda (IBAVI) 2019-2023220/221SANAA 2015-2023222David Chipperfield 2015-2023223Tuñon y Albornoz 2013-2023224Christian Kerez 2015-2024225Macías Peredo 2014-2024226OFFICE 2017-2024227Alberto Ponis 228RCR Arquitectes 2017-2024229Aires Mateus 2018-2025230HArquitectes 2021-2025231Selgascano 2021-2025232Smiljan Radic 2019-2025233Manuel Cervantes 2018-2026234Peris + Toral 2015-2026235Aulets 2003-2026
Books 1 Adolf Loos. Escritos I 1897-1909 2 Adolf Loos. Escritos II 1910-1933 3 Otto Wagner. La arquitectura de nuestro tiempo 4 Le Corbusier. Acerca del Purismo 1918-1926 5 Mies van der Rohe. La palabra sin artificio 1922-1968 6 Bruno Taut. 7 Frank Lloyd Wright. Autobiografía 1867 8 Alvar Aalto. De palabra y por escrito 9 Luis Barragán. Escritos y conversaciones 10 E.G. Asplund. Escritos 1906-1940 Cuaderno de Viaje 1913 11 Louis I. Kahn. Escritos, conferencias, entrevistas 12 Moisei Ginzburg. Escritos 1923-1930
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External links El Croquis website