Luciano Kruk was born on July 20, 1974 in Buenos Aires. He studied at the University of Buenos Aires, earning the title of architect in the year 2000. Between the years 2000 to 2012 he was part of the study BAK architects (Besonías-Almeida-Kruk), where he obtained important awards for his work, highlighting the first awards in the category of individual housing in the Biennials of the College of Architects of the Province of Buenos Aires in 2007 and 2009, the Special prize Eduardo Sacriste granted by the CAPBA in 2005, the first prize Alucobond the Young architecture in 2005, and the Grand Prize, a Biennial CPAU/SCA in 2006. In the year 2012 he founded the studio Luciano Kruk Arquitectos where it develops until the present, numerous housing projects, individual and collective.
He has been a professor of Project at the University of Buenos Aires between the years 2000 to 2009. It currently develops its academic activity to be visiting professor in several universities in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, Italy and the united States. He has taught seminars and lectures at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSAM), at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), at the University of Venice (IUAV), in the University of Santa Catarina in Brazil (UNIVALI), at the Universidad Veritas in Costa Rica, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and in the argentine Universities of San Martin (USAM), the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) Universidad de Palermo (UP) and the Universidad de Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA), among others.
His work has earned awards such as the Award SCA-CPAU for his work Casa L4 in the framework of the XVI Biennial of Architecture in Buenos Aires (2016). He has participated in international events and exhibitions such as the ‘Architecture Week Prague 2015’, where he was selected as representative of Argentina on the 9th Festival of Architecture and Urbanism to develop in Prague, Czech Republic, and the XXI Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura de Quito (2018).
His work has been published in journals such as Architectural Record, Summa+, Detail, IW Magazine, Architektur+Technik, in specialized books of architecture publishers Phaidon or Taschen and other digital media of Argentina and different countries of America, Europe and Asia.
Conferences
- Universidad Véritas, Costa Rica (2020)
- Universidad Latina, Costa Rica (2020)
- Cycle Proposal Decent, Argentina (2019)
- Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (2019)
- National university of Rosario (2019)
- Centro Cultural España, Montevideo, Uruguay (2019)
- Workshop ‘Architecture na cidade’, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2019)
- University of Las Vegas, united States (2019)
- Catholic university of Cuenca, Quito, Ecuador (2018)
- XXI Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura de Quito, Ecuador (2018)
- International congress of Arq. White, University of Valencia, Spain (2018)
- University of Guadalajara, Mexico (2016)
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETSAM (2016)
- University of San Martin, Argentina (2015)
- University of the Congress, Mendoza, Argentina (2015)
- International congress of Architecture, Mendoza, Argentina (2015)
- University Univalí, Santa Catarina, Brazil (2014)
- International congress of Architecture ARQEX, Merida, Mexico (2014)
- National university of San Juan, Argentina (2013)
- University of Venice, Italy, Workshop architecture, cycle WAVE (2012)
- Seminar of Post-graduation from BRAZIL, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2011)
- Cycle Design Patagonia, National Museum of Fine Arts, Neuquén (2007)
- Cycle of Conferences for Professional Advice of Architecture and Urbanism of Buenos Aires (2007)
Spotlight awards
- First Place in the Ranking of Excellence Journal ARQ Bugle in Category Voices Emerging and Intermediate Generation (2017)
- Prize XVI Biennial of the Central Society of Architects and the Professional Advice of Architecture and Urbanism SCA-CPAU – Casa L4 (2016)
- Second Biennial Prize of the College of Architects of the Province of Buenos Aires – Casa L4 (2016)
- Finalist in the XVI Biennial of the Central Society of Architects and the Professional Advice of Architecture and Urbanism SCA-CPAU –Home H3 (2016)
- Finalist in the XV Biennial of the Central Society of Architects and the Professional Advice of Architecture and Urbanism SCA-CPAU –House SV (2014)
- First Prize to the Individual Housing SCA (Sociedad Central de Arquitectos) – House, Franz (2012)
- Second Prize-Biennale of Architecture, Urbanism, Investigation and Theory – College of Architects of the Province of Buenos Aires – House JD (2007)
- Awards ARQ Architecture Argentina. Mention in the category of Minor Scale – Casa Cher (2011)
- First Prize-Biennale of Architecture, Urbanism, Investigation and Theory – College of Architects of the Province of Buenos Aires – House on the Beach (2009)
- Second Prize Contest “The Architecture and the Brick” at the XII International Architecture Biennale of Buenos Aires – XII BA09 – House of Bricks (2009)
- Third honorable Mention in the XVI BAQ, Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura de Quito – Concrete House (2008)
- First Prize-Biennale of Architecture, Urbanism, Investigation and Theory – College of Architects of the Province of Buenos Aires – Concrete House (2007)
- Grand Prize Biennial CPAU/SCA, Professional Council of Architecture and Urbanism of the City of Buenos Aires and Central Society of Architects – House in Mar Azul (2006)
- Award Sacriste Biennale of Architecture, Urbanism, Investigation and Theory – College of Architects of the Province of Buenos Aires – House Blue Sea (2005)
- First prize Young Architecture organized by Alucobond (2005)
Exhibition highlights
- Photographic exhibition ‘The Modernity, the contemporary eye from Latin america’ Quito, Ecuador, and Mexico City, Mexico (2018)
- 9th Festival of Architecture and Urbanism ‘Architecture Week Prague 2015’ to develop in Prague, Czech Republic (2015)
- Sample Recent Work in Argentina in the Foundation COAM – Official College of Architects of Madrid (2011)
- XVII Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura de Quito (2010)
- Biennial prize for SCA/CPAU, MALBA, buenos aires (2010)
- IV International Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism “Habitat + Inclusion”, Complex, Museum of the City of Luján (2009)
- XII International Biennial of Architecture Buenos Aires – XII BA09 (2009)
- XII Congress ArquiSur, National University of Mar del Plata, Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Design (2008)
- 11th International Biennial of Architecture of Venice (2008)
- XVI Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura de Quito (2008)
- 7th Biennale of Architecture of são Paulo (2007)
- XI International Biennial of Architecture Buenos Aires – XI BA07 (2007)