Working with engineers from Arup, Moneo made the entire building a bridge over the gym.

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The building is currently earmarked for expansion based on a design by Pritzker award-winning architect Rafael Moneo.

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Mr Moneo, who has already built some notable museums in Madrid, Merida and Stockholm, was last year awarded the Pritzker award, architecture's Nobel prize.

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Mr Ando's approach is shared by Rafael Moneo, a Spanish architect, who designed the Audrey Jones Beck Building for the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.

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On Tuesday, the academy announced three other honorary choices, all from overseas: Spanish architect Rafael Moneo, South African writer Damon Galgut and Belgian artist Luc Tuymans.

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This appears to be the moment of consolidation and advance that has followed the thoughtfully reconceived work of a preceding generation in Spain led by architects like Rafael Moneo, whose landmark structures are also in the show.

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