alcolea+tárrago arquitectos was founded in 2005 by Rubén Alcolea and Jorge Tárrago. The office was established in Pamplona, Spain, where they both live, work and teach. The office has been awarded in more than twenty national and international open competitions, and they have recently received the 2009 VI AJAC award for young architects and selected in the Europe 40 under 40 emerging young architects and designers 2010 program held by The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. Their work and research articles have been published in several national and international magazines and books. Both qualified as PhD at the University of Navarre and currently combine teaching, research and professional practice.