Belén Moneo (Madrid, 1965) is an architect and founding partner of Moneo Brock Studio.She studied at Harvard University, where she pursued studies in Art History and Visual Arts, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1988. In 1991, she earned a Master of Architecture from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University.She began her academic career as a professor at Columbia University and, since 2014, has been Professor of Architectural Analysis at the School of Architecture of Madrid, where she has also coordinated lectures and cultural activities.Together with Jeff Brock, she founded Moneo Brock in New York, and in 2002 the studio established its main office in Madrid. Since then, they have developed significant projects both nationally and internationally, including the Northwest Corner Building in New York, the laboratories at Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, the parish at Pueblo Serena in Monterrey, the Urban Planning Project for Bucaramanga, the Kimpton Las Mercedes in Santo Domingo, and the Espacio Fundación Telefónica in Madrid.
Moneo Brock is an international architectural, planning and design firm of versatile professionals committed to the identification and implementation of sustainable solutions, with great faith in the promise of good design. As we begin our work, we carefully consider each project’s urban and natural context. Projects are thereafter developed with a clear sense of place and purpose. Finally, construction details are always rigorously controlled in order to be in concordance with the project’s fundamental concept. We are sensitive to the synergies that emerge in collaborative processes, viewing teamwork as fundamental to the creation of great work. We see each job as an opportunity to create a unique structure that can transform a part of the world, no matter the scale.
