A thesis of the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra and another of the School of Philosophy and Letters have obtained 'ex aequo' the award of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain in the category of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The award winners are Juan Luis Roquette, for a research entitled 'The architecture of Julio Cano Lasso', and historian Juan Pablo Domínguez, for 'Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz (1893-1984), historian, intellectual and politician'.

Juan Luis Roquette.

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Juan Luis Roquette Rodríguez-Villamil (Cádiz, 1977) is an architect from the University of Navarra. He has been a professor teaching assistant of department of Projects of the academic center and currently teaches design Industrial in Tecnun-School of Engineers of the University of Navarra, work that combines with his professional work in the study AH&Asociados Arquitectos. Professor Juan Miguel Otxotorena directed his doctoral thesis .

"Julio Cano Lasso is a classic among the Spanish masters of the twentieth century. His works are landscape made architecture; modernity without attributes with a vocation for permanence. Being modern, Cano Lasso did not pretend to 'be fashionable' and that is why he remains current," notes Juan Luis Roquette. "His works are still today true lessons in sustainability. They have the capacity to improve those enclaves where they are set with resounding force, respecting nature and without altering its essence."

Juan Pablo Domínguez.

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Juan Pablo Domínguez Fernández (Madrid, 1982), who has lived in Navarra since he was three years old, graduated in History from the University of Navarra. He works as researcher in the project 'Religion and Civil Society' of the Institute for Culture and Society of campus. In addition to participating in various activities of the academic center, she researches on the idea of religious freedom in the beginnings of the Spanish liberal regime (1808-1848).

Juan Pablo Domínguez did his thesis under the direction of Professor Jaume Aurell. This consisted of an intellectual and political biography of Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz, one of the most important Spanish historians of the 20th century, who also held some relevant political positions such as the presidency of the government of the II Republic in exile."The thesis studies the political and intellectual work of Sánchez-Albornoz in the context of his time, focusing especially on the image of Spain conveyed by his writings, the connection between his political and historiographical ideas, the reception of his thought and the evolution of his fame," he explains.