BORGOS PIEPER - Key Persons
Etienne studied architecture at Yale University and the Architectural Association in London, as well as Graphic design at the Schule für Gestaltung in Basel, Switzerland. He speaks fluent English, Spanish, German and Italian and is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the College of Architects of Catalunya (COAC).
He worked with Richard Meier & Partners in New York and was a Project Director at Foster+Partners, London, for 13 years, leading diverse projects and masterplans in Europe. Among the projects worked on are the television studios for ITN, London, the Metro de Bilbao Phases I and II, the regeneration of Sagrera Station and the Torre de Collserola tower in Barcelona, as well as the masterplan for Parque Mayer in Lisbon. He directed the site works for the Palacio de Congresos in Valencia and collaborated in the Reichstag in Berlín.
From 2001 to 2006 he formed Borgos Dance where he executed various award-winning projects at an international level. Among these were the Mercado de Colón, Valencia and the LTB Art Foundation, London. Since 2007, he forms part of Borgos Pieper. Among the projects developed by the studio are the Valencia Central after winning an international competition in joint venture with landscape arch. Gustafson Porter, Nova, y Grupotec. Phase One was carried out between 2014 and 2018. He was also leading two projects in Doha, Qatar for television studios and in Germany- a mixed-use building in Berlin and a heritage refurbishment of four listed buildings in Potsdam. In Spain he is co-directing the hotel and urban regeneration of Plaza de la Magdalena in Seville that is due for completion in June 2021. The practice is currently developing other hospitality projects in Spain and overseas.
Nadine graduated from the School of Architecture (ETSAB) at the Universidad Politecnica de Barcelona (UPC) with honours in 1999 and earned an Executive MBA at the London Business School in 2006. She speaks fluent English, Spanish, German and Catalan and is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the College of Architects of Catalunya (COAC).
While studying in Barcelona she worked for Carlos Ferrater, Albert Viaplana and Serra- Vives-Cartagena. Nadine worked at Foster +Partners from September 2000 until January 2008. She was involved on two key projects within the first year, Albion Riverside, a luxury residential complex, and an innovative office building proposal for which she was made an Associate in 2002. Nadine also ran the design and construction of the Portia Winery project in Ribera del Duero which won an RIBA Award and was shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize. Other projects were a residential tower in Kuala Lumpur as well as the Walter Benjamin Foundation in Portbou.
Since February 2008, Nadine leads projects for the Borgos Pieper studio in both Barcelona and London. Among them are the competition winning sports center in Cerdanyola, Residential Care facility on the Isle of Wight, the Parque Central of Valencia, a Condominium in Mexico, an office redevelopment in Berlin, the concept design for an hotel in Riyadh and in Los Angeles and the design and first stage construction of a resort in Ibiza. She is currently leading the hotel and urban regeneration of Plaza de la Magdalena in Seville, a nature conservation project in the Costa Brava and a destination Spa project in Catalunya as well as other projects overseas.