Spanish Tile Makers Holding Design Competition

Castellon, Spain, June 17, 2008--The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers' Association (ASCER) is launching another Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture and Interior Design competition.

The Awards are made in recognition of projects that best reflect the development of Spanish ceramic tiles in cutting-edge architecture.

This will be the seventh year of the awards. This year's jury is to be chaired by American architect and director of the Miami Art Museum Terence Riley. Riley is an expert on contemporary architecture, having led the architecture department at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) from 1992 to 2006.

The two main categories in the Tile of Spain Awards are Architecture and Interior Design, which each have a prize fund of 20,000 Euros. There is also a Degree Projects category to the competition, which is aimed at students of architecture and has a prize fund of 10,000 Euros. The Awards are sponsored by Vodafone España, Gas Natural and the Valencia Port Authority.

Competition entries and all required supporting documents must be received by October 31.