Essay on Juhani Pallasmaa’s thought and work

The essay Juhani Pallasmaa: tradición y cultura (Juhani Pallasmaa: Tradition and Culture) written by me has been published by Fundación Arquia within its Documentation Centre’s publishing series. The essay focuses on the Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa’s thought and his written and published work in the last 30 years, with…

Publication of the book Opuestos inciertos by Juhani Pallasmaa

The book Opuestos inciertos (Uncertain Opposites) by Juhani Pallasmaa has been published by Fundación Arquia within its collection la cimbra. The book brings together 10+1 essays exploring the mediating role of architecture between opposing or contradictory elements. I have been in charge of creating the book’s concept, gathering the…

ACT seminar 2026 in Tampere

On Friday 2 October 2026 the Architecture and Cities in Transition (ACT) seminar will be held in the Finnkino Plevna and Finlayson area in Tampere as part of the TAD (Tampere Architecture & Design) week. I will be introducing the afternoon session and moderating the evening panel including Dana…

Cunning and Deception: On the Controversial Nature of Architectural Design Research

The article “Cunning and Deception: On the Controversial Nature of Architectural Design Research” has been published within the volume Biblioteca stoà – SCUOLE, SCHOOLS, edited by Marianna Ascolese, Marco Moro and Viviana Saitto and published as a special issue of the journal stoà. Tools for Architectural Design Pedagogies, published…

Second Prize at the UIA International Innovative Design for Health Award 2026

The research project Loneliness and the Built Environment, carried out at Tampere University as a collaboration among different disciplines and led by Fernando Nieto and Rosana Rubio, has received the second prize in the 2026 International Innovative Design for Health Award organised by the International Union of Architects (UIA)….

Nordic Imprints on Spanish Architecture: A Long Perspective

The article “Nordic Imprints on Spanish Architecture. A Long Perspective”, co-authored with Rosana Rubio, has been included as a chapter of the book Canons and Icons: Re-Wondering a Transcultural Contamination, edited by Angela Gigliotti, Chiara Monterumisi and Monica Prencipe and published by the Italian publisher Edizioni Quasar.

Arquitectura de la soledad, awarded at the 17th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism

The book Arquitectura de la soledad, co-edited with Rosana Rubio and published by Ediciones Asimétricas, has been awarded at the 17th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU) in the category Dissemination and Publications. The Biennial is organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda in collaboration with…

Arquitectura de la soledad, nominee at the 17th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism

The book Arquitectura de la soledad, co-edited with Rosana Rubio and published by Ediciones Asimétricas, has been shortlisted as nominee for award at the 17th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU), category Dissemination and Publications, organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda in collaboration with the…

Arquitectura de la soledad, special mention in COAM Awards 2025

The book Arquitectura de la soledad, co-edited with Rosana Rubio and published by Ediciones Asimétricas, has obtained a special mention in the COAM Awards 2025 by the Professional Association of Architects in Madrid. The projects awarded and with special mention can be seen here.

ACT seminar 2025 in Tampere panel discussion

Moderator of panel discussion at the Architecture and Cities in Transition (ACT) seminar within the TAD week to be held in the Finlayson area in Tampere on Friday 3 October 2025. The panelists are Joe Osae-Addo, Harri Hautajärvi and Tuomas Martinsaari (OPUS Architecture).