Manuel Bouzas
Architecture & Ecologies | MB—AE
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︎︎︎ @manuelbouzas
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Manuel Bouzas is a Spanish architect based in Galicia and Upstate New York. His practice operates at the intersection of architecture and ecology, spanning design, teaching, curation, and publishing. In 2025, he received the Princess of Girona Arts Prize from the Royal Family of Spain and co-curated Internalities, the Spanish Pavilion at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Manuel is Visiting Critic at Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and is co-editor of Obradoiro, the journal of the Galician Institute of Architects. He holds an MArch with distinction from the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) and a Master in Design Studies from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
His work critically addresses the environmental externalities of construction, studying the materials we build with and the landscapes from which they emerge. He has completed multiple urban installations, such as Atlas (Braga, 2025), Cabane 7L (Rome, 2024), and Mediterráneo (Valencia, 2023), with the support of institutions such as the Spanish Government, Villa Medici, Arquia Foundation, and CHANEL.
His projects have earned international recognition, including the Renzo Piano World Tour Award (2022), the La Caixa Fellowship (2021), and the COAM Award (2020). His work has been exhibited in international venues such as the Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (Becoming, 2018; Foodscapes, 2023; Internalities, 2025), the Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (España Llena, España Vacía, 2021; Flujos Comunes, 2025), and the Biennale d’Architecture et de Paysage in Versailles (4ºC Entre Toi et Moi, 2025).
︎︎︎ @manuelbouzas
︎︎︎ www.mb-ae.es
Manuel Bouzas is a Spanish architect based in Galicia and Upstate New York. His practice operates at the intersection of architecture and ecology, spanning design, teaching, curation, and publishing. In 2025, he received the Princess of Girona Arts Prize from the Royal Family of Spain and co-curated Internalities, the Spanish Pavilion at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Manuel is Visiting Critic at Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and is co-editor of Obradoiro, the journal of the Galician Institute of Architects. He holds an MArch with distinction from the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) and a Master in Design Studies from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
His work critically addresses the environmental externalities of construction, studying the materials we build with and the landscapes from which they emerge. He has completed multiple urban installations, such as Atlas (Braga, 2025), Cabane 7L (Rome, 2024), and Mediterráneo (Valencia, 2023), with the support of institutions such as the Spanish Government, Villa Medici, Arquia Foundation, and CHANEL.
His projects have earned international recognition, including the Renzo Piano World Tour Award (2022), the La Caixa Fellowship (2021), and the COAM Award (2020). His work has been exhibited in international venues such as the Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (Becoming, 2018; Foodscapes, 2023; Internalities, 2025), the Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (España Llena, España Vacía, 2021; Flujos Comunes, 2025), and the Biennale d’Architecture et de Paysage in Versailles (4ºC Entre Toi et Moi, 2025).