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Manuel Bouzas is a Spanish architect, curator, and educator based in Galicia and Upstate New York.
His work addresses the environmental externalities of production processes by looking at the materials we build with and the landscapes from which they are sourced.
He is an Assistant Professor at Cornell AAP and editor of Obradoiro, the journal of the Galician Institute of Architects (COAG). In 2025, he received the Princess of Girona Arts Award from the Spanish Royal Family, and served as co-curator of Internalities, the Spanish Pavilion at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Through his practice, Manuel Bouzas—Architecture & Ecologies (MB—AE), he has designed multiple urban installations and exhibitions across Southern Europe, including 350,000 Ha (Madrid, 2026), Atlas (Braga, 2025), Cabane 7L (Rome, 2024), and Mediterráneo (Valencia, 2023). These projects have been supported by public and cultura institutions, including the Spanish Government, Villa Medici, Fundación Arquia, Chanel, Massimo Dutti, and ARCO. Manuel holds an M.Arch from ETSAM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and a Master in Design Studies from Harvard GSD.
His work has received international recognition, including the COAM Emerging Award (2020), the La Caixa Fellowship (2021), the Renzo Piano World Tour Award (2022), and the ROOM Prize for Emerging Career (2025) and Ephemeral Architecture (2026). His research has been featured in the Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale (Becoming, 2018; Foodscapes, 2023; Internalities, 2025), the Oslo Architecture Triennale (What if Nature Comes First?, 2026), the Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (España Llena, España Vacía, 2021; Flujos Comunes, 2025), and the Biennale d’Architecture et de Paysage de Versailles (4ºC Entre Toi et Moi, 2025), among others.
Through his practice, Manuel Bouzas—Architecture & Ecologies (MB—AE), he has designed multiple urban installations and exhibitions across Southern Europe, including 350,000 Ha (Madrid, 2026), Atlas (Braga, 2025), Cabane 7L (Rome, 2024), and Mediterráneo (Valencia, 2023). These projects have been supported by public and cultura institutions, including the Spanish Government, Villa Medici, Fundación Arquia, Chanel, Massimo Dutti, and ARCO. Manuel holds an M.Arch from ETSAM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and a Master in Design Studies from Harvard GSD.
His work has received international recognition, including the COAM Emerging Award (2020), the La Caixa Fellowship (2021), the Renzo Piano World Tour Award (2022), and the ROOM Prize for Emerging Career (2025) and Ephemeral Architecture (2026). His research has been featured in the Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale (Becoming, 2018; Foodscapes, 2023; Internalities, 2025), the Oslo Architecture Triennale (What if Nature Comes First?, 2026), the Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (España Llena, España Vacía, 2021; Flujos Comunes, 2025), and the Biennale d’Architecture et de Paysage de Versailles (4ºC Entre Toi et Moi, 2025), among others.