Sevillano Bengoechea, Guillermo

Architect and PhD from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSAM), and Master in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in New York. He co-founded the Madrid-based studio SUMA arquitectura with Elena Orte in 2005.

He is a Professor in the Department of Architectural Design at ETSAM, in the Master's in Industrialization, Prototyping and Architectural Project (MIPPA); he also teaches at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), in the Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities (MAEBB). He has also taught at Universidad Camilo José Cela.

His work has been exhibited and presented at conferences both nationally and internationally. SUMA has received numerous awards and distinctions, notably the Mies van der Rohe Emerging Architect Award 2024, the First FAD Prize 2024, the First COAM Prize 2024, the Ciutat de Barcelona Award 2022, and recognition as Public Library of the Year 2023 by IFLA, awarded to the Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona. The Our-Shelves-Houses housing cooperative has also received several distinctions, including the ASPRIMA SIMA Award 2023 for Best Residential Development, the REBUILD Award for Advanced Architecture 2021 in the Industrialized Construction category, and an Honorable Mention at the AMAD Timber Architecture Awards 2023–2024.