Colomés Montañés, Enrique

Architect and PhD in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), with academic scholarships and research training at Cornell University, the Politecnico di Milano, and postgraduate specialization studies in Architectural Intervention at UPM. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architectural Design at the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM), where he supervises undergraduate, postgraduate, and international exchange final projects. He has also been invited to teach at the universities of Karlsruhe, Grenoble, Navarra, Autónoma Metropolitana of Mexico City, Camerino, and Lisbon.

He completed his International PhD within the Excellence Programme in Advanced Architectural Design in 2014, receiving the distinction of Summa Cum Laude as well as the UPM Extraordinary Doctoral Award.

Among his publications is the book Mies (within the series Absent Architectures of the 20th Century, 2004–2010). He is the author of numerous articles on contemporary architectural theory and practice, modernity, and architectural design education, published in academic journals such as Architettura Città, Constelaciones, REIA, and ZARCH, as well as in conference proceedings including I Miguel Fisac, EURAU 2012 Porto, III–V CIAB Valencia, and Recent Theses II.

His professional work encompasses institutional architecture, rehabilitation, and housing projects awarded in architectural competitions and published in leading architectural journals including Arquitectura Viva, A&V, El Croquis, ON Diseño, Revista COAM, Arquitetura e Vida, and Bauwelt, as well as in numerous books, guides, and architectural catalogues.

He has delivered invited lectures and presentations at national and international institutions, including SEK Segovia, the Architectural Intervention Conferences of the College of Architects of La Rioja, ENS Grenoble, FAU Lisbon, ETSAM, the Cátedra Blanca Valencia, SACU Camerino, and CIAUD Lisbon.

His work has received the COAM Awards in 1998 and 2008 and was a finalist for the Spanish National Architecture Prize in 1998. His projects have been selected for major exhibitions including Young Architects Exhibition – Camuñas Foundation (1994), Architecture and Urbanism Awards of the Madrid City Council 1995–2005, Bank Architecture in Spain (1999), the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (1997 and 2007), the Venice Architecture Biennale (2004), Madrid 100% Architecture (2009), Spanish Architecture 1975–2010, and COAM Awards 2005–2016.