Architect since 1974 and PhD (cum laude) since 1994 at the UPC-Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. He is Professor of Architecture and Projects at the ETH-Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Polytechnic). In addition to the works presented in this book, landmarks in his career as an architect, for which he was recently awarded the A+ Prize 2011, include the development of Ullastret (Santander Biennale Prize 1991), housing on Borneo Island in Amsterdam (CEOE Prize 2001), the head office of the Bundesbank in Chemnitz (2004), the Forum 2004 complex in Barcelona, the Barcelona International Convention Centre (CCIB), Hotel AC and the CZF office block, the Sant Jordi student residence (Archizinc Prize 2008) and the WTC Almeda Park office building in Cornella (A+ Prize for Work Architecture 2010). His work has been extensively published and exhibited, most recently at the MoMA (New York, 2006), the Pavillon de l'Arsenal (Paris, 2009), the Glyptotheque (Athens, 2010) and the Central House of Artists (Moscow, 2011).
