Ginés Garrido

Ginés Garrido is chair and professor at the Department of Architectural Design at the School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM/ETSAM). He is founding principal, with Francisco Burgos, of the award-winning Madrid-based practice Burgos & Garrido Arquitectos. The office focuses on the design and construction of public spaces, parks, and land planning from the perspective of social and environmental sustainability. Recent projects in Spain include Madrid Río, one of the most ambitious and complex public space projects constructed in Europe in the last few decades, and a project for the integration of the Tagus River in Toledo. Outside Spain, the firm’s current work includes: Restructuring the Expressway, Lima, Peru; Residence of the Spanish Embassy, Canberra Australia; 70 Social Houses, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; and Lent-Tabor Bridge, Maribor Slovenia. An expert in Soviet avant-garde architecture, he has published seven books on the topic. Garrido has served as a visiting professor at Washington University in Saint Louis, Harvard Graduate School of Design, University of Arizona, UCP Lima, PUC Santiago de Chile, Escola da Cidade São Paulo, and the UP Catalunya School of Architecture in Barcelona.