Iñaqui Carnicero
Iñaqui Carnicero Alonso-Colmenares holds a PhD in Architecture, awarded Summa Cum Laude unanimously (ETSAM-UPM, 2015), and was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome (2008). He has been a visiting professor at leading universities worldwide, including Cornell University, Columbia University, Yale University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), contributing to the critical and innovative education of new generations of architects.
His work and thinking have received wide international recognition, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale (2016), the AIA New York Housing Design Award (2015), the Hauser Award (2012), Design Vanguard (2011), as well as the FAD Architecture and Opinion Award (2012) and the COAM Award (2012).
He was a driving force behind Spain’s first national Law on the Quality of Architecture, passed unanimously by the Spanish Parliament in 2022, which establishes architecture as a public good of general interest. Since 2023, he serves as Secretary General for Urban Agenda, Housing and Architecture and Head of La Casa de la Arquitectura, advancing innovative public policies. In this role, he promotes architectural competitions as a transparent, merit-based procurement system aligned with the principles of the Law on the Quality of Architecture.
Committed to the cultural dissemination of architecture, he has contributed to major national and international biennials (BEAU, BIAU, Venice Biennale), promoting open calls to ensure excellence and pluralism. Internationally, as National Contact Point for the New European Bauhaus (NEB), he has strengthened Spain’s leadership in this initiative.
