Dr. RUBEN GARCIA

Rubén García Rubio holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Valladolid (Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award), and a Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Roma Tre. He has been a “Visiting Scholar” at the American Academy in Rome in 2012. Currently, he is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Tulane University (New Orleans, USA) and, previously, has taught in several schools of architecture and international institutions in Europe and the Middle East, where he was able to work on several university-projects that combined his teaching objectives, research interests, and professional work. In addition to his teaching role, Ruben is a practicing architect and is the co-founder of studioVRA (with Sonsoles Vela). His work has been distinguished with several architectural awards, both design and built, and published in international architectural magazines. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the architectural weblog CajondeArquitecto.com.