José Aragüez is an architect, writer, editor, researcher, and educator. He is Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Columbia University—where he leads graduate design studios—and a PhD candidate in the History and Theory of Architecture at Princeton University. Aragüez holds a Diploma in Architecture and Urbanism from University of Granada, Spain (Honorable Mention, University Graduation Extraordinary Prize, and 1st National Prize in Architecture) and, from Columbia GSAPP, a post-professional Master’s degree (Honor Prize for Excellence in Design) and a Graduate Certificate in Advanced Architectural Research. He has lectured internationally across Europe, North America and in the Middle East, and taught, besides Columbia, at Cornell, Princeton, Rice University in Paris, and University of Granada. His recent four-year project, culminating in the publication of The Building (2016, Lars Müller Pub.), is described in international circles as one of the most significant contributions to architectural discourse in the last decade. In the past, Aragüez worked for Antonio J. Torrecillas (Spain), MVRDV (Rotterdam), and Idom/ACXT (London).