Today we are revealing the last members for the upcoming edition’s jury, Jesús Aparicio and Jesús Donaire, who will join Oana Bogdan, Martin Jančok, Anne Lacaton, Francesca Torzo, José Neves and María Langarita.

Jesús Aparicio is Doctor of Architecture and Professor of Architectural Projects at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM). Holding a degree in Architecture from the Superior Technical School of Architecture in Madrid (ETSAM), a Master of Architecture from Columbia University in New York, and a Doctorate in Architecture, Jesús Aparicio approaches architecture from three different fronts: research, teaching and professional practice. As a researcher, he has obtained funding from the Academy of Spain in Rome, as well as grants from Fulbright/MEC and Bankia. He is a full professor of Architectural Projects at the ETSAM and a guest lecturer and speaker at numerous architecture schools and institutions across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

The buildings designed by him have earned numerous accolades, including the ar+d Prize, the Architecture and Town Planning Prize from Madrid City Council, the HYSPALIT Brick Architecture Award and the Saloni Award. In 2000, he represented Spain at the Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2005, he was selected to take part in the Spanish Architecture Biennale. In 2008, he was nominated for the Klippan Award and for the Swiss Architectural Award, and in 2012 he won the 39th edition of the IIDA Awards. More recently, in 2016 he was a runner-up at the 13th edition of the Spanish Architecture and Town Planning Biennial. In 2022, he won first prize in the international competition for the extension and refurbishment of the Spanish Royal Academy of Spain in Rome.

He is also curator of the exhibitions “Young Architects of Spain” and “Domusae, Spaces for Culture”, director of the Ceramic Tile Studies Department in Madrid and editor of the Ceramic Essays Collection. Both his theoretical research and his architecture projects have received international acclaim and his publications include: “El Muro”, “El Hogar del Jubilado”, “Terragni, la densidad en el espacio”, “El Danteum”, “Construir con la razón y los sentidos” and “Jesús Aparicio AA40”.

JESÚS DONAIRE
Jesús Donaire is a Doctor of Architecture and Professor of Architectural Projects at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He earned his master’s degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in New York on a Fulbright scholarship, with an Honorary Award for Excellence in Projects and the William Kinne Research Award. He secured research grants from the Social Council of the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome.

He has been a visiting professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan since 2016. He has also been Assistant Professor at Barnard + Columbia College of Architecture in New York, Professor at the University of Nebrija, at Suffolk University in Boston and at the University of Navarra. He has been invited as a guest lecturer, workshop tutor and project juror at various universities and cultural institutions across Europe, the United States and Canada.

His professional work has earned him numerous international awards, notably two ENOR awards and various accolades from LLEDÒ, COAM Madrid, ASCER de Arquitectura Cerámica, the International Interior Design Association of Chicago, the ARCHITIZER Awards in New York on three occasions, and the Architecture Awards with Ñ. His work has been widely published and exhibited.