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2026 BIA AWARD<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h4>[vc_column_text css=””]After a professional career of more than 20 years showing a deep respect for the environment, sustainability, and the creation of spaces that promote community and social integration, the BIA Committee has found Ms. Tatiana Bilbao the most worthy recipient of year\u2019s award.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row columns_gap=”30″ equal_column_height=”equal” separator_bottom_color=”#696158″ rc_margin_bottom=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ rc_heading_color=”primary-1″ rc_link_color=”primary-2″ rc_link_hover_color=”primary-1″ rc_bg_type=”color” rc_font_color=”#66625b” rc_bg_color=”#ffffff” css=”.vc_custom_1771930289807{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}”][vc_row_inner padding_bottom_multiplier=””][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1771930234832{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”]

TATIANA BILBAO SPAMER, HFAIA<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>[vc_column_text css=””]CEO – Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO
\nMexico City, 02\/08\/1972<\/p>\n

Tatiana Bilbao founded her studio of the same name in Mexico City in 2004 with the focus on integrating research, design strategies oriented to and led by the community, along with responsible building. The office work is intertwined with research, which allows the design to be used for different circumstances. Prior to founding her studio, Bilbao was an Advisor in the Ministry of Development and Housing of the Government of the Federal District of Mexico City, and was a member of the General Development Directorate of the Advisory Council for Urban Development in the City.<\/p>\n

Bilbao holds a recurring teaching position at Yale University School of Architecture and has taught at Harvard University GSD, AA Association in London, Columbia University GSAPP, Rice University, University of Andr\u00e9s Bello in Chile, and Peter Behrens School of Arts at Dusseldorf in Germany. Her work has been published in The New York Times, A + U, Domus, Arquitectura Viva, El Pa\u00eds, to name a few. She has received different awards throughout her career. In February 2025, Tatiana was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (HFAIA),<\/strong> one of the highest accolades for non-US-licensed architects, and which highlighted her impact on global architecture. Furthermore, the Mar de Cort\u00e9s Research Center project was one of the 5 finalists for the Mies Crown Hall American Prize (MCHAP).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the last five years, Bilbao was awarded the 2020 Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal, the title of Honorary Member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) in 2021; the Richard Neutra Award and the AW Architect in 2022; the J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize and the ArpaFIL Award in 2023, and received an Honorary Doctorate from Boston Architectural College in 2024.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”16278″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Tatiana Bilbao. Photography Ana Hop<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”16283″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Acuario Mazatlan_Photography Juan Manuel McGrath\u00a9<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner rc_bg_type=”color” rc_bg_color=”#00AFA9″][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1771930822455{padding-right: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;}”]

TATIANA BILBAO ESTUDIO<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h4>[vc_column_text css=””]Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO, founded in 2004, is an architect\u2019s studio, headquartered in Mexico City. Its work is driven by research, design, community-led strategies and responsible building. The studio\u2019s projects are on different scales and in different programmes, but always seek to engage with communities and to generate a positive impact on the way of life on the planet. The studio considers architecture as a primary form of care and each design is approached from that responsibility. <\/span><\/p>\n

Each project \u2013 whether it is a garden, a plan or a building \u2013 is part of the intangible landscape of the cultural and political conditions of its site. The studio considers that the social landscape is an essential factor in the development of any work, with the belief that any project \u2013 regardless of the scale \u2013 contributes to fashioning the identify of a place.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”16289″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Collage Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row columns_gap=”30″ equal_column_height=”equal” separator_bottom_color=”#696158″ rc_margin_bottom=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ rc_heading_color=”primary-1″ rc_link_color=”primary-2″ rc_link_hover_color=”primary-1″ rc_bg_type=”color” rc_font_color=”#66625b” rc_bg_color=”#ffffff” css=”.vc_custom_1665994582949{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=””]Acknowledging the different ways in which people live is the starting point of each proposal. The studio considers unravelling the rituals that occupy the space, understanding the needs of its inhabitants, and exploring how architecture shapes social interactions and underpins the potential for building community to be fundamental. Its goal is to create spaces that become platforms where each person can define the way they live.<\/p>\n

Community is at the heart of its philosophy: a place where the opportunities for growth, knowledge transfer and cultural exchange emerge. First and foremost, the studio acknowledges that the community persists because human beings mutually need each other to exist.<\/p>\n

Collaboration is at the heart of the ethics of Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO, which argues that significant architecture cannot be produced in isolation, but rather requires constant exchange of ideas and perspectives. This collaborative spirit is not merely a preference, but rather a need. Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO works as a team, prioritising analogue methods, such as freehand drawings, collages and physical models. This work methodology produces an approach to architecture where the architect does not define the space, but is rather imagined with the future inhabitants in mind.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”16286″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO. Photography Fernando S\u00e1nchez \u00a9[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ rc_heading_color=”primary-1″ rc_link_color=”primary-2″ rc_link_hover_color=”primary-1″ rc_bg_type=”color” css=”.vc_custom_1664372605629{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}” rc_font_color=”#66625b” rc_bg_color=”#ffffff”][vc_single_image image=”16293″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Casas Valhalla. Photography Luis Gallardo Studio<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=””]The studio\u2019s architectural works includes projects of the ilk of ESTOA<\/strong>, a building on the Monterrey University (UDEM) campus; Culiac\u00e1n Botanical Gardens<\/strong>; the Pilgrim\u2019s Route<\/strong> in Jalisco; an affordable social housing prototype,<\/strong> exhibited at the Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015; three housing blocks in Lyon, France<\/strong>; the Mar de Cort\u00e9s Research Centre<\/strong> in Mazatl\u00e1n; and Olive West<\/strong>, a housing development in St. Louis, United States. The studio is currently working on the second phase of the Mexican-American Cultural Center in Austin<\/strong>; the Roble 700 <\/strong>project, a mixed use building in Monterrey; two houses in Costa Rica,<\/strong> each 1000 m\u00b2 in size; and a residential masterplan in Uruguay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In 2019, Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO<\/strong> was featured in the Architect\u2019s Studio<\/em> at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art<\/strong> in Copenhagen. Furthermore, its work has been exhibited at internationally renowned institutions, including the Pompidou Centre<\/strong>, the SFMOMA<\/strong>, the National Gallery of Victoria<\/strong>, Carnegie Museum of Art<\/strong>, the Venice Biennale<\/strong>, the Chicago Architecture Biennial<\/strong>, Zurich Design Museum<\/strong>, the Danish Architecture Center<\/strong>, T-Space Gallery<\/strong> and Aedes Berlin<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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