Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco (Barcelona, 1985) is a New York and Barcelona based architect, curator, and scholar. He was the chief curator of the Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016 together with the After Belonging Agency, and he is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at Princeton University. He was a Critical Studies Helena Rubinstein Fellow 2017-18 at the Whitney Independent Study Program, and an IKKM-Weimar Princeton Summer School for Media Studies Fellow 2016. Casanovas was trained as an architect at ETSABarcelona and the Edinburgh College of Art, and graduated with honors from the MSc in Advanced Architectural Design at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. His design work has been recognized with several prizes, including the Simon Architecture Prize 2018, the Bauwelt Prize 2019 and the FAD Prize 2017 for Architecture Theory and Criticism. He was a finalist for the Lisbone Triennale Millenium bcp Début Award 2019 for architects under 35. His writings have appeared in publications such as Volume, Movement Research Performance Journal, ARPA Journal or Plot. Casanovas is the recipient of several grants, including the La Caixa Fellowship for Postgraduate Studies, or the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Grant. He has collaborated with different design offices and research institutions as the Buell Center. Casanovas has taught studios at Barnard College, Princeton University, and ETSA Barcelona, and has lectured in different venues such as ZKM Karlsruhe, Harvard University or the University of Sydney.




Awards
– First Prize, Bauwelt Award 2019: “Das Erste Haus. First Works”
– First Prize, Living Places–Simon Architecture Prize 2018
– First Prize, Best Architectural Book of 2016
– Finalist Lisbon Triennale Millennium bcp Début Award 2019
– DOMUS Best interiors of 2019
– Grantee, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies 2015
– Finalist, VII Arquia/ próxima 2018-19
– Finalist, VII Arquia/ próxima 2016-17
– Selected Madrid Design Week 2019
– Shortlisted, TRANSFER Architecture Video Award 2019
– Shortlisted, FAD International Award 2017