Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco (Barcelona, 1985) is a New York and Barcelona based architect, curator, and scholar. He is scientific advisor for the new architecture and design collection at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, where he also serves as curator. He was the chief curator of the Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016 together with the After Belonging Agency. At the moment, he is finishing the manuscript of his doctoral dissertation 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, Plot, Movement Research Performance Journal, Millennium Film Journal, and newspaper El País, amongst others. 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. Casanovas has taught studios and seminars at Columbia GSAPP, Princeton University, Barnard College and Parsons The New School, and has lectured in different venues such as ZKM Karlsruhe, Harvard University or the University of Sydney, Círculo de Bellas Artes and Museo Nacional de Escultura in Spain.




Awards
– Finalist and shortlisted, XV Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo 2021
– Shortlisted, FAD Architecture Prize 2021
– Finalist Lisbon Triennale Millennium bcp Début Award 2019
– 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
– 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