UCLA AUD Fall 2025 Events: Tatiana Bilbao

Tatiana Bilbao began her eponymous studio in 2004 to integrate research, design, community-led strategies, and responsible construction. Bilbao holds a recurring teaching position at Yale University School of Architecture and has taught at Harvard University GSD, Columbia University GSAPP, Rice University, University of Andrés Bello in Chile, and Peter Behrens School of Arts at HS Dusseldorf in Germany. Her work has been published in The New York Times, A + U, and Domus, among others.

Also, Bilbao was recognized with the Kunstpreis Berlin in 2012, was named in 2010 as an Emerging Voice by the Architecture League of New York, the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture Prize by the LOCUS Foundation in 2014, the Marcus Prize Award 2019, Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal of 2020, the Honorary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) in 2021, the Richard Neutra Award in 2022, the AW Architect of the Year 2022, the J.Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize and ArpaFil Award in 2023. Recently in 2024, Boston Architectural College awarded Tatiana Bilbao an Honorary Doctor in recognition of the major contributions she has made to architecture.

Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO is a Mexico City-based architecture studio, founded in 2004. At the core of the studio's practice is an analysis of the context surrounding projects, which scale from masterplans to affordable housing strategies, from city planning to furniture design.

Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO pursues architecture through multidisciplinary perspectives. We promote a collective environment with a diverse staff of architects, academics and model makers. The working method uses hand drawing and iterative models to keep design and development rooted in spatial and not digital exploration. We elevate collaborations between other architects, artists, economists, local governments, and more, to enrich the impact and reach of each project.

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