Alejandro Zaera studied at the ETSAM and later received a Master's degree after graduating from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1991. He founded Foreign Office Architects in London in 1992, and since 2011 he has directed AZPA ltd, following the dissolution of FOA.
In parallel to his architectural work, Alejandro Zaera has been a guest lecturer at the North-American universities of Columbia, Princeton and Cornell, and at the Berlage Institute and ETSAM in Europe. He is currently dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University, and was director of the Berlage Institute from 2002 to 2006. His critical and theoretical work has been published in various international publications.
-1991-92 Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
-1992 Establishes Foreign Office Architects, London
-2011 Establishes AZPA Ltd in London and Barcelona.
Since July 2012, he has been Dean of the School of Architecture, Princeton University
2002-2006 Dean of the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Previous teaching experience: UCLA, USA, Columbia University, USA. Architectural Association, London, UK Princeton University, USA. Berlage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ETS de Arquitectura of Madrid, Spain. Yokohama University, Japan.
Regular collaborator on professional journals such as El Croquis, Quaderns, A.D. A+U, Archis.
The architectural tour of the city of Barcelona took place on Friday, 29 September 2000.
