About

Miguel Guitart, PhD. is an architect, author, and academic based in Buffalo, New York. Guitart is Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo - State University of New York (SUNY). Guitart received his Doctorate of Architectural Theory and Design from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), in 2014 (Summa Cum Laude), where he also received his Master's in Architecture in 2000. Guitart obtained a postprofessional Master’s Degree (MArch II) from the Graduate School of Design (GSD) at Harvard University in 2003 as a J. W. Fulbright Scholar (2000-2003).

His research focuses on architectural experience at the intersection of material narratives and sensory perception. His work examines architecture informed by its physical boundaries, material memory, and non-material agents, such as light and time. The work aims to enhance the connection between place, memory, and senses in opposition to trends of fragmentation and isolation leading to the loss of physical context and material memory.

Guitart has taught at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo since 2014. Before joining UB, Guitart taught at Universidad de Zaragoza (UNIZAR, 20013-2014), Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca en Madrid (UPSAM, 2006-2014), and the Boston Architectural College (BAC, 2002-2003).

Guitart has published Introducing Architectural Theory. Expanding the Disciplinary Debate (Routledge/Taylor&Francis, 2024, with Korydon Smith) Behind Architectural Filters: Phenomena of Interference (Routledge/Taylor&Francis, 2022); Approaching Architecture: Three Fields, One Discipline (Routledge/Taylor&Francis, 2023); The Depth of the Skin (Asimetricas, 2015); and the Architectural Practice book series (I-IV) (Asimétricas, 2014-2020). He has been guest editor of Revista Arquitectura RA 27 (Memories of the Ground) for the University of Navarra.

His articles have appeared in architectural journals including The Journal of Architecture, Journal of Architectural Education JAE, Change Over Time, Technology, Art + Design TAD, RA Revista Arquitectura, Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanism ZARCH, Radar, Constelaciones, Arquia Próxima, Cátedra Cerámica, TC Cuadernos, Future Arquitecturas, Rita, and Arquitectura COAM.

Guitart has been awarded by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), the New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA), the Humanities Institute at the University at Buffalo, the AZ Awards in Canada, and the Alejandro de la Sota Biennial Award in Spain, among others. Guitart is a licensed architect in Spain and founder and principal at Gimeno Guitart (www.gimeno-guitart.com)