Founded in 2020 in Madrid, Donaire Milans Arquitectos develops a practice based on a balance between research, architectural rigor, sensitivity to context, and commitment to the needs of its clients. Their architecture is an exercise in reflection, committed to timelessness, sustainability, and adaptability. The team combines international professional experience at renowned studios such as Alberto Campo Baeza (Spain), Matthew Baird (United States), and David Chipperfield (England) with a strong academic background.

With projects in Spain, France, Italy, and the United States, their work encompasses both public and private projects, including new construction and rehabilitation, always seeking functionality, material coherence, and a deep connection with the memory and identity of places. They have received honorable mentions in competitions for the renovation of Plaza del Dos de Mayo in Madrid and the market and multipurpose center in Sanxenxo. Their experience in the cultural sector stands out, both in permanent and temporary exhibition and museography projects, with curatorial and exhibition designs at MoMA in New York, the Venice Architecture Biennale, and the Salón de Reinos in Madrid, among others.

Among their most recent public projects are the Roma Akademia exhibition at Azkuna Zentroa in Bilbao, the rehabilitation and museography of the National Museum of Performing Arts in Almagro, the new store for the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and the expansion of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome, awarded in an international competition in 2022 in collaboration with Jesús Aparicio Estudio de Arquitectura. 

Jesús Donaire holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from ETSAM (Polytechnic University of Madrid) and a Master’s in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in New York. His research work has been supported by scholarships such as Fulbright, William Kinne, and the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome.

A Professor of Architectural Design at ETSAM since 2009 and a Visiting Professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan since 2016, he has also taught at Suffolk University (Boston), Barnard + Columbia College of Architecture (New York), Nebrija University (Madrid), and the University of Navarra (Pamplona).

He has collaborated with studios such as David Chipperfield Architects in London, Jesús Aparicio, and Alberto Campo Baeza in Madrid. His work has been recognized in both academic and professional fields through publications, conferences, and international juries. He currently serves as Secretary of the BigMat International Architecture Award, established in 2012.

María Milans del Bosch is an architect from ETSAM (Polytechnic University of Madrid) and holds a Master’s in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University. In 2012, she founded Maria Milans Studio in New York, an award-winning and internationally published studio.

Her work has been recognized with awards such as the Honorable Mention at the Luis M. Mansilla Awards 2018 for her House-Studio in the Catskills. She has participated in exhibitions at MoMA in New York and the Venice Architecture Biennale. She worked as an Associate Architect for nine years at Matthew Baird Architects in New York.

Her career combines professional practice with teaching. She has been an Associate Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT, COAD) and currently teaches in the Master’s program in Design and Interior Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (MDAI).