Rogelio Ruiz Fernández (Mieres, Asturias, 1965). He is an architect (urban planner) from the University of Valencia (1990), holds a doctorate in architecture from the University of Valladolid (2003), and has completed postgraduate studies in Modern Architecture and Restoration at the University of Valladolid (1990-92), Cursets Patrimoni Barcelona (1991-92), postgraduate studies in "Project Fact and Professional Practice" at the University of A Coruña (1994), postgraduate studies in "The Northwest: Territory and Urban Planning" at the University of A Coruña (1994), Seminar on Memory and Monument in the 20th Century (Laboral City of Culture, Gijón, 2008), and the Architecture and Power Cycle (Laboral City of Culture, Gijón, 2008).
As a professor, he has written, lectured, and participated in seminars, master's programs, and postgraduate courses on architecture and urban integration at various national and international universities (Oviedo, Valencia, Valladolid, La Coruña (FETSAC), UPM Madrid, Adolfo Posada Foundation, Nebrija University, ESNE UCJC, Menéndez Pelayo International University, UNESCO Forum, Sint-Lukarschule University Brussels, Monterrey, Mexico (UANL), Atlantic University of Colombia, Krakowska University of Technology, Museum of Fine Arts Oviedo, Columbia University, New York, Aarhus Architecture School, Denmark, etc.).
He has published works and articles in national and international journals. He is the author of the books *Architecture Traversed by Light* (University of Valladolid Press, 2017), *rutARQ de la Plata* (Conarquitectura Press, Madrid, 2019), and *Restauro e Insertio: Británicos versus Continentales* (Conarquitectura Press, Madrid, 2022). ARQ-tículos, press-pritzker-princeps ed. Official College of Architects of Asturias in 2024. Additionally, Síntesis publishing house has produced a monograph showcasing his work with his partner, Macario Luis G. Astorga.
He is a member of ICOMOS Spain (2019), Architecture Advisor for FICARQ (International Film and Architecture Festival) 2013-2018, recipient of the Asturias Architecture Prize 2008, and received a Special Mention from Europa Nostra (The Hague 2006 for the Le Peuple building, Brussels). He was also shortlisted for the Academy of Rome in 1998. Since winning first prize for the Hermanos Orbon Market in Avilés in 1991, he has won numerous competitions and lost many more (notably First Prize and Grand Prix Szeczyn, Poland 1994, for the Columbus Area Redevelopment). He works from Mieres with Macario Luis González Astorga.
