Juan Miró

Professor Juan Miró, FAIA, is the Dick Clark Chair in Architecture at the School of Architecture of the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught since 1997.

Professor Miró is a Faculty Affiliate at the LLILAS (Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies) at UT. He teaches architectural and urban design and Mexican Architecture. Since 1998, Professor Miró has directed Studio Mexico, a program at the UTSOA that affords students the opportunity to travel to Mexico to study Mexican history, art and architecture. Professor Miró has lectured and written on Mexican Architecture with a special focus on the ancient city of Teotihuacan.

Professor Miró’s op-eds on a variety of topics (urban design, racial issues, transportation, the Declaration of Independence, housing advocacy, etc.) have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and Spain.

Professor Miró was named a Distinguished Professor by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and is also a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers of the University of Texas at Austin. In 2015, he received the Texas Society of Architects’ Award for Outstanding Educational Contributions and the University of Texas Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.

Professor Miró is also a principal and founder of Miró Rivera Architects, an architectural firm based in Austin. The firm was recognized with the 2023 Texas Medal of Arts Award in Architecture and has garnered over 100 design awards, including the AR Emerging Architecture Award, the Texas Architecture Firm Award, numerous local, state and national AIA Awards. In 2011, Professor Miró was elevated to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows in recognition of his contributions to the profession and to society.

Professor Miró obtained his professional degree at the Escuela de Arquitectura of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. In 1989, he earned a Fulbright Scholarship to complete a post-professional master’s degree at Yale University, where he was awarded the William Edward Parsons Memorial Medal