Rubens Cortés Cano holds a PhD in Architecture (2015). He has worked as a Design Tutor at MARCH, the Moscow School of Architecture (2012-2014). Previously, he was awarded a grant to study Oxford Brookes University in the UK, where he graduated with an MA in Urban Design (1999). In 2002 he founded the studio M57 arquitectos, and his work has received awards, such as the FAD 2005 in the “Ephemeral Spaces” category, for which he was finalist in 2010 for the Fuente de la Magdalena (Magdalena Fountain) in Jaén, and the “Special Prize for Detailing” at the International Architecture Biennale Cappochin in Padova (2011) for the Biblioteca Pública María Lejárraga (María Lejárraga Public Library) in Ogíjares. His work has been exhibited in the 11th Biennale of Architecture of Venice, at the World Congress of Architecture of Helsinki (2011) and in the FAD Awards of Barcelona (2005 y 2010).