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Miguel Guitart, PhD. is an architect, author, and academic based in Buffalo, New York. Guitart teaches as Assistant 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 Theory and Design of Architecture from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), in 2014 (Summa Cum Laude), where he received his Master's in architecture in 2000 (Summa Cum Laude). 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, and was appointed Assistant Professor in 2020. Before joining UB, Guitart taught at University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR, 20013-2014), Pontifical University of Madrid (UPSAM, 2006-2014), and the Boston Architectural College (BAC, 2002-2003).
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.