Carlos Rubio Carvajal (Barcelona, 1950) is a Spanish architect, based in Madrid. Architect from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid ETSAM 1977. Associate Professor at the Department of Architectural Projects at ETSAM 1978-2004. Member of the Governing Board and President of the Culture Area of COAM 1985-1986. Member of the Governing Board of COAM. September 1998 - January 1999. Advisor to the Continuing Education Area of the Cultural Foundation of COAM 1999-2000. Member of the Academic Council for Architectural Studies at the Francisco de Vitoria University of Madrid since 2009. Member of the Governing Board of COAM. May 2015 - 2019 and member of the Local Commission for Historical Heritage of Madrid.
His works include the SyV Tower in the set of Cuatro Torres Business Area of the Castellana in Madrid, the Indra headquarters in Alcobendas and Torrejón de Ardoz, a Tower in Isla de Chamartín, the remodelling of the Scope of the Cebada Market, the Madrid Río landscape intervention integrated into the M-Río team and the Partial Plan of the Mahou-Vicente Calderón area in Madrid.
He has obtained among others the Veronica Rudge Green Award from Harvard University in 2015, the Green Urban Planning / Landscape Architecture Award in 2013 and the International Architecture Award in 2012. The Chicago Athenaeum, the FAD Award 2012 Architecture and Landscape, the Plus Award 2012, the Urban Design and International Landscaping Award (CICA) at the XIII Buenos Aires Architecture Biennial 2011, the Madrid Award 2011 from the College of Civil Engineers, Canals and Ports, the COAM Distinction for the Work of Architects 2009, 2011 and 2012, the COAM Award for Architecture 1989, the Madrid City Council Award for New Construction 1992 and 2006, the Award from the Basque Navarro College of Architects 1999, the City of Alcalá de Henares Award for Architecture 2003, selected at the Architecture Biennial of Venice of 2004, Asprima awards 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2012 and the Anthological Prize of Contemporary Architecture in Castilla-La Mancha 2006.
