Margarita Jover is a Spanish architect and urban planner (Paris, 1969). She studied architecture at the Vallès School of Architecture and specialized in urban planning. She has been a project professor at the BAU Design School in Barcelona. She has been a guest lecturer at several European universities. She has also directed the cultural activities of the Official College of Architects of Catalonia.
Associate Professor of Architecture at Tulane University. Previously, she was an associate professor at the University of Virginia and has taught at several institutions in Barcelona. She is co-author of the book El Parque del Agua (ACTAR, 2008). Jover is co-founder of Aldayjover Arquitectura y Paisaje, a research studio focused on innovation. She has been an associate professor at the University of Virginia and is currently an associate professor of architecture at Tulane University.
Specializing in public architecture and landscaping, she has received multiple awards for her work on space recovery. In 2015 she was a member of the jury for the Mies Van der Rohe Prize. Jover is co-founder, with Iñaki Alday, of Aldayjover Arquitectura y Paisaje, a Barcelona-based studio focused on research and innovation.
Some of her works include the Recovery of the Gallego riverbanks in Zuera, The Water Park, the Aranzadi Park, the EXPO 2008 Power Plant, the urban Integration of the Zaragoza Tramway, the Mill Cultural Center, and the Barcelona Green Diagonal Park.
