Bio
Javier Corvalán Espínola, born in Asunción, Paraguay, received his architectural degree from the Catholic University of Asunción and completed his postgraduate studies at the Sapienza University of Rome.
He is Professor at the Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Arte at the National University of Asunción, and Professor at the Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías at the Catholic University of Asunción. He also teaches at several universities in Latin America and holds a Visiting Professor title at the Istituto di Urbanistica e Architettura di Venezia (IUAV).
He gives conferences at universities around the world. His projects and works have been published in specialized architectural books, journals and magazines. He has won several public, national, and international competitions, and many of his designs have been built. In 2006, he received the Official Cross, awarded by Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, for his design and work at the Centro Cultural de España Juan de Salazar.
In 2018, he received the Medaglia d’Argento del Pontificato for the design and construction of one of the chapels representing the Vatican at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy.
In 2020, he received his PhD in Architecture, City, and Design from the Istituto di Urbanistica e Architettura di Venezia (IUAV).
Reception will be held beginning at 5:00PM in the Temple Buell Hall Atrium