About

Nerea Feliz is a licensed architect in Spain and UK, currently teaching as an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin.

Nerea Feliz’s work encompasses scholarly and creative activities that are linked with a sustained focus on public interiority. Situated at the intersection of architecture, interior design and interior urbanism, her work explores interior design’s role as a mediator between us, the public spaces we occupy, and pressing cultural and political questions.

Nerea Feliz holds a Masters and Bachelor degree in Architecture from the Politecnica University of Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura (ETSAM). Before joining UT, she taught for four years at the University at Buffalo's School of Architecture and Planning. Prior to moving to the US, Feliz worked for Foster & Partners (2004-06 & 2008-09) and Zaha Hadid Architects (2006-08) among others.

She has developed projects from early design stages to detail and construction phases in a number of ranging scales and programs: from mixed-use office buildings to a new terminal in Heathrow Airport and a temporary market in Spain.

Her projects and writing have been featured in publications including: Ground Up, International Journal of Interior Architecture + Spatial Design, Interiors: Design/Architecture/Culture Journal, IE: Studio, Center, The Architect’s Newspaper and urbanNext. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at a range of venues: SxSW Eco, Matadero Madrid, and multiple academic institutions such as the University at Buffalo, Florida International University and the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile among others.

For more information you can contact me at nereafeliz@utexas.edu