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Javier Quintana de Uña is CEO at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat starting in 2022. He is responsible for the day to day running of the Council and steering in conjunction with the Board of Trustees, of which he is an ex-officio member. Prior to this, Javier was principal at IDOM UK, an international award-winning architecture and engineering company with presence in the UK since 2001. Javier has experience in directing projects and cross-disciplinary teams at both national and international level. Prior to IDOM, he has been the director of the Foundation Escolá (IDOM’s R&D division) and the Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, an innovative institution created by the high-ranking IE Business School in Madrid.

He was also the founding partner of taller basico de arquitectura, an architectural practice based in Spain focusing on design innovation. Javier holds a master’s degree from Columbia University and has a PhD on tall buildings from the University of Navarra. His research and built work have been awarded, exhibited, and published internationally.

Javier is also a Design Think Tank leader at the London School of Architecture and a past chairman of the UK Chapter of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

Javier Quintana de Uña is CEO at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat starting in 2022. He is responsible for the day to day running of the Council and steering in conjunction with the Board of Trustees, of which he is an ex-officio member. Prior to this, Javier was principal at IDOM UK, an international award-winning architecture and engineering company with presence in the UK since 2001. Javier has experience in directing projects and cross-disciplinary teams at both national and international level. Prior to IDOM, he has been the director of the Foundation Escolá (IDOM’s R&D division) and the Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, an innovative institution created by the high-ranking IE Business School in Madrid.

He was also the founding partner of taller basico de arquitectura, an architectural practice based in Spain focusing on design innovation. Javier holds a…

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