Carlos Plaza earned an international doctorate from the schools of architecture of Seville and Florence. While studying under A. Belluzzi in Florence, he furthered his knowledge with H. Burns at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. He has been a Mellon Fellow at Villa i Tatti – Harvard University and a post-doctoral researcher at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max Planck Institut. He combines teaching and research with his work as an architect.