Josep Mias was trained at the ETSAB (Barcelona School of Architecture) before becoming an associate architect in the office of Enric Miralles from 1990 to 2000. He then founded MIAS, his own architecture and urban planning agency in 2000 in Barcelona. Josep Mias is also a Professor of Architectural Practice at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and a visiting Professor at UNISS in Sardinia (Italy). MIAS agency develops innovative experimental projects that combine sustainable technology and state-of-the-art construction practices. Following MIAS recent monographic room at Centre Pompidou, MIAS has rapidly gained international recognition, and the Parisian museum has acquired a total of 42 models, 14 sketches and 18 engravings for the Permanent Collection.