Blanca Lleó has a doctorate in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and is a Professor of Architectural Design at the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM). She has had her own architectural practice since 1985. She obtained her PhD in Architecture in 1996 with the thesis The house, the dream of living in the modern project, an unfinished project (UPM), awarded in 1997 with the First Architecture Doctoral Thesis Competition of the Caja de Arquitectos Foundation. She has worked on notable projects such as the Mirador (2005) and Celosía (2009) residential complexes in Madrid and the Faro de Nules lighthouse.

She is also known for her commitment to the design of urban and social housing, with a focus on sustainability. She is a member of the Real Academia de Doctores de España.

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