Luis M. Mansilla (1959 in Madrid – 2012 in Barcelona), was a Spanish architect. He graduated from the E.T.S.A.M. on 1982, and obtained the Ph. degree on 1998. In 1984 he was fellow of the Spanish Academy in Rome, and in 1987 obtained the Swedish Institute Scholarship in Stockholm. During the 1980s, he actively participated in the cultural scene of the so-called “La Movida”. A time when he developed enduring friendships with artists Sigfrido Martín Begué and Guillermo Pérez Villalta, that would strongly influence his own work. In 1992, Luis M. Mansilla and Emilio Tuñón establish the architecture firm Mansilla + Tuñón Architects, that would be operating until short after his passing. The office worked at the intersection of theory, pedagogy and practice. It received the Spanish Architecture