Max Núñez graduated as an architect from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2004. In 2010, he earned a MSc in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in New York. Since then, he has led Max Núñez Arquitectos, a practice recognized with the Design Vanguard Award from Architectural Record (2017), the Design Award from Wallpaper Magazine (2013, 2018, 2020), and the Building of the Year Award from ArchDaily (2023). He has won several public competitions, including the Atacama Regional Museum in Copiapó and the Library, Archive, and Regional Repository of Los Ríos in Valdivia. His projects have been featured internationally and are the subject of two monographic books: Max Núñez Arquitectos, Pista de Despegue (Editorial Constructo, 2015) and Max Núñez Arquitectos, Colección de Ideas (Editorial ARQ, 2018). From 2016 to 2020, he was Head of the Master’s Program in Architecture at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he continues to teach.