Emilio Tuñón (Madrid, 1959) is an architect who earned his degree from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) in 1981, and he earned his PhD from ETSAM in 2000. In 1993, together with Luis M. Mansilla and Luis Rojo, he founded the research cooperative CIRCO, awarded with the FAD Prize in 2007 and the BIAU in 2002. His work in research was recognized with the Francqui Chair in Brussels in 2015. In 1992, he cofounded Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos with Luis M. Mansilla (1959-2012), and in 2012 he cofounded Tuñón y Albornoz Arquitectos.

He is a professor in the Architectural Design department at ETSAM. He has taught as the Jean Labatut Professor at the Princeton School of Architecture (2008-2010) and the Eliot Noyes Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (2006), and he has been a visiting professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2005) and the Frankfurt Städelschule (1997-1998).

Emilio Tuñón has been recognized with the following awards: National Award for Architecture (2022), RIBA International Fellowship (2019), Community of Madrid Award (2018), Francqui Chair (2015), Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (2014), Mies van der Rohe Award (2007) and European Union Prize (2007).