Both born in 1924, and fellow schoolmates since they were ten years old, Federico Correa and Alfonso Milá obtained their doctorates in architecture at the University of Barcelona.

In 1953, the two established their own architectural bureau, further entwining a friendly and professional relationship that has made their names inseparable. They projected with excellence as architects, interior and industrial designers. And they excelled in teaching and dissemintating both Barcelona and Spain’s creative work in the international debate on architecture and good design.

Rationality was their main trait, always bearing in mind the users’ satisfaction. "We work with the same priorities that we set for our architectural projects: rationalising".

Their work draws inspiration from the lessons on the Modern Movement taught by Josep Maria Jujol, Francesc Ràfols and José Antonio Coderch, with whom they collaborated for several years as apprentices, and from the architecture of northern Italy.