Iker Gil is the founder and partner at MAS Studio. Educated and trained as an architect in Spain and the US, Iker has two decades of experience in architecture and the cultural practices around architecture and the built environment. Throughout his career, he has designed new buildings, interior renovations, and architectural installations. He has also developed his work as a curator, exhibition designer, editor, writer, educator, and an administrator.
Since founding MAS Studio, he has worked on projects of multiple scales and typologies, including single-family and multifamily residential projects in Chicago, New Orleans, and Spain; signage standards for the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin; architectural installations across Chicago; new bike routes linking Chicago neighborhoods; and an exploration of the potential of the Chicago Pedway. Prior to MAS Studio, Iker practiced at SOM, Carlos Ferrater, b720, and UrbanLab. Between 2019 and 2026, he was the Executive Director of the SOM Foundation.
Iker was the 2024 Victor A. Morgenstern Family Visiting Chair in Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) along with architect Michel Rojkind. He previously taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and the Escola da Cidade (São Paulo). In addition, he was the co-director of the Chicago Expander program at Archeworks with Antonio Petrov.
He is the editor of the books Casa Gomis Bertrand / La Ricarda (MAS Context, 2026), Sam and Ruth Van Sickle Ford House (MAS Context, 2026), Radical Logic: On the Work of Ensamble Studio (MAS Context, 2021), Chicago Concrete Map (Blue Crow Media, 2018), and Shanghai Transforming (ACTAR, 2008). In 2018, Iker co-edited the book Art in Chicago Neighborhoods (City of Chicago) documenting the 50×50 Neighborhood Arts Project created by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
