Coam

The Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM) is the professional body for architects in the Community of Madrid (Spain). It is a public-law corporation created by the Royal Decree of 27 December 1929, inherited from the Central Society of Architects, whose foundation dates back to 1849. Madrid's was one of the six architects' colleges created by that royal decree.

Initially, the area for which COAM was responsible included, in addition to the province of Madrid, those of Santander, Burgos, Soria, Segovia, Ávila, Toledo, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Cáceres, Badajoz and Valladolid. Subsequently, as new colleges were created, the more distant provinces joined newly established colleges. When the autonomous communities were created, only architects from the provinces bordering Madrid (Segovia, Gualajara, Toledo and Ávila) were still attached to COAM.

The dean of COAM has been Sigfrido Herráez Rodríguez since November 2020. He leads the corporation together with the Governing Board (Junta de Gobierno) and the Board of Representatives (Junta de Representantes). COAM, whose headquarters are at Calle Hortaleza, 63, in Madrid, belongs to the Higher Council of Architects' Colleges of Spain (CSCAE).