Fernando Diez is currently director of the History and Theory Department at the Universidad de Palermo, Argentina, and executive editor of Summa+ magazine since 1994.

Born in Buenos Aires in 1953, Diez studied architecture at the Universidad de Belgrano, Argentina and Universidad Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

He has been researching and teaching architecture since 1979. He is author of Buenos Aires y algunas constantes en las transformaciones urbanas and his book, Crisis de Autenticidad, on Argentine architecture is currently in print.

His critical and theoretical work has been widely published in Argentina and internationally. He is also contributor to the Opinion section of La Nación newspaper in Buenos Aires, where he writes on ecology, urban development and environmental issues.

Diez was professor of architecture at the Universidad de Belgrano and Universidad de Buenos Aires, and has been visiting professor at a number of universities internationally.

He is Counselor for the Architectural and Urbanism Professional Council of Buenos Aires since 2001.

[last updated 14-Aug-06]