Ana María León

Description:

Ana María León is an architect, teacher and historian. Her work examines how conflict architectures have shaped the modernity and coloniality of the American continent. León is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, where she teaches architectural history and theory with an emphasis on transnational connections across the Americas. She has a PhD in History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture from MIT, an M.Des.S. with distinction from Harvard GSD, an M.Arch. from Georgia Tech, and an architect degree from UCSG. León is part of the GAHTC and SAH boards of directors, and co-founder of research and practice collectives inculcating Nuestro Norte es el Sur and the Settler Colonial City Project. She has just published the book Modernity for the Masses: Antonio Bonetþs Dreams for Buenos Aires (University of Texas Press, 2021)

subjects: History,  Architecture,  Architecture and society,  Biblioteca Nacional (Argentina),  Museo de La Plata

Places: Argentina,  Buenos Aires

Times: 20th century