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Fernando Diez
Fernando Diez is Director of the Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture at the Universidad de Palermo (UP). He is also the Executive Editor of Argentinean-based architecture and construction journal
Summa
+.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1953, Fernando 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.
Fernando 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 has been Counselor for the Architectural and Urbanism Professional Council of Buenos Aires since 2001.
Fernando Diez moderated the workshop
Green urbanism - Between ecology and economy
at the 2nd International Holcim Forum 2007 in Shanghai and he was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for region Latin America in 2008.
[last updated 18-Aug-10]
Holcim Forum 2007
Academic Committee
Marc Angélil (Chair), Switzerland
Rachid Benmokthar Benabdellah, Morocco
Yung Ho Chang, USA
Fernando Diez, Argentina
Reed Kroloff, USA
Mark Lee, USA
Hansjürg Leibundgut, Switzerland
Rahul Mehrothra, India
Amer Moustafa, United Arab Emirates
Andreas Ruby, Germany
Hans Rudolf Schalcher, Switzerland
Kaarin Taipale, Finland
Eyal Weizman, UK/Israel
Zhiqiang Wu, China
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