Fernanda Canales

Fernanda Canales is an architect based in Mexico City, born there in 1974, committed to design, urban planning and research. She holds a PhD in Architecture from the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, an MA from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Barcelona and a BA from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

Her built work spans houses, cultural buildings, public space and housing across Mexico, from House 720 Degrees in the Reserva Penitas and the Elena Garro Cultural Center to the PILARES Iztapalapa, reading rooms, the Bicentennial Memorial in Mexico City and a series of plazas and community buildings in Sonora. She combines practice with writing, and is the author of books including My House, Your City: Privacy in a Shared World and Shared Structures, Private Spaces.