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Women Architects in Latin America: History, Practices, and Emerging Perspectives examines the contributions of women architects across Latin America from the early twentieth century to the present. While a small number of figures have gained international recognition, many women who have shaped the region's architectural culture remain underrepresented in historical narratives.

Bringing together historical research, archival investigations, interviews, and contemporary case studies, this volume moves beyond the recovery of individual figures to examine how women have transformed architectural knowledge and practice. Across Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, and Peru, the chapters explore pioneering trajectories, historiography and visibility, territory and geographic centralism, collective and community-based practices, constructive cultures, care and motherhood, and emerging forms of architectural agency. Rather than simply adding women to an established architectural canon, the book asks how their experiences and practices might reframe the history of architecture in Latin America itself. By foregrounding forms of practice that engage collaboration, local knowledge, social equity, environmental responsibility, and territorial care, it challenges conventional models of authorship and architectural expertise.

The volume offers a more diverse and critical understanding of Latin American architecture and will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of architectural history, Latin American studies, gender studies, and contemporary architectural practice, while offering new perspectives on architecture in Latin America.