Fernanda Canales is an architect, researcher, and editor whose work
integrates professional practice, historical research, and critical reflection,
approaching architecture as a cultural field with social, political, and territorial
implications. She is the founder of Fernanda Canales Arquitectura, formerly
Arquitectura 911sc, where she has developed projects in housing, cultural
facilities, public space, and infrastructure across Mexico.

She holds a degree in Architecture from the National Autonomous University
of Mexico (UNAM) and completed postgraduate studies at Yale University.
Her work has received numerous national and international awards and has
been widely published and exhibited in major international forums, including
the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, and the
Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, as well as in
institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the
Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, and the MAXXI – National Museum of
21st Century Arts in Rome.

In parallel with her architectural practice, Canales has carried out extensive
work as a researcher and editor. She is the author of key publications on
modern and contemporary architecture in Mexico, including Architecture in
Mexico 1900–2010, Collective Housing in Mexico, and 100x100 Architects of the
20th Century in Mexico. These books have made a significant contribution to
the documentation, analysis, and dissemination of architectural culture in the
country, expanding traditional historiographical frameworks.

Her built work is characterized by a precise response to context, the use of
local materials, and the creation of flexible spaces that adapt to changing
social dynamics. Through a practice that combines design, research, and
teaching, Fernanda Canales has established herself as a leading figure in the
development of contemporary architectural thought in Mexico and Latin
America.