Paulo Tavares

Paulo Tavares is an architect, author, and educator. His practice dwells at the frontiers between architecture, visual cultures, and advocacy, opening a collaborative field aimed at environmental justice and counter-hegemony narratives in architecture and visual cultures. His work has been featured in various exhibitions and publications worldwide, including Harvard Design Magazine, The Architectural Review, Oslo Architecture Triennial, Istanbul Design Biennale, and São Paulo Art Biennial. He is the author of several books questioning the colonial legacies of modernity, most recently Des-Habitat (2019), Lucio Costa era Racista? (2022), and Derechos No-Humanos (2022). He leads the architecture agency autonoma in Brazil, was co-curator of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial, and is curating the Brazilian Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennial.