Profiles

Anna Heringer: “Beauty has nothing to do with money”

Tatiana Bilbao on 20 years of doing architecture “with people, for people, on behalf of people”

Rozana Montiel on “the active gaze,” launching a cultural space, and the importance of awards

DIVIA met architect Gabriela Carrillo at her alma mater, UNAM, in Mexico City.

Architect, curator, and DIVIA Award 2023 finalist Tosin Oshinowo on what we can learn from African architecture

“Water is not a commodity”:
Mexican architect und urban designer Loreta Castro on changing how we think about our most important resource

“We need complex problem solvers who see the bigger picture”:
Marina-Elena Wachs on her insatiable curiosity, interdisciplinarity, and “the multisensory experience”

“Paraguay needs quality infrastructure”:
Viviana Pozzoli speaks on the country’s housing problem and shares her goals for the new year

“An architect can’t be afraid of overwhelming complexity”: Almut Grüntuch-Ernst on the award-winning hotel WILMINA, remaining curious, and raising a new generation of architects.

“I want to be of service to people”: DIVIA Award 2023 nominee Nzinga B. Mboup on the urgency to design equitable spaces and the need to question the true meaning of modernity