Theorist
Beatriz Colomina
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Details
- Nationality
- Spanish-American
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ReasonObservation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Subaltern resistant
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Notes
[DRAFT] Spanish-American architectural historian and theorist at Princeton. 'Privacy and Publicity' (1994) argues that modern architecture becomes modern through its engagement with mass media; she also pioneered the study of sexuality, gender and the domestic interior in architecture.
Connections
- associated with Feminist Architectural History
- founded Feminist Architectural History
- proposed Architecture as mass media
- authored X-Ray Architecture
- authored Privacy and Publicity: Modern Architecture as Mass Media
Referenced by
- Radical Pedagogies associated with
Sources
- Beatriz Colomina. Privacy and Publicity: Modern Architecture as Mass Media. MIT Press, 1994.
- Colomina, Beatriz. Privacy and Publicity: Modern Architecture as Mass Media. MIT Press, 1994.
- Princeton SoA. n.d.. https://soa.princeton.edu/content/beatriz-colomina.
- in Crysler, Cairns & Heynen (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory, SAGE, 2012 — export p. 16 of 22
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Beatriz Colomina." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/beatriz-colomina/. Accessed July 17, 2026.