Lisa Findley

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Lisa Findley is a registered architect who writes primarily in public venues to expand the discussion about architecture and its position as a visual and cultural practice in a rapidly changing world. Her architectural education was underpinned by undergraduate work in environmental science and policy as well as political theory. As a result, her reading, research, and writing crosses over into many other fields including cultural geography and anthropology, cultural and postcolonial studies, and landscape architecture, natural history, and cartography. She is a frequent participant in conferences in architecture, geography, and cultural studies. Findley has taught and lectured widely, including at universities in Malaysia, Australia and South Africa, as well as within her native United States. She has traveled extensively, both as an architectural journalist and an academic, in pursuit of an ever-increasing understanding of the roles architecture and space play within the dynamics of culture and power. She is currently an Associate Professor at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco where she coordinates the Master of Architecture program. She is also a contributing editor for Architectural Record and has written for numerous other publications including Architecture (magazine), Harvard Design Magazine, World Architecture, Architecture Australia, Architecture South Africa and Baumeister. Findley is author of the book, "Building Change: Architecture, Politics and Cultural Agency". (Routledge 2005).