Jorge Francisco Liernur Author & Editor

Jorge Francisco Liernur, born in Buenos Aires in 1946, is an architect. He graduated from the University of Buenos Aires and pursued postgraduate studies with Manfredo Tafuri at IUAV and Tilmann Buddensieg at the University of Bonn's Institute of Art History. Liernur holds an Honorary Doctorate from the Universidad del Litoral (Argentina). He was the founding dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Studies at Torcuato Di Tella University, where he is currently an Emeritus Professor and the Director of the Master's in History and Criticism of Architecture. Liernur has extensively published on the history of architecture in Argentina and Latin America, exploring their connections with international architecture in books and specialized journals. He co-curated the exhibition "Latin America in Construction: 1955–1980" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and has been a visiting professor in various universities globally, spanning America, Europe, and Asia.