Pablo Meninato, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Temple University Tyler School of Art and Architecture. His work focuses on the intersections of architecture, urbanism, and social change, with a special focus on Latin America.
He is a recipient of the 2024-2025 Fulbright US Scholar Award for a research and publication project on Italian-Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi. An architect, architectural critic, educator, and native of Argentina, Meninato has practiced and taught architecture and urbanism in Philadelphia, Buenos Aires, and Monterrey, Mexico. He currently serves on the Philadelphia Chapter of the Board of the Society of Architectural Historians. Meninato’s essays have been published in various magazines and journals. He is the author of the books Unexpected Affinities—The History of Type in the Architectural Project from Laugier to Duchamp (Routledge, 2018), Informality and the City—Theories, Actions and Interventions (co-edited, Springer, 2022), On Streets: Perspectives on Placemaking, Architecture, and Urban Design (co-edited Springer, 2025), and the co-authored book Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America (Routledge, 2024).
Academic Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy, Architecture. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2015
Master of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1988
Diploma of Architect, Universidad de Belgrano, 1985
Selected Awards
Presidential Humanities and Arts Research Program, Temple University, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, 2019
Faculty Dean’s Grant, Temple University, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, 2019
Summer Research Grant, Temple University, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, 2018
X BIAU Madrid International Architecture and Urbanism Biennale. Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2016
Selected Works
About Streets – Perspectives on Placemaking, Architecture, and Urban Design – 2025
Urban Labyrinths. Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America, 2024
Informality and the City – theories, actions, interventions, Springer Rotterdam, 2022
Unexpected Affinities – The History of Type in the Architectural Project from Laugier to Duchamp. Routledge | Taylor & Francis, 2018