Speaker

Isabella Trindade is an architect, interior designer, and educator who has combined academic and professional practices. She is currently a full-time lecturer at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Interior Design Program. Her teaching experience includes undergraduate and graduate courses on design studio and the history and theory of architecture. Trindade’s research focuses on architectural history, theory, and criticism with a particular emphasis on mid-century modern architecture and interiors in the years following World War II, with an interdisciplinary analysis that emphasizes the cultural influences from Europe and North America in the making of buildings and interiors in Latin America and Brazil. She has an extensive professional practice in architecture and interior design, with various projects executed, including participation and awards in several national and international competitions.