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Meet our new faculty: Liz Gálvez, architecture

By Public Affairs

A portrait of Liz Gálvez, smiling, in an under-construction room of white plastic walls and wooden beams
Liz Gálvez is a new member of the UC Berkeley faculty.

Courtesy of Liz Gálvez

February 27, 2024

Name: Liz Gálvez (she/her)

Discipline: Architecture

Degrees: M.Arch,. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016; B.S.D, architecture, minor, philosophy, Arizona State University, 2011

Research interests: Liz Gálvez is a registered architect, directs Office e.g., and teaches courses on design and environmentalism. She practices between the San Francisco Bay Area and Michoacán, Mexico. Her work focuses on the interface between architecture, theory and environmentalism through a re-examination of building technologies.