Paulo Tavares is an architect, author, and educator. His practice dwells at the frontiers between architecture, visual cultures, and advocacy. Operating through multiple media, Tavares’s projects have been featured in exhibitions and publications worldwide, including the São Paulo Art Biennial and the Venice Architecture Biennale. He is the author of several books that question the colonial legacies of modernity, including Des-Habitat (K. Verlag, 2019), Lucio Costa era Racista? (N-1 EDIÇOES, 2022), and Derechos No-Humanos (Bartlebooth, 2022). His curatorial project Terra, a collaboration with Gabriela de Matos, was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2023. Paulo is based in Brasília, where he leads autonoma, a platform dedicated to urban research and intervention, and serves as professor at the Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo at the University of Brasília.