Diane Ghirardo

Diane Ghirardo is a professor of architecture at the University of Southern California. She is also the author of several books and essays on architectural history and theory. Her translation of The Architecture of the City by Aldo Rossi into English was first published in 1982.

Ghirardo received her M. A. and Ph. D. degrees from Stanford University.

The ACSA (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture) honored Ghirardo with the ACSA Distinguished Professor Award in 1998-99. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002.