Dr Daria Ricchi
PhD
Senior Lecturer in History and Theory of Architecture
School of Architecture
Role
An architect by training and a writer by choice, Daria teaches History and Theory of Architecture at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in architecture and interior architecture.
She is an historian and theorist of architecture. She earned her PhD and MA from Princeton University and an honours MArch from the University of Florence.
Before pursuing her PhD, she wrote extensively for architectural magazines. Consequently, her research examines modes of writing, architectural historiography, post-war Italian architecture, and the intersection of literature and design.
Her recent work focuses on the architecture of care, affect, and liminal spaces. Her publications include monographs with Routledge and Bloomsbury, as well as articles in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. She held a Silliman College Fellowship at Yale University, received multiple Barre Ferree Awards from Princeton University, and has lectured internationally at institutions including Harvard University and the University of Oxford.
She is an historian and theorist of architecture. She earned her PhD and MA from Princeton University and an honours MArch from the University of Florence.
Before pursuing her PhD, she wrote extensively for architectural magazines. Consequently, her research examines modes of writing, architectural historiography, post-war Italian architecture, and the intersection of literature and design.
Her recent work focuses on the architecture of care, affect, and liminal spaces. Her publications include monographs with Routledge and Bloomsbury, as well as articles in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. She held a Silliman College Fellowship at Yale University, received multiple Barre Ferree Awards from Princeton University, and has lectured internationally at institutions including Harvard University and the University of Oxford.
Teaching and supervision
Modules taught
ARCH 4005 Introduction to Architectural History and Theory
ARCH 5006 Architectural History and Theory
ARCH 7047 Spatial Qualities, History and Theory, MA in Interior Architecture
ARCH 5006 Architectural History and Theory
ARCH 7047 Spatial Qualities, History and Theory, MA in Interior Architecture
Supervision
Architecture and Narratives
Liminal Spaces
History and Memory
Biographies
Architecture of Care
Liminal Spaces
History and Memory
Biographies
Architecture of Care
Research
Daria’s research focuses on narratives, history, and memory, as explored in Writing Architecture in Modern Italy (Routledge, 2020) and biographies Mecanoo (Dedalo, 2005), Kengo Kuma (Motta Editore, 2007), and Diller and Scofidio (Skira, 2007).
Her most recent publications examine the intersection of architecture and care through personal stories: Maggie's Centres: An Architecture of Care (Bloomsbury, 2026) and Sympoietic Architecture: Making with Lina Ghotmeh (Lars Müller, 2026).
She is currently researching the use of the first-person singular pronoun (“I”) in architectural historiography since the 1980s.
Her most recent publications examine the intersection of architecture and care through personal stories: Maggie's Centres: An Architecture of Care (Bloomsbury, 2026) and Sympoietic Architecture: Making with Lina Ghotmeh (Lars Müller, 2026).
She is currently researching the use of the first-person singular pronoun (“I”) in architectural historiography since the 1980s.
Groups
Projects
Publications
Professional information
Memberships of professional bodies
Interior Educators
Society of Architectural Historians
European Architectural History Network
Society of Architectural Historians
European Architectural History Network
Conferences
EAHN Self(Hi)Stories: The “I” in Architectural Historiography, EAHN, Aarhus, 17-21 June 2026