Diana Cabeza

Diana Cabeza was born in Buenos Aires in 1954.^[1][2] She graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Prilidiano Pueyrredón [es] and the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Belgrano.^[1][2][3]

Cabeza went on to a career in urban design, focusing on public spaces, as leader of her own studio, Estudio Cabeza.^[1][4] She sought to enhance the social uses of these spaces and improve ergonomics.^[1][2] Her projects spanned several continents, from her native Buenos Aires to Tokyo, Zurich, Barcelona, Chicago, and Paris.^[1][2] Within Argentina, she worked on public spaces in such cities as Córdoba, Mendoza, Trelew, Rosario, Jujuy, and Pergamino.^[1][2] She was particularly well known for her bench designs, as well as for designing signage and bus stops for the Metrobús system.^[1][2]

Among various prizes, in 2003 she was recognized with an International Contemporary Furniture Fair Editors Award for her bench "Yacaré," inspired by the yacare caiman.^[3][4] In 2019, she received an achievement award from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes for her work as a designer.^[1][2]

Throughout her career, she frequently collaborated with her sister, Elisabet Cabeza.^[3] She was married to fellow architect Jorge Hampton, with whom she lived in Palermo.^[1][2]

Cabeza died in 2024, of cancer, at age 69.^[1][2] Later that year, the 19th Buenos Aires Architecture Bienniale honored her with the exhibition Redescubrí la ciudad (Rediscover the city).^[5]

• Distrito Arcos shopping center (Buenos Aires)
• Toranomon Hills Plaza (Tokyo)

• Metrobús – Avda. 9 de Julio line (Buenos Aires)
• Roppongi Hills Mori Tower Plaza (Tokyo)

• Forum Puerto Norte (Rosario)
• Vatican Square Plaza (Buenos Aires)

• YPF – Nordelta (Buenos Aires)
• Metrobús – Av. Juan B. Justo line (Buenos Aires)
• Alto Rosario Shopping (Rosario)

• Puerto Madero revitalization (Buenos Aires)