M. arch. Ing. arch. Maria Topolčanská, PhD.

Maria Topolčanská is an architect and architectural theorist. She is Rector Emerita of the Academy of Fine Arts (2022–2024). Since the academic year 2017–2018 she has been lecturing at the Academy of Architecture of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design. She is engaged in research and publishing in the field of contemporary architecture and is a supervisor of theoretical and artistic PhD students. She studied architecture at FAD STU in Bratislava and Metropolis Master in Architecture and Urban Culture at ETSAB in Barcelona.