Fernando Serapião (São Paulo, Brazil, 1971) is an architect, editor, researcher, architecture critic and exhibition curator. He studied Architecture and Urbanism at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in São Paulo, where he also pursued postgraduate studies. His career has focused on research, criticism and the dissemination of modern and contemporary architecture, particularly Brazilian architecture.
In 2011, he co-founded Editora Monolito, an independent publishing house based in São Paulo specialising in architecture, urbanism and architectural culture, together with Alessandra Ramos Serapião. Since then, he has edited Monolito magazine, which received first prize in the periodicals category at the 10th Ibero-American Architecture and Urbanism Biennial in 2016. He previously worked for several architectural magazines and has contributed to publications including Folha de S.Paulo and piauí.
He is the author of numerous books, including São Paulo: Guia de Arquitetura Contemporânea (2005), recognised with the Jovens Arquitetos Award, and A arquitetura de Croce, Aflalo & Gasperini (2011), which received the Jabuti Award in 2012. He also contributed to the editing of Infinito Vão: 90 Anos de Arquitetura Brasileira, alongside Guilherme Wisnik.
As a curator, he has participated in international exhibitions including Neun Neue: Emerging Architects from Brazil, presented at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt, and 10+10: Modernist and Contemporary Brazilian Houses, at the Architekturzentrum Wien in Vienna. His work has helped bring different generations of Brazilian architects to international attention.
In 2026, he is part of the curatorial team of Cuidar la Vida, the proposal for the 14th Ibero-American Architecture and Urbanism Biennial, held in Brasília, alongside Nuno Sampaio, Carlos Quintáns Eiras, Luciana Saboia, Matheus Seco and Daniel Mangabeira.
