Beatriz Colomina (born 1952 in Madrid) is a distinguished architectural historian and theorist, widely recognized for her groundbreaking research on the intersections of architecture, media, technology, sexuality, and cultural discourse. She is the Howard Crosby Butler Professor of the History of Architecture at Princeton University, where she also directs the Ph.D. program in architecture and founded the interdisciplinary Program in Media and Modernity. Colomina's influential books, including Privacy and Publicity: Modern Architecture as Mass Media (1994) and X-Ray Architecture (2019), have reshaped architectural theory, examining how built environments engage with media, politics, and evolving technological landscapes.