An introduction to the new book "A History of the Arab Component in Iberoamerican Architecture" (Brill, 2026). Fernando Luis Martínez Nespral is an architect (Universidad de Buenos Aires) with a PhD in History from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. He is Full Professor of Architectural History and Director of the Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas at the School of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism, UBA, where he also edits the journal Anales del IAA. His work explores Islamic architecture and its connections with the Ibero-American world, most recently in "A History of the Arab Component in Iberoamerican Architecture" (Brill, 2026), along with numerous publications in English and Spanish. He is a member of several international networks, including the Society of Architectural Historians, the Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative, and Our North is the South, which he co-founded.