Hilde Heynen (born 26 May 1959 in Deurne) is professor of architectural theory at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Heynen is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts since 2009.
[4] She has graduated from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven where she has studied both philosophy and architecture.
She has also spent some time in J. Paul Getty Foundation as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
Beside being a professor of architecture theory at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heynen works with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, and RMIT University in Melbourne as visiting professor.