Mexican architect (1931–2011)
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Legorreta and the second or maternal family name is
Vilchis .
Ricardo Legorreta
Born Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis
(1931-05-07 ) May 7, 1931Died December 30, 2011(2011-12-30) (aged 80) Alma mater Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Occupation Architect Design Landscaping and brightly coloredCubist designs
Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis (May 7, 1931 – December 30, 2011)[ 1] Mexico , theUnited States and some other countries.[ 2]
He was awarded the prestigiousUIA Gold Medal in 1999,[ 3] AIA Gold Medal in 2000, and thePraemium Imperiale in 2011.
Ricardo Legorreta was born on May 7, 1931, inMexico City . He studied architecture at theUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México , where he graduated in 1953. After working for ten years withJosé Villagrán García , he established his own office in 1963.[ 2]
Architectural expression [ edit ] Legorreta was a disciple ofLuis Barragán and carried Barragan's ideas to a wider realm.[citation needed Barragan, in the 1940s and 1950s amalgamated tradition and the modern movement in architecture yet his work is mostly limited to domestic architecture.[citation needed Legorreta applied elements of Barragan's architecture in his work including bright colors, play of light and shadow, and solid Platonic geometric shapes.[citation needed One of the important contributions of Legorreta has been the use of these elements in other building types such as hotels, factories as well as in commercial and educational buildings.[citation needed His most famous works are the Camino Real Hotel in Mexico City, the IBM Factory in Guadalajara and theCathedral of Managua .[citation needed
Fountain in Pershing Square, Los Angeles San Antonio Public Library, Texas, 1995 Torre BBVA Bancomer onPaseo de la Reforma inMexico City , currently the 3rdtallest building in Mexico 1964, Laboratorios Smith Kline & French, collaboration withMathias Goeritz , today the Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal, Av. Universidad 1449 1967,Cedros International School andUniversidad Panamericana Preparatoria , Tecoyotitla 364 y 366,Chimalistac ,San Ángel 1967,Casa Lomas Altas 1968,Camino Real hotel, Colonia Anzures 1968, Offices of Celanese Mexicana, nowSEMARNAT , Av. Revolución 1425, Tlacopac,San Ángel 1972, Restoration of thePalace of Iturbide ,Historic Center 1976, Seguros América offices, today Tribunal Federal de Justicia, Av. Revolución 1508,San Ángel 1985, Kodak factory inXochimilco 1993, Restoration of theAntiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso ,UNAM . Justo Sierra street #16,Historic Center 1993,Papalote Museo del Niño ,Bosque de Chapultepec 2nd Section 1994, Restoration of the Club de Banqueros, Av. 16 de Septiembre 27,Historic Center 1994, Remodel of theChapultepec Zoo 1994, Centro Nacional de las Artes master plan, Edificio de Administración e Investigación, Edificio Central and Escuela Nacional de Artes PlásticasLa Esmeralda 1998,Televisa Santa Fe 2001,Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe 2005, Plaza Juárez including theMuseum of Memory and Tolerance andSecretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Plaza Juárez tower) 2010,Torre BBVA Bancomer , in collaboration withRogers Stirk Harbour + Partners of London.Paseo de la Reforma at Lieja street. 2010, División de Estudios de Posgrado y Especializaciones en Economía,UNAM . Centro Cultural Universitario Other cities in Mexico [ edit ] 1967, Chrysler factory inToluca 1967Nissan Cuernavaca Plant 1970,IBM Guadalajara Technology Campus,Guadalajara 1975, Hotel Camino Real,Cancún , now Hyatt Ziva Cancun 1981, Hotel Camino Real, todayWestin Brisas ,Ixtapa 1985, Renault factory enGómez Palacio ,Durango 1989, Plan Maestro para Huatulco,Huatulco 1990, Hotel Las Brisas, Huatulco 1991,Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey 2001, EGADE Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas delITESM in Monterrey 2005, Casa Legorreta residence, San Miguel de Allende 2007, EGAP Escuela de Graduados en Administración Pública y Política Pública delITESM in Monterrey 2007, Hotel La Purificadora, 2006Puebla City 2007, Hotel Casa Reyna, Privada 2 Oriente 1007, Puebla City[ 4] 2007, Hotel Camino Real Monterrey[ 5] 2008,Museo Interactivo Laberinto de las Ciencias y las Artes ,San Luis Potosí 2008, The Tides, Playa del CarmenRiviera Maya 2011, Centro Médico Zambrano Hellion of theITESM in Monterrey 1983–1985, CasaMontalbán , inLos Angeles 1985, buildings at Solana Complex inSouthlake near Dallas 1988,Tustin Market Place ,Tustin, California 1990,Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose 1994,Pershing Square restoration, Los Angeles 1995,San Antonio Public Library 1995, South Chula Vista branch library,Chula Vista ,San Diego , California 1998,Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research building,Emeryville, California [ 6] 1998,The Tech Museum of Innovation , San Jose 1998,The UCLA Tom Bradley International Hall Gallery and Conference Center , Los Angeles[ 7] 1999,Santa Fe University of Art and Design Visual Arts Center, 1999, Santa Fe 2001,Max Palevsky Residential Commons (Chicago) 2003,Latino Cultural Center Dallas 2003, Keller Estate Winery,Petaluma, California 2005, Bakar Fitness & Recreation Center atUCSF Mission Bay, San Francisco 2015,Cross Border Xpress terminal and bridge inOtay Mesa ,San Diego , connecting toTijuana International Airport Centro ComercialMultiplaza Panamericana in San Salvador, El Salvador, 2005. New Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua 1993,Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception , (Managua , Nicaragua) 2004,Multiplaza Panamericana (San Salvador , El Salvador) 2005, Centro ComercialMultiplaza Panamericana, inAntiguo Cuscatlan ,El Salvador 2005, New campus of the Escuela Superior de Economía y Negocios, ESEN,Santa Tecla ,El Salvador 2007–2009, Casa Margarita,Guatemala City 2012–2014, Terra Esperanza,Guatemala City 2000, Mexico pavilion atExpo 2000 Hannover 2003,Fashion and Textile Museum , (Bermondsey ,London , United Kingdom) 2004, Houses inLas Águilas ,Madrid ,Spain 2005, Hotel Sheraton Bilbao,Bilbao ,Spain 2007,Texas A&M University at Qatar , (Education City , Doha, Qatar) 2008,Carnegie Mellon University (Qatar) , (Education City , Doha, Qatar) 2008,Campus Center and Student Residential Village , the American University in Cairo, Cairo) 2009, Casa Del Agua Hotel, 2009 (Jeju-do , South Korea) 2010,Davidka Square , 2010 (Jerusalem, Israel ) In 2000, Legoretta received the Golden Plate Award of theAmerican Academy of Achievement .[ 8]
In 2002, Legoretta received theOrder of Isabella the Catholic granted by the government of Spain.
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