Enrique Carral Icaza

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Enrique Carral Icaza (born July 14, 1914 in Mexico City , † 1976 ibid.) Was a Mexican architect .

Life

Carral was the son of José Rafael Carral and Marrón and Carlota Icaza Sánchez. From 1933 to 1938 he studied architecture at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He started working as an architect in 1941. With his more rationalistic designs, in which he was always looking for new influences, he helped shape the history of contemporary Mexican architecture. He mainly designed residential buildings, educational institutions, commercial and religious buildings, hospitals, industrial and administrative buildings as well as recreational and tourist facilities. Among other things, he was entrusted with the lead management of projects of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (German: Institute for Social Security ) and with the main management of the UNAM construction projects.

At the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the UNAM and also at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) he was professor for architectural composition . From 1958 to 1960 he was director of the Faculty of Architecture and from 1975 and 1976 also coordinator of training workshop 1 of the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura at UNAM.

Carral was a founding member of the Academia Mexicana de Arquitectura and is a member of the Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México (CAM) and a member of the Council of Emeritus Academic Members ( Consejo de Socios Académicos Eméritos ) of the Sociedad de Arquitectos de México (SAM).

Works (selection)

  • Architecture workshop (1950–1951), together with Augusto H. Álvarez and Manuel Martínez Páez
  • Mexico City Airport (1950–1952), together with Augusto H. Álvarez, Manuel Martínez Páez, Ricardo Flores and Guillermo Pérez Olagaray
  • Bullring in Acapulco (1953–1955), with Augusto H. Álvarez
  • Colegio Oxford (1955–1956), with Augusto H. Álvarez and Manuel Martínez Páez
  • Urban planning project in Palmas (1955–1959), with Augusto H. Álvarez
  • Church of the Holy Family in the Portales settlement (1961)
  • Manacar city center (1963)
  • Centro Internacional para el Mejoramiento del Maíz y del Trigo (1970–1971), with Augusto H. Álvarez
  • Painting workshop for Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos (1972)
  • El Rosario INFONAVIT residential complex (1973–1974),

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  1. ^ Reyna Paz Avendaño: Archivo de Arquitectos Mexicanos, almacén de joyas documentales. La Crónica Diaria SA de CV, June 13, 2016.
  2. ^ Donan a la UNAM el archivo del Arquitecto Enrique Carral Icaza (span.), January 23, 2005.
personal data
SURNAME Carral Icaza, Enrique
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city
DATE OF DEATH 1976
Place of death Mexico city