Ricardo Legorreta
Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis (born May 7, 1931 in Mexico City , † December 30, 2011 ) was a Mexican architect .
Life
Legorreta studied at the National School of Architecture of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) until 1953 . He was a student of José Villagrán Garcías and his partner from 1955 to 1960. In 1960 he founded the architectural office “Legorreta Arquitectos” with Noé Castro and Carlos Vargas , which he later renamed “llama Legorreta + Legorreta” together with Noé Castro, Víctor Legorreta , Miguel Almaraz and Adriana Ciklik continued. He designed the "Camino Real México" hotel based on a novel hotel concept, which opened its doors on July 25, 1968 for the Olympic Games in Mexico City, followed by the "Camino Real Cancún " in 1975 and the "Camino Real Ixtapa " in 1981 . Legorreta's buildings not only include numerous large orders, residential and industrial buildings in Mexico, but also in the USA , Europe and Asia . In Managua he designed the cathedral, which was completed in 1993.
Legorreta has taught as a professor in Mexico at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma and the Universidad Iberoamericana and in the United States at the University of California, Los Angeles , Harvard University and the University of Texas at Austin .
Legorreta has been a “numbered member” (Miembro de Número) of the Academia de Artes since 1989 , a member of the international advisory board of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the International Academy of Architecture (IAA) and an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects .
His son Victor Legorreta is also an architect and works as a partner in his father's architectural office.
Awards
- 1990: National Art Prize (Mexico)
- 1994: Admission to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1999: Gold medal from the International Association of Architects
- 2000: Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- 2006: Design Award from the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) for the Museo Mexicano , San Francisco
- 2011: Premium Imperiale in the architecture division
literature
- Wayne Attoe (Ed.): The Architecture of Ricardo Legorreta , photographs by Julius Shulman , Ernst, Berlin approx. 1990 ISBN 3-433-02148-1
Web links
- Literature by and about Ricardo Legorreta in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ricardo Legorreta. In: arch INFORM .
- Literature by and about Ricardo Legorreta in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Die Zeit: Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla near San Diego (1959 to 1965), Louis Kahn
- Images of the works of Ricardo Legorreta at praella.com
Individual evidence
- ^ "Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, disciple of Luis Barragan, dies at 80" The Washington Post / Associated Press , December 31, 2011
- ↑ Ortrun Engelkraut: Mexico's Modern Architecture: Works of Art to Live in , accessed on August 5, 2007.
- ↑ Ricardo Legorreta , entry at mexiko-lindo.de , March 14, 2007.
- ↑ Ricardo Legorreta ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), at El Museo Mexicano .
- ^ Academia de Artes: Arquitectura - Ricardo Legorreta
- ↑ International Academy of Architecture: Ricardo Legorreta V. ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Legorreta, Ricardo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Legorreta Vilchis, Ricardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 2011 |