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Ricardo Legorreta
Mexican architect
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Legorreta and the second or maternal family name is Vilchis.
Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis (May 7, – December 30, )[1] was a Mexican architect. He was a prolific designer of private houses, public buildings and master plans in Mexico, the United States and some other countries.[2]
He was awarded the prestigious UIA Gold Medal in ,[3] the AIA Gold Medal in , and the Praemium Imperiale in
Life and career
Ricardo Legorreta was born on May 7, , in Mexico City.
He studied architecture at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, where he graduated in After working for ten years with José Villagrán García, he established his own office in [2]
Architectural expression
Legorreta was a disciple of Luis Barragán and carried Barragan's ideas to a wider realm.[citation needed] Barragan, in the s and s 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 the Cathedral of Managua.[citation needed]
Works
In Mexico City
- , Laboratorios Smith Kline & French, collaboration with Mathias Goeritz, today the Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal, Av.
Universidad
- , Cedros International School and Universidad Panamericana Preparatoria, Tecoyotitla y , Chimalistac, San Ángel
- , Casa Lomas Altas
- , Camino Real hotel, Colonia Anzures
- , Offices of Celanese Mexicana, now SEMARNAT, Av. Revolución , Tlacopac, San Ángel
- , Restoration of the Palace of Iturbide, Historic Center
- , Seguros América offices, today Tribunal Federal de Justicia, Av.
Revolución , San Ángel
- , Kodak factory in Xochimilco
- , Restoration of the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, UNAM. Justo Sierra street #16, Historic Center
- , Papalote Museo del Niño, Bosque de Chapultepec 2nd Section
- , Restoration of the Club de Banqueros, Av. 16 de Septiembre 27, Historic Center
- , Remodel of the Chapultepec Zoo
- , Centro Nacional de las Artes master plan, Edificio de Administración e Investigación, Edificio Central and Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas La Esmeralda
- , Televisa Santa Fe
- , Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe
- , Plaza Juárez including the Museum of Memory and Tolerance and Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Plaza Juárez tower)
- , Torre BBVA Bancomer, in collaboration with Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners of London.Ricardo legorreta buildings clip In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Legorreta and the second or maternal family name is Vilchis. From structural changes to interior design, every decision matters when renovating a space—Jett breaks down how he landed on the final design and what factored into his choices. Celebrity Style. By Michael Boodro.
Paseo de la Reforma at Lieja street.
- , División de Estudios de Posgrado y Especializaciones en Economía, UNAM. Centro Cultural Universitario
Other cities in Mexico
- , Chrysler factory in Toluca
- Nissan Cuernavaca Plant
- , IBM Guadalajara Technology Campus, Guadalajara
- , Hotel Camino Real, Cancun, now Hyatt Ziva Cancun
- , Hotel Camino Real, today Westin Brisas, Ixtapa
- , Renault factory en Gómez Palacio, Durango
- , Plan Maestro para Huatulco, Huatulco
- , Hotel Las Brisas, Huatulco
- , Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey
- , EGADE Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas del ITESM in Monterrey
- , Casa Legorreta residence, San Miguel de Allende
- , EGAP Escuela de Graduados en Administración Pública y Política Pública del ITESM in Monterrey
- , Hotel La Purificadora, Puebla City
- , Hotel Casa Reyna, Privada 2 Oriente , Puebla City[4]
- , Hotel Camino Real Monterrey[5]
- , Museo Interactivo Laberinto de las Ciencias y las Artes, San Luis Potosí
- , The Tides, Playa del Carmen Riviera Maya
- , Centro Médico Zambrano Hellion of the ITESM in Monterrey
United States
- –, Casa Montalbán, in Los Angeles
- , buildings at Solana Complex in Southlake near Dallas
- , Tustin Market Place, Tustin, California
- , Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
- , Pershing Square restoration, Los Angeles
- , San Antonio Public Library
- , South Chula Vista branch library, Chula Vista, San Diego, California
- , Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research building, Emeryville, California[6]
- , The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose
- , The UCLA Tom Bradley International Hall Gallery and Conference Center, Los Angeles[7]
- , Santa Fe University of Art and Design Visual Arts Center, , Santa Fe
- , Max Palevsky Residential Commons (Chicago)
- , Latino Cultural Center Dallas
- , Keller Estate Winery, Petaluma, California
- , Bakar Fitness & Recreation Center at UCSF Mission Bay, San Francisco
- , Cross Border Xpress terminal and bridge in Otay Mesa, San Diego, connecting to Tijuana International Airport
Central America
- , Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, (Managua, Nicaragua)
- , Multiplaza Panamericana (San Salvador, El Salvador)
- , Centro Comercial Multiplaza Panamericana, in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador
- , New campus of the Escuela Superior de Economía y Negocios, ESEN, Santa Tecla, El Salvador
- –, Casa Margarita, Guatemala City
- –, Terra Esperanza, Guatemala City
Other countries
- , Mexico pavilion at Expo Hannover
- , Fashion and Textile Museum, (Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom)
- , Houses in Las Águilas, Madrid, Spain
- , Hotel Sheraton Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
- , Texas A&M University at Qatar, (Education City, Doha, Qatar)
- , Carnegie Mellon University (Qatar), (Education City, Doha, Qatar)
- , Campus Center and Student Residential Village, the American University in Cairo, Cairo)
- , Casa Del Agua Hotel, (Jeju-do, South Korea)
- , Davidka Square, (Jerusalem, Israel)
Other Recognition
In , Legoretta received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[8]
In , Legoretta received the Order of Isabella the Catholic granted by the government of Spain.