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The AIA gratefully
acknowledges the
following sponsors
of our 150th Anniversary
celebration:
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Founders Circle:
$1,000,000:
McGraw-Hill
Construction,
Official Media
Sponsor
Autodesk,
Official Software
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Year Awarded: 2000
Born: May 07, 1931;
Mexico City
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Mexico is a country of architects. Architecture is one of the pillars of our culture and part of our daily life: every Mexican is an architect at heart.
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• 2001: Max Palevsky Residential Commons, Chicago
• 1998: Technological Museum of Innovation, San Jose,
Calif.
• 1994: Pershing Square, Los Angeles
• 1994: Cathedral, Managua, Nicaragua
• 1985: Casa Montalbán, Hollywood, Calif.
• 1968: Hotel Camino Real México, Mexico City
Biography
Ricardo Legorreta, the first Latin American recipient of the AIA
Gold Medal, graduated from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico with a degree in architecture in 1952. While still in
school, Legorreta worked as a draftsman in the office of Jose
Villagrán Garcia. After graduating, he worked for Garcia in
Mexico City, becoming a partner in 1955.
In the early 1960s, Legorreta established his own practice,
Legorreta Arquitectos, in Mexico City. Early projects included the
Camino Real Hotel in Cancun, offices for IBM, and the Kodak
laboratories in his native country. Outside of Mexico, the
residence of Hollywood actor Ricardo Montalban served as his first
important commission. Other design commissions include the Mexican
Museum in San Francisco, Hispanic Cultural Arts Center in Dallas,
and the Bank of Finance in Managua, Nicaragua.
Legorreta has taught at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
Mexico, Universidad Iberoamericana, Harvard University, UCLA, and
the University of Texas at Austin. He has also lectured at
universities across the Americas and in Japan.
Legorreta has been a member of the International Council of the
Museum of Modern Art in New York, a member of the International
Academy of Architecture, and a special advisor for the National
Arts and Culture Council in Mexico. Until 1991, he served as a
member of the Pritzker Prize Jury.
Throughout his career, Legorreta has received a number of honors
and awards, including the Mexican National Award for Fine Arts, the
Gold Medal of the International Union of Architects, and the
Architect of the Americas Prize, Uruguay.
Legorreta’s work reflects his great respect for traditional
Latin American architecture, providing privacy and simplicity and
embracing natural light and traditional colors. He designs with
consideration of the land and environment around his
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