Augusto H. Álvarez
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| Augusto Harold Álvarez García | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 24, 1914 Mérida, Yucatán |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Mexico City |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Occupation | Architect |
Augusto Harold Álvarez García (b. Mérida, Yucatán, December 24, 1914 – d. Mexico City, November 29, 1995) was a Mexican Modernist architect.
Biography
Álvarez was student of José Villagrán García. He taught at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), where the computer laboratory is named after him. He was founder of the school of architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana, and was its first director.
His design works were influenced by the International style architecture of Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.
He collaborated with notable Mexican Modernist architects including Juan Sordo Madaleno, Enrique Carral Icaza, and Salvador Ortega Flores.
Selected works
He participated in projects for:
- Mexico City International Airport
- Universidad Iberoamericana
- Business and administration school of the UNAM
- Bank of Valle de México
- IBM in Mexico City
- An Archbishop's residence
- Escuela Bancaria y Comercial
- Torre Latinoamericana
- Torre Altus.
See also
References
- Graciela de Garay: Augusto H. Álvarez. Historia Oral de la Ciudad de México: testimonios de sus arquitectos (1940-1990), Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora, Mexico, 1994,
- Lourdes Cruz González Franco: Augusto H. Álvarez. Vida y Obra, UNAM faculty of architecture, Mexico, 2004.
External links
- Augusto H. Álvarez at the archINFORM database.
- Bilder der Werke von Augusto H. Álvarez at praella.com
- Augusto H. Álvarez at Arquitectura Moderna
Categories:
- Articles with hCards
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- Mexican architects
- Modernist architects
- International style architects
- Modernist architecture in Mexico
- 1914 births
- 1995 deaths
- National Autonomous University of Mexico faculty
- Universidad Iberoamericana faculty
- Artists from Yucatán (state)
- People from Mérida, Yucatán
- 20th-century Mexican architects
