Ricardo Legorreta

Ricardo Legorreta
Born Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis
(1931-05-07)May 7, 1931
Mexico City
Died December 30, 2011(2011-12-30) (aged 80)
Nationality Mexican
Alma mater Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Occupation Architect
Design Brightly colored Cubist designs

Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis (May 7, 1931 – December 30, 2011)[1] was a Mexican architect. He was a prolific designer of private houses, public buildings and master plans in Mexico, the United States of America and some other countries.[2]

He was awarded the prestigious UIA Gold Medal in 1999,[3] the AIA Gold Medal in 2000, and the Praemium Imperiale in 2011.

Life and career

Ricardo Legorreta was born on May 7, 1931, in Mexico City. He studied architecture at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, from where he graduated in 1953. After working for ten years with José Villagrán García, he established his own office in 1963.[2]

Architectural expression

Legorreta was a disciple of Luis Barragán and carried Barragan's ideas to a wider realm. Barragan, in the 1940s and 1950s amalgamated tradition and the modern movement in architecture yet his work is mostly limited to domestic architecture. Legorreta applied elements of Barragan's architecture in his work including bright colors, play of light and shadow, and solid Platonic geometric shapes. 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. His most famous works are the Camino Real Hotel in Mexico City, the IBM Factory in Guadalajara and the Cathedral of Managua.

Works

Fountain in Pershing Square, Los Angeles
San Antonio Public Library, Texas, 1995
Torre BBVA Bancomer on Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City, currently the 3rd tallest building in Mexico

In Mexico City

Other cities in Mexico

  • 1967, Chrysler factory in Toluca
  • 1967 Nissan Cuernavaca Plant
  • 1970, IBM Guadalajara Technology Campus, Guadalajara
  • 1975, IBM Factory in Guadalajara
  • 1975, Hotel Camino Real, Cancun
  • 1981, Hotel Camino Real, today Westin Brisas, Ixtapa
  • 1985, Renault factory en Gómez Palacio, Durango
  • 1989, Plan Maestro para Huatulco, Huatulco
  • 1990, Hotel Las Brisas, Huatulco
  • 1991, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey
  • 2001, EGADE Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas del ITESM in Monterrey
  • 2007, EGAP Escuela de Graduados en Administración Pública y Política Pública del ITESM in Monterrey
  • 2007, Hotel La Purificadora, 2006 Puebla City
  • 2008, Museo Interactivo Laberinto de las Ciencias y las Artes, San Luis Potosí
  • 2008, The Tides, Playa del Carmen Riviera Maya
  • 2007, Hotel Casa Reyna, Privada 2 Oriente 1007, Puebla City[4]
  • 2011, Centro Médico Zambrano Hellion of the ITESM in Monterrey

United States of America

Central America

Centro Comercial Multiplaza Panamericana El Salvador in 2005.
New Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua

Other countries

References

  1. ↑ El Universal: Hijo de Legorreta afirma que murió tranquilo, 30 December 2011 (Spanish)
  2. 1 2 UIA: 1999 Gold Medalist Jury Citation Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine., retrieved 31 December 2011
  3. ↑ UIA homepage: Laureates Archived 2009-10-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ http://www.casareyna.com/en/historia.php

Further reading

  • Mutlow, John (1997). Legorreta. Rizzoli. ISBN 0-8478-2023-8.
  • Legorreta, Ricardo (2004). Legorreta + Legorreta. Rizzoli. ISBN 0-8478-2598-1.
  • Legorreta, Ricardo (2010). Legorreta: Arquitectura / Architecture 2003-2010. Area Editores. ISBN 978-607-8115-00-6.
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