Ricardo Legorreta

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Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox architect Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis (May 7, 1931 – December 30, 2011)<ref>El Universal: Hijo de Legorreta afirma que murió tranquilo, 30 December 2011 (Spanish)</ref> 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.<ref name="UIA" />

He was awarded the prestigious UIA Gold Medal in 1999,<ref>UIA homepage: Laureates Template:Webarchive</ref> 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, where he graduated in 1953. After working for ten years with José Villagrán García, he established his own office in 1963.<ref name="UIA">UIA: 1999 Gold Medalist Jury Citation Template:Webarchive, retrieved 31 December 2011</ref>

Architectural expression

Legorreta was a disciple of Luis Barragán and carried Barragan's ideas to a wider realm.Template:Citation needed Barragan, in the 1940s and 1950s amalgamated tradition and the modern movement in architecture yet his work is mostly limited to domestic architecture.Template: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.Template: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.Template:Citation needed His most famous works are the Camino Real Hotel in Mexico City, the IBM Factory in Guadalajara and the Cathedral of Managua.Template:Citation needed

Works

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Fountain in Pershing Square, Los Angeles
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San Antonio Public Library, Texas, 1995
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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, Hotel Camino Real, Cancún, now Hyatt Ziva 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
  • 2005, Casa Legorreta residence, San Miguel de Allende
  • 2007, EGAP Escuela de Graduados en Administración Pública y Política Pública del ITESM in Monterrey
  • 2007, Hotel La Purificadora, 2006 Puebla City
  • 2007, Hotel Casa Reyna, Privada 2 Oriente 1007, Puebla City<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2007, Hotel Camino Real Monterrey<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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United States

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Central America

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

Other countries

Other Recognition

In 2000, Legoretta received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2002, Legoretta received the Order of Isabella the Catholic granted by the government of Spain.

References

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Further reading

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