Ramón Torres Martínez

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Ramón Torres Martínez (November 22, 1924 - September 4, 2008) was a Mexican architect.^[1]

His 1950s designs were influenced by the Bauhaus movement. Together with Héctor Velázquez Moreno he founded the architecture bureau Torres y Velázquez Arquitectos y Asociados,^[2] and was director of the Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He co-designed Plaza Jacaranda shopping center in Zona Rosa, Mexico City, opened in 1957.^[3]

Awards

2005 Premio Nacional de Arquitectura
2007 "Antonio Attolini Lack" medal
2007 Honor award, "Iconos de Diseño", Architectural Digest México

References

^ Noelle, Louise. "Ramón Torres Martínez (1924-2008)". www.analesiie.unam.mx/. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^ Héctor Velázquez Moreno - Associate Founder 1922-2006, Despacho de Arquitectos HV, Mexico
^ "Antes de que hubiera centros comerciales", El Universal

External links

Ramón Torres Martínez at archINFORM

[1] Noelle, Louise. "Ramón Torres Martínez (1924-2008)". www.analesiie.unam.mx/. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

[Despacho_de_Arquitectos_HV-2] Héctor Velázquez Moreno - Associate Founder 1922-2006, Despacho de Arquitectos HV, Mexico

[3] "Antes de que hubiera centros comerciales", El Universal

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