Ricardo Legorreta

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]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Legorreta and the second or maternal family name is Vilchis.
Ricardo Legorreta
Born
Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis

(1931-05-07)May 7, 1931
Mexico City
DiedDecember 30, 2011(2011-12-30) (aged 80)
NationalityMexican
Alma materUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México
OccupationArchitect
DesignLandscaping and brightly colored Cubist designs

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, 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
  • 2007, Hotel Casa Reyna, Privada 2 Oriente 1007, Puebla City[4]
  • 2007, Hotel Camino Real Monterrey[5]
  • 2008, Museo Interactivo Laberinto de las Ciencias y las Artes, San Luis Potosí
  • 2008, The Tides, Playa del Carmen Riviera Maya
  • 2011, Centro Médico Zambrano Hellion of the ITESM in Monterrey

United States of America

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

Other countries

Other Recognition

In 2000, Legoretta received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[7]

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

References
  1. El Universal: Hijo de Legorreta afirma que murió tranquilo, 30 December 2011 (Spanish)
  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
  5. "Hotel Camino Real Monterrey".
  6. "Tom Bradley Legacy Foundation at UCLA: Tom Bradley Gallery at UCLA International Center". www.tombradleylegacy.org.
  7. "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.

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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