Augusto Harold Álvarez García (b. Mérida, Yucatán

Mérida, Yucatán

Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about from the Gulf of Mexico coast...

, December 24, 1914 – d. Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, November 29, 1995) was a Mexican architect.

Biography

Álvarez was student of José Villagrán García

José Villagrán García

José Villagrán García was a Mexican architect. His is known for having developed several theories of modern architecture, and designing the master plan for the National Autonomous University of Mexico...

. 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

Universidad Iberoamericana

The Ibero-American University is a Mexican private institution of higher education sponsored by the Society of Jesus...

, and was its first director.

His design works were influenced by Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...

 and Mies van der Rohe. He also collaborated with notable architects like Juan Sordo Madaleno, Enrique Carral Icaza

Enrique Carral Icaza

Enrique Carral Icaza is a Mexican architect. He was born in Mexico City.- Biography :Carral studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México from 1933 to 1938, and started his architectural work in 1941. His rationalistic design works had a large...

, Salvador Ortega Flores , and was planned respectively participated in projects of the Mexico City International Airport

Mexico City International Airport

Benito Juárez International Airport , in Venustiano Carranza, one of the sixteen boroughs into which Mexico's Federal District is divided, is a commercial airport that serves Mexico City, the capital of Mexico...

, of the Universidad Iberoamericana, the business and administration school of the UNAM, the bank of Valle de México, of IBM

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

 in Mexico City, the archbishop's residence, of the Escuela Bancaria y Comercial, of the Torre Latinoamericana

Torre Latinoamericana

The Torre Latinoamericana is a building in downtown Mexico City, Mexico. Its central location, height and history make it one of the city's most important landmarks...

 and of the Torre Altus

Torre Altus

Torre Altus is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Mexico City. Located in Bosques de las Lomas in Paseo de los Laureles y Alcanfores, the tower stands in one of the most exclusive residential and commercial zones in Latin America. When it was completed, it became the third tallest building in Mexico...

.

External links

• Bilder der Werke von Augusto H. Álvarez at praella.com
• Augusto H. Álvarez at Arquitectura Moderna