Isaac Broid Zajman
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Isaac Broid Zajman is a Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 architect and designer.

Biography

Broid studied under J. Francisco Serrano Cacho
J. Francisco Serrano Cacho
José Juan Francisco Alfonso Serrano Cacho is a Mexican architect.- Biography :Serrano was son of the architect Francisco J. Serrano. He studied at Universidad Iberoamericana until 1960. Afterwards he worked together with José Nava in the bureau of his father...

 and Carlos Mijares Bracho
Carlos Mijares Bracho
Carlos G. Mijares Bracho is a Mexican architect and founder of the „grupo Menhir“.-Biography:Mijares studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México from 1948 to 1952. After 1954 he lectured in architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana . He is...

 at the faculty of architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

 and urban planning
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....

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

, and graduated as master of design at the Oxford Polytechnic, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. Afterwards he visited landscaping courses at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and graduated in urban planning and landscaping at University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...

. His works include residential, commercial and cultural buildings, as well as urban planning and design works.

He is professor history of architecture
History of architecture
The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates.-Neolithic architecture:Neolithic architecture is the architecture of the Neolithic period...

 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 is editorial member of several magazines of architecture. Since 1999 he has been member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte
Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte
The Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte is a Mexican art association of the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, that was founded per presidential decree of September 3, 1993. Aim is the advancement and acceptance of creative activities as an essential part of national identity and...

 (SNCA). Broid' designs were multiple awarded, amongst others with the Record Interior Award of the Arquitectural Record magazine, with a silver medal at the 1991 biennale in Bulgaria, and with an honorary mention at the Mexican biennale of architecture.

Selected works

  • Metro line A
    Mexico City Metro
    The Mexico City Metro , officially called Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, is a metro system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City...

     stations together with Aurelio Nuño Morales
    Aurelio Nuño Morales
    - Biography :Nuño studied at the faculty of architecture and urban planning of the Universidad Iberoamericana from 1967 to 1972.He worked together with Rodolfo Barragán Schwarz and Carlos Mijares Bracho Since 1984 he has worked together with Carlos Mac Gregor Ancinola, Clara de Buen Richkarday and...

     and Carlos Mac Gregor Ancinola
  • Centro de la Imagen, Plaza de la Ciudadela, México D. F., together with Abraham Zabludovsky
    Abraham Zabludovsky (architect)
    Abraham Zabludovsky was a Mexican architect. He was the brother of the well-known journalist Jacobo Zabludovsky....

    , 1993
  • Telcel
    Telcel
    Telcel is Mexico's largest mobile phone carrier, owned by América Móvil. Founded in 1989 and based in Mexico City, Telcel is the leading provider of wireless communications services in Mexico. As of December 31, 2006, Telcel's cellular network covered more than 63% of the geographical area of...

     office building, México D. F.
  • "Guillermo Bonfil Batalla" library, Cuicuilco
    Cuicuilco
    Cuicuilco is an important archaeological Mesoamerican Middle and Late Formative period site located on the southern shore of the Lake Texcoco in the southeastern Valley of Mexico. Today, it is a significant archaeological site that was occupied during the Early Formative until its destruction in...

  • "Sondi Ambrosi" house, Puerto Escondido
    Puerto Escondido
    Puerto Escondido is a small port and tourist center in the municipality of San Pedro Mixtepec Distrito 22 in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Prior to the 1930s, no real town existed. The bay had been used as a port intermittently to ship coffee, but there was no permanent settlement due to the lack...

  • "Vázquez" house, Coyoacán
    Coyoacán
    Coyoacán refers to one of the sixteen boroughs of the Federal District of Mexico City as well as the former village which is now the borough’s “historic center.” The name comes from Nahuatl and most likely means “place of coyotes,” when the Aztecs named a pre-Hispanic village on the southern shore...

  • Videoteca Nacional Educativa, together with Miquel Adrià and Michel Rojkind
    Michel Rojkind
    Michel Rojkind=Michel Rojkind is a Mexican architect and former musician of Russian-Mexican descent.-Early Years and Education:...

  • "Mata" bar, Centro Histórico of Mexico City

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