Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz
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Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz is the founder and managing partner of Alvarez-Diaz+Group, PSC (ADG), a consulting and design firm with offices in San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
. He is responsible for the general and financial management of the firm, its business development, and the coordination for project execution.
He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
in Indiana, and began his career working for the firm of Robert A.M. Stern in New York City
Alvarez-Diaz has served on several guest design Juries at the University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
and the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. He has lectured both in the United States and Puerto Rico on contemporary topics in business and architecture. Mr. Alvarez-Diaz is the author of several published articles and was also section editor for the Institute of Classical Architecture’s annual magazine The Classicist.
He co-leads a foundation that established a yearly undergraduate student award for outstanding leadership at the University of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture in Indiana.