Legorreta

(Hardback)

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Legorretais the first book in English on the influential Mexican architecture firmLegorreta + Legorreta since early 2004, and documents the projectssince then; it is as well a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the foundingof the firm. This is a book that will be of interest to both homeowners andarchitects who look to the unique, warm, and colorful brand of modernismthat characterizes the firm.

Legorreta features work by this Mexican master as well as that of his firm fromthe past ten years with a focus on residential interiors, and includes houses,apartments, and townhouses in the U.S., Greece, and Mexico; university buildingsin Qatar, Mexico City, and Texas; as well as medical buildings, office towers, andother commercial and institutional structures.

Author Bio

Vctor Legorreta is a partner and managing and design director ofMexico City-based architecture firm Legorreta + Legorreta. He is the son ofRicardo Legorreta, whose firm Legorreta Architects he joined in 1989 and withwhom he became partner in 2001. Prior to his work with Legorreta Architects, heworked with Leason Pomeroy & Associates in Irvine, United States; Martorell,Bohigas and Mackay in Barcelona, and Fumihiko Maki in Japan. He has lectured atuniversities and congresses in the United States, Latin America and recently inEurope and the Middle East.


Lourdes Legorreta is a Mexico City-based architectand architectural photographer whose work has been published widely in booksand magazines internationally. She is the official photographer of the firmLegorreta + Legorreta.


Ana Teran is a writer based in Mexico.


Felipe Leal is awell-known Mexican architect and educator, who served for many years as dean of architecture at the prestigious Universidad Autnoma de Mxico (UNAM).