Augusto H. Álvarez
Augusto Harold Álvarez García (b. Mérida, Yucatán, December 24, 1914 – d. Mexico City, November 29, 1995) was a Mexican Modernist architect.
Also recorded as Augusto H. Alvarez
Augusto H. Álvarez
- Name
- Augusto Harold Álvarez García
- Born
- 24 December 1914
- Birthplace
- Mérida, Yucatán
- Died
- 29 November 1995
- Place of death
- Mexico City
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Occupation
- architect · university teacher
- Fields
- architecture
- Languages
- Spanish
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• Name — Augusto Harold Álvarez García • Born — 24 December 1914 • Birthplace — Mérida, Yucatán • Died — 29 November 1995 • Place of death — Mexico City
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Augusto H. Álvarez (1914 – 1995) is described as an architect in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names. Augusto H. Álvarez was born in 1914 and died in 1995 in Mexico City.
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Torre Latinoamericana Álvarez was student of José Villagrán García. 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, and was its first director. His design works were influenced by the International style architecture of Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe. He collaborated with notable Mexican Modernist architects including Juan Sordo Madaleno, Enrique Carral Icaza, and Salvador Ortega Flores.
Selected works
Selected works
He participated in projects for: • Mexico City International Airport • Universidad Iberoamericana • Business and administration school of the UNAM • Bank of Valle de México • IBM in Mexico City • An Archbishop's residence • Escuela Bancaria y Comercial • Torre Latinoamericana • Torre Altus.
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1914
Augusto H. Álvarez was born on 24 December 1914.
1995
Augusto H. Álvarez died on 29 November 1995.
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Mérida.
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- 1.Curl, James Stevens. Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Oxford University Press. 1999. 978-0-19-860678-9.
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