Carlos Mijares Bracho
Mijares Bracho (April 26, 1930 – March 19, 2015) was a Mexican architect and founder of the "grupo Menhir". Mijares studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) from 1948 to 1952. After 1954, he lectured in architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA).
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- Name
- Carlos Mijares Bracho
- Born
- 26 April 1930
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Died
- 19 March 2015
- Education
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Awards
- UNAM award of architecture and design, 2001, Premio Gallo, Universidad Iberoamericana, 1999
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Occupation
- architect · painter · university teacher
- Languages
- Spanish
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Mijares Bracho (April 26, 1930 – March 19, 2015) was a Mexican architect and founder of the "grupo Menhir". Mijares studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) from 1948 to 1952. After 1954, he lectured in architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA).
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Carlos Mijares Bracho (1930–2015) was a Mexican architect, painter and university teacher. The architect was born and died in Mexico City.
Carlos Mijares Bracho studied at National Autonomous University of Mexico. The architect worked for National Autonomous University of Mexico. Languages used include Spanish.
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He was considered to have been a master of brick wall work. His works include religious, industrial and residential architecture. An influence of the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto is quite distinctive in several of his works. Later he taught at the UNAM. He was a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA). Mijares Bracho died on March 19, 2015, aged 84.
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• Name — Carlos Mijares Bracho • Born — 26 April 1930 • Birthplace — Mexico City, Mexico • Died — 19 March 2015 • Education — Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México • Awards — UNAM award of architecture and design, 2001, Premio Gallo, Universidad Iberoamericana, 1999
Selected works
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• „Mijares“ house, „Fernández“ house and „Díaz Barreiro“ house, Mexico City • Governmental computer center building, Morelia • Several Fertilizantes del Bajío buildings, Salamanca • Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos area, Toluca • "Perpetuo Socorro" church, Ciudad Hidalgo • "San José" church, Jungapeo • "San José Obrero" church, La Coyota • Christ Church, Distrito Federal • Catedral de Sal, Zipaquirá, Colombia • Espacio Lúdico, Bogotá, Colombia
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1930
Carlos Mijares Bracho was born on 26 April 1930.
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Carlos Mijares Bracho died on 19 March 2015.
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- 1.Premio Gallo de Arquitectura para Rodolfo Barragán (Spanish)
- 2.grupo Menhir (Spanish), Espacios de Creación, 2004.
- 3.Carlos González Lobo: „un maestro del uso sabio del ladrillo“
- 4.Instituto Nacionales de Bellas Artes (CONACULTA): Arquitectura-Contrastes - Creación y enseñanza. Dos arquitectos universitarios: Ortiz Monasterio y Mijares Bracho. (Spanish).
- 5.Fallece el arquitecto mexicano Carlos Mijares Bracho
- 6.Mijares Bracho Carlos, Sistema de Información Cultural.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- SantaMaria, R. and S. Palleroni, "La Obra de Carlos Mijares: Tiempo y otra Construcciones" (Escala, Bogota, Seville, 1989, 1991, 2000). 202 pp
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Carlos Mijares Bracho is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as architect, painter and university teacher. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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