Aurelio Nuño Morales (1949 – April 22, 2022) was a Mexican architect.

Biography

Nuño was born in 1949 in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

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. He studied at the faculty of architecture and urban planning of the

Universidad Iberoamericana The Ibero-American University ( es, Universidad Iberoamericana), also referred to by its acronym ''UIA'' but commonly known as ''Ibero'' or ''La Ibero'') is a private, Catholic, Mexican higher education institution, sponsored by the Mexican provi ...

from 1967 to 1972. He worked together with

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and

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Since 1984, he has worked together with Carlos Mac Gregor Ancinola, Clara de Buen Richkarday and Francis Sáenz in their architecture bureau ''Despacho Nuño, Mac Gregor y de Buen Arquitectos S. C.'', a firm awarded several times for its design concepts.''Aguarda a las musas el Poliforum''
(Spanish). From 1988 to 2002, he realized several projects for the Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt in

Lomas Verdes Lomas Verdes is an upper-middle-class neighborhood located in the north of Mexico City. The community was developed in the late 1960s and is near Ciudad Satélite (which was founded in 1957). Lomas Verdes means "Green Hills" in Spanish, as the te ...

, and several

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in Mexico City. Together with

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and

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he realized the Tomás Garrido Canabal Park in

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, Tabasco (1983–85). He is also known for his design of the Poliforum León, for which he received one of three honorary mentions at the VII Biennale of Mexican architecture in 2002, and was mentioned in the monograph “Lo mejor del siglo XXI. Arquitectura Mexicana 2001-2004” (''the best of Mexican 21st century architecture 2001-2004'') of the "Arquine" journal. The further two honorary mentions were for the design of a guesthouse ( es, Casa Habitación) in

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and for the design of the seniors' home house of the ''Asociación de Ayuda Social de la Comunidad Alemana'' ( es, association of social help of the German community). He was a member of the

Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte The Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA; ''National System of Art Creators'') is program developed by the former Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, and founded per presidential decree on September 3, 1993. Its goal is the advancem ...

, numbered member of the

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, as well as member of the consulting commission of the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes for architecture.

Further works

* IBM building, Santa Fe, 1995–1997, together with Mac Gregor and De Buen * Metro line B stations, 1994–1997, together with Mac Gregor and De Buen * Metro line A stations, 1986–1991, together with Mac Gregor and De Buen (also together with Isaac Broid) * Library of the faculty of medicine of the

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

, together with Mac Gregor and De Buen, 2005–2006 * Museo Maya,

Chetumal Chetumal (, , ; yua, label=Yucatec Maya, Chactemàal , ) is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the state of Quintana Roo and the municipal seat of the Municipality of Othón P. Blanco. In 2020 i ...

, together with Mac Gregor and De Buen * City theater, Chetumal, together with Mac Gregor and De Buen * Museo de Arte e Historia de Guanajuato (MAHG)''Museo de Puertas Abiertas''
(Spanish)

References

External links

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Nuño, Mac Gregor y De Buen
(Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nuno Morales, Aurelio Mexican architects People from Mexico City Universidad Iberoamericana alumni 1949 births 2022 deaths