Alberto Kalach (born 1960) is a Mexican architect.

Biography

Alberto Kalach is of Jewish descent, born in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

, studied architecture at 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 ...

, Mexico City, and completed graduate studies later at

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. In 1981 he founded the firm "Taller de Arquitectura X" with Daniel Álvarez, with whom he worked until 2002, when Álvarez left the firm. While he continues to direct TAX, in 2002 his interests also turned to the

urban planning Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...

problems of his home town, and founded the community "México: future city" ( es, México: ciudad futura). He realized several joint projects, some of them with notable colleagues like Teodoro González de León, Gustavo Lipkau and Jose Castillo. His lake concepts were significant in solving existing water supply problems in Mexico City. He published several articles in national and international magazines of architecture,''Alberto Kalach''
(Spanish) in ''arquitectura MEXICANA''

2009-10-25.'' Alberto Kalach presenta sus trabajos en el Planetario''
(Spanish), Universidad de Navarra, Escuela de Arquitectura. and participates in the "Recovering the City of Lakes" project ( es, Vuelta a la ciudad lacustre).Gustavo Lipkau

(Spanish), September 2002. Del mismo modo, ha mostrado un remarcable interés por el urbanis

por lo cual ha realizado diversos proyectos de gran escala dentro del colectivo que fundó llamado México: Ciudad Futura, donde han participado arquitectos de gran importancia como lo son Teodoro González de León, Gustavo Lipkau y José Castillo.

Notable works

*1999: Casa GGG, Mexico City *2000-2008 Casa La Atalaya, California *2002: Jose Vasconcelos Library, Mexico City Vista de la Biblioteca Vasconcelos

*2004: Casa Romany, California *2007-2010: Reforma 27 Tower, Mexico City

Design awards

* 1984: 2nd, 71st Paris prize bestowal of the art school in Columbus, Indiana * 1985: 3rd, international design competition for the museum of modern arts in

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, Germany * 1996: 1st, international design competition for the Petrosino Park,

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(together with Ricardo Regazzoni and Julio González Rojas) * 1996: 1st, design competition of the Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt in

Puebla, Puebla Puebla de Zaragoza (; nah, Cuetlaxcoapan), formally Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, formerly Puebla de los Ángeles during colonial times, or known in English simply as Puebla, is the seat of Puebla Municipality. It is the capital and largest city ...

(together with Felipe Buendía and Moises Miserachi) * 2004: 1st, international design competition for the José Vasconcelos Library (together with Juan Palomar, Gustavo Lipkau and Tonatiuh Martínez)

References

External links

*
Bilder der Werke von ''Alberto Kalach''
at ''praella.com *

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