Claudio Vekstein (born February 5, 1965 in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

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) is an architect from

and has been running his own architecture practice, teaching and researching the relationship between the architecture discipline, the public work and the Public Interest.

History

Born in 1965 in

Buenos Aires, Argentina Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

, he studied at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the

University of Buenos Aires The University of Buenos Aires ( es, Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA) is a public university, public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Established in 1821, it is the premier institution of higher learning in the country and one o ...

, later he became disciple of South American master architect

Amancio Williams Amancio Williams (February 19, 1913 –October 14, 1989) was an Argentine architect and among his country's leading exponents of modern architecture. Life and work Amancio Williams was born in Buenos Aires in 1913. His father, Alberto Wil ...

, and completed Master Studies at the

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in Germany under Profs. Enric Miralles and Peter Cook.

Teaching

He is a tenured Professor in the Masters of Architecture Program, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture,

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, United States (since 2002), and has run his practice specializing in the Architecture of Public Works and Urban Infrastructure, both in Buenos Aires Argentina (since 1996), and in Phoenix Arizona (since 2002).

Works

His built works include the Extension for the Fine Arts School and Access to the Ernesto de la Cárcova Museum (1996-02), the Monument Homage to Amancio Williams (1999), River Coast Park and Amphitheater (2000–01), Institute for Rehabilitation of the Disabled (2001–04), Emergency Room for Vicente López Hospital (2004–05), all in Buenos Aires, and the Memorial Square for the Monument to Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s 80th Anniversary at his birth-town Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina (2007–08); other projects are on the way to construction in Arizona. His work has been published and exhibited in Argentina, Brazil, México, USA, Spain, Germany, Holland, Austria, South Africa.

Awards

* Annual Award by the Professional Architects Council of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (2001) * Vitruvio Award for Integration of Art and Architecture by the National Fine Arts Museum Buenos Aires (2002) * ACSA Faculty Design Award, by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, USA (2003) * First Prize for the Latin-American Award on Hospital Architecture and Engineering by the Association of Hospital Architecture and Buenos Aires Architects Association (2006) * First Prize for the Architecture, Urbanism and Theory Biennale granted by the Professional Architects Council of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, (2007)

References

* Summa+ 56 y 156 Magazine

* http://www.arqa.com/index.php/esc/claudio-vekstein-arquitecto.html

External links

* http://www.claudiovekstein.org/ * http://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/directory/selectone.php?ID=4756 * https://web.archive.org/web/20100613143623/http://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/directory/pics/vekstein_claudio/CVPublicWorks.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Vekstein, Claudio 1965 births Architects from Buenos Aires Living people