Enrique Carral Icaza (July 14, 1914 – November 25, 2005Archivo de Arquitectos Mexicanos, almacén de joyas documentales
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Biography

Carral studied at the

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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 ...

(UNAM) from 1933 to 1938, and started his architectural work in 1941. His rationalistic design works had a large impact on the history of contemporary Mexican architecture. His works include residential, educational, industrial, commercial, religious and public buildings, hospitals, recovery and tourist complexes. He also managed projects of the

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and of the UNAM. Carral was professor of architectural composition at the UNAM, and taught also 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 ...

(UIA). From 1958 to 1960 he was director of the faculty of architecture of the UIA, and coordinator of the UNAM architecture atelier no. 1 from 1975 to 1976. He was founding member of the

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, is member of the ''Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México'' (CAM), as well as member of the council of emeritus academics of the Sociedad de Arquitectos de México (SAM).''Donan a la UNAM el archivo del Arquitecto Enrique Carral Icaza''
(Spanish), January 23, 2005.

Projects

* Architecture workshop together with

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and Manuel Martínez Páez, 1950–1951 *

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, together with Augusto H. Álvarez, Manuel Martínez Páez, Ricardo Flores and Guillermo Pérez Olagaray, 1950–1952 *

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, together with Augusto H. Álvarez, 1953–1955 * Oxford college, together with Augusto H. Álvarez and Manuel Martínez Páez, 1955–1956 * Urban planning project Palmas, together with Augusto H. Álvarez, 1955–1959) * Holy family church, Portales colony, 1961 * Manacar city center, 1963 * Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, together with Augusto H. Álvarez, 1970–1971 * Ricardo Martínez's atelier, 1972 *

INFONAVIT The Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers (Spanish: ''Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores''; ''INFONAVIT'') is the Mexican federal institute for worker's housing, founded in 1972, and located at Barranca ...

housing complex El Rosario, 1973–1974

References

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