Enrique de la Mora y Palomar (16 June 1907 – 9 May 1978) was a Mexican

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who designed prominent

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buildings and

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es in which he experimented with hyperbolic-paraboloid roofs. He is generally regarded, along with the

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, as one of the most famous structural expressionists in

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. De la Mora was distinguished with the National Prize for Architecture in 1947 and some of his works, particularly his Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the

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's ''Ciudad Universitaria'', is now part of a

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since 2007.

Selected works

* ''La Purísima'' (Monterrey, 1939) * Master plan of the

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(Monterrey, 1945) * Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the

, (Mexico City, 1947) * Rectorate building of the

(Monterrey, 1952) *

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(Mexico City, 1955) * ''Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe'' (

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, 1965)

References

National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni People from Guadalajara, Jalisco 1907 births 1978 deaths 20th-century Mexican architects {{Mexico-architect-stub