Héctor Velázquez Moreno (born Mexico City, 1922probably 1923 – died 2006) was a Mexican architect.

Biography

Velázquez studied at the

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of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) after 1949, and afterwards at Harvard University and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Due to a scholarship he was enabled to visit also the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In the 1950s, he designed together with notable architects the Ciudad Universitaria of the UNAM. He designed several religious buildings as well as accommodation and commercial buildings, also in other countries''Héctor Velázquez Moreno - Associate Founder 1922-2006''
, Despacho de Arquitectos HV, Mexiko He co-designed the 1957 Plaza Jacaranda shopping center in the Zona Rosa, Mexico City, a hub for the city's fashion-conscious and artist scenes."Antes de que hubiera centros comerciales", ''El Universal''
/ref> He was president of the Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México (CAM) in the Sociedad de Arquitectos de México from 1963 to 1965. He was head of social housebuilding in the

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, director of architecture and urban planning in the Secretaría de Obras Públicas and general commissioner of construction and redevelopment at the UNAM. Together with Ramón Torres Martínez he founded the architecture bureau ''Torres y Velázquez Arquitectos y Asociados'', and was co-founder of the ''Despacho de Arquitectos HV. S.A. de C.V.'' in 1990.Julieta Boy
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External links

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Website of Héctor Velázquez Moreno

References and notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Velazquez Moreno, Hector Mexican architects Artists from Mexico City National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Harvard University alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni 1922 births 2006 deaths Mexican expatriates in the United States