Ramón Torres Martínez (November 22, 1924 - September 4, 2008) was a Mexican architect. His 1950s designs were influenced by the Bauhaus movement. Together with

Héctor Velázquez Moreno Héctor Velázquez Moreno (born Mexico City, 1922probably 1923 – died 2006) was a Mexican architect. Biography Velázquez studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) after 1949, and after ...

he founded the architecture bureau ''Torres y Velázquez Arquitectos y Asociados'',''Héctor Velázquez Moreno - Associate Founder 1922-2006''
Despacho de Arquitectos HV, Mexico and was director of the

Faculty of Architecture This is a list of architecture schools at colleges and universities around the world. An architecture school (also known as a school of architecture or college of architecture), is an institution specializing in architectural education. Africa ...

of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He co-designed

Plaza Jacaranda Pasaje Jacaranda, officially ''Plaza Comercial Plaza Jacaranda'', designed by architects Ramón Torres Martínez and Héctor Velázquez Moreno, was an open-air shopping center opened in 1959 in the Zona Rosa, Mexico City, at the time considered th ...

shopping center in Zona Rosa, Mexico City, opened in 1957."Antes de que hubiera centros comerciales", ''El Universal''
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Awards

* 2005 Premio Nacional de Arquitectura * 2007 " Antonio Attolini Lack" medal * 2007 Honor award, "Iconos de Diseño",

Architectural Digest ''Architectural Digest'' is an American monthly magazine founded in 1920. Its principal subjects are interior design and landscaping, rather than pure external architecture. The magazine is published by Condé Nast, which also publishes internati ...

México

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres Martinez, Ramon Mexican architects Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico People from Toluca 1924 births 2008 deaths