Andrés Casillas de Alba (b.

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, 1934) is a Mexican architect.

Biography

Casillas studied at the Escuela de Arquitectura de

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from 1952 to 1955, and at the

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(UNAM) in Mexico City until 1956. From 1957 to 1961 he attended the Ulm School of Design, Germany, and participated meanwhile in

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projects for

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in 1958, as well as he practiced in the architecture bureau '' Mangiarotti e Morassutti'',

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, in 1959. Back in Mexico, he worked together with Augusto H. Álvarez from 1962 to 1963, then together with

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from 1964 to 1968, and after 1969 he was self-employed. His first building in Mexico was the

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, which he built during his cooperation with Álvarez. Casillas has been member of the

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(SNCA) since 1994. He was multiple awarded, amongst others with the annual award of

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's architects in 1994.''Andrés Casillas''
(Spanish), ''Espacios de Creación'' exhibition

Selected works

* "Andrés Casillas" house * Club Náutico Los Amates,

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bureaus * remodeling of the O'Gorman house * "Yturbe" swimming pool,

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(1968) * mall, Plaza del Sol * "

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" house, Distrito Federal de México (1970) * ''Jardin Tapia'',

(1973) * Centro Financiero

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, Guadalajara (1978) * Jaiba project, Playa Jaibas,

(1980) * "La Mancanilla", La Puenta, Manzanilla,

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(1980) * "García Villaseñor" house,

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(1980) * "Muñóz de Baena" house, Tecámac,

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(1995)

External links

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Website des Architekten

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Casillas De Alba, Andres Mexican architects Architects from Mexico City 1934 births Living people Alumni of the Ulm School of Design