Bernardo Calderón Cabrera (October 16, 1922 in

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– December 21, 2003 in Mexico City) was a Mexican architect.

Biography

Calderón studied at the

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(ENA) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) from 1940 to 1945, where he later taught from 1947 to May 2003. In 1980 he graduated as Master of Architecture. He worked together with

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, and later with his brother José Luis. His works included several notable buildings, amongst others the seat of the faculty of architecture in the UNAM's Ciudad Universitaria, as well as restorations of larger churches in his hometown.''in memoriam: Un recuerdo...''
(Spanish) at ''obrasweb.com''

References

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