TEN Arquitectos
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Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos, SC (TEN Arquitectos) is dedicated to the creation and investigation of Architecture and Design. Founded in Mexico City by Enrique Norten, Hon.FAIA, in 1986, it opened a second office in New York City in 2001. Currently, TEN Arquitectos has 25 members in Mexico City and 35 in New York.
TEN Arquitectos has been involved in projects of different types and scales including: furniture design, single-family apartments and houses, residential, commercial and cultural buildings, parks, urban design and redevelopment projects. The work of TEN Arquitectos is known for its contemporary architectural language that unites the aspirations of the modern world with the particular culture and environment where our projects are built.
Among TEN Arquitectos’ most recognized projects are the National School of Theater at the National Center of the Arts, Churubusco, Mexico City; Televisa Mixed Use Building, Mexico City (1st Prize “Mies Van Der Rohe Pavilion” of Latin American Architecture, Barcelona, Spain, 1998); House RR, Mexico City (Design Excellence in Housing, Boston Society of Architects 2004); Hotel HABITA (“Latin American Building of the Year” World Architecture Awards / RIBA, London 2002; Business Week / Achitectural Record Awards and AIA NY Chapter Award 2003); Educare in Zapopan , Jalisco (Honorary Mention at VII Mexican Architecture Biennial, First Prize of Design at the Quito Biennial in 2002; AIA NY Chapter Award 2003); Princeton Parking Garage Structure (Gold Medal at the AIA / New Jersey Design Awards in 2002); and Parque España Residential Building, Colonia Condesa, Mexico City (Design Excellence in Housing, Boston Society of Architects in 2004); among many others.
In the winter of 2006 the team of TEN Arquitectos + WRT won the international design competition to design a new vision for Rutgers University’s College Avenue Campus in New Jersey. The team led by TEN Arquitectos / Chan Krieger Sieniewicz / Hargreaves Associates / Eskew+Dumez+Ripple was selected to design and plan the development for the recovery of the New Orleans Riverfront.
Current projects within Mexico include the Guggenheim Museum in Guadalajara (2006 AIA New York Design Awards Citation), the Chopo Museum in Mexico City and the National Laboratory of Genomics (Irapuato, Gto.) Within the United States, the design process is underway for the Visual and Performing Arts Library (Brooklyn, NY), the James Hotel (Los Angeles, CA), Lincoln East Lofts (Miami, FL), and 1 York Tribeca Residential Building, currently under construction (New York, NY).
TEN Arquitectos has participated in several international exhibitions such as The Guggenheim Architecture in Bonn, Germany, 2006, the Venice Biennial in 1996, 2002, 2004 and 2006; the AIA NY Chapter Award Winners Exhibition at the AIA NY Chapter in New York City in 2003 and 2006; the exhibition design for “The Aztec Empire” at the Guggenheim, New York in 2004 and the Guggenheim Bilbao in 2005; “Architecture as Catalyst” at the Center for Architecture, New York in 2005 and the “New York Fast Forward: Buildings by Enrique Norten / TEN Arquitectos” exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York in 2005, featuring the New York City projects.
The work of “TEN Arquitectos” has been widely recognized and published both nationally and internationally. Among its most important monographs are: “Enrique Norten: A House in the City” by the Harvard Design School in 2003, “TEN Arquitectos”, published by the Monacelli Press in New York in 1998, and reprinted in 2002; and “Enrique Norten: Temas y Variaciones” by Landucci Editores in 2004 and reprinted in 2005.
