Enrique Norten

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Enrique Norten is a Mexican architect and principal of the design firm TEN Arquitectos. Born and raised in Mexico City, Enrique Norten began his formal study of architecture at Universidad Iberoamericana, in Mexico City, where he earned his first professional degree in 1978. He obtained a master degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1980.

He founded TEN Arquitectos Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos in 1986, where he is currently principal. The New York office opened in 2001.

In September 2007, Enrique Norten was presented with the “Legacy Award” by the Smithsonian Institution for his contributions to the US arts and culture through his work, vision and commitment to his heritage. In 2005 he received the “Leonardo da Vinci” World Award of Arts by the World Cultural Council and was the first Mies van der Rohe Award recipient for Latin American Architecture in 1998.

He has lectured all over the world and has participated in several international juries and award committees such as the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition in New York City and the Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction. He was recently appointed a member of Deutsche Bank’s Board of Trustees. He is a founding member of the Advisory Board of the Holcim Foundation^[1].

Enrique Norten currently holds the Miller Chair at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. He has held the O´Neal Ford Chair in Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, the Lorch Professor of Architecture Chair at the University of Michigan, and the Elliot Noyes Visiting Design Critic at Harvard University. He was Professor of Architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City (1980-1990) and has served as a Visiting Professor at Cornell University, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, Sci-Arc, Rice University, Columbia University and as Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at Yale School of Architecture.

[edit] TEN Arquitectos

TEN Arquitectos [Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos] is dedicated to the creation and investigation of Architecture and Design. Founded in Mexico City by Enrique Norten and Bernardo Gomez-Pimienta (who currently is the Director of BGP Arquitectura), it opened a second office in New York City in 2001. Currently, TEN Arquitectos has 10 members in Mexico City and 11 in New York.

TEN Arquitectos works with diverse scales and topologies, including: furniture design, single-family apartments and houses, residential, commercial and cultural buildings, parks, urban design and redevelopment projects. Current projects include the Guggenheim Guadalajara Museum Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; Brisas W Acapulco, Guerrero. Mexico; the Fayetteville Museum of Art Fayetteville, NC; a new vision for Rutgers University’s College Avenue Campus New Brunswick, NJ and a plan for the recovery of a 4.5-mile stretch of the New Orleans Riverfront New Orleans, LA.

Construction is underway for the Chopo Museum Mexico City; the National Laboratory of Genomics Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico; 1 York Tribeca Residential Building New York, NY and Cassa Residential Building at 45th Street New York, NY.

Amongst TEN Arquitectos’ most recognized projects are the National School of Theater at the National Center of the Arts, Mexico City; Televisa Mixed Use Building, Mexico City [1st Prize “Mies Van Der Rohe Pavilion” of Latin American Architecture, Barcelona, Spain, 1998]; and Hotel HABITA, Mexico City [“Latin American Building of the Year” World Architecture Awards / RIBA, London 2002; Business Week / Architectural Record Awards and AIA NY Chapter Award 2003].

TEN Arquitectos has participated in several international exhibitions such as “Old City - New Architecture” at the XI St. Petersburg World Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia; “La Rue Est A Nous Tous” at the Val de Seine National School of Architecture in Paris, France; “The Guggenheim Architecture” in Bonn, Germany, 2006; and the Venice Biennial in 1996, 2002, 2004 and 2006.

The work of “TEN Arquitectos” has been widely recognized and published both nationally and internationally. Among its most significant monographs are: “Working: Enrique Norten/TEN Arquitectos” published by the Monacelli Press in 2007; “Enrique Norten: Temas y Variaciones” by Landucci Editores in 2004 and reprinted in 2005; and “TEN Arquitectos”, by the Monacelli Press in New York in 1998, and reprinted in 2002.