Agustín Hernández Navarro

Agustín Hernández Navarro (born February 29, 1924 in Mexico City) is a Mexican architect and sculptor.

Son of politician Lamberto Hernández and Amalia Navarro,^[1] he is the brother of choreographer Amalia Hernández, architect Lamberto Hernández, Delfina Hernández and Gabriela Hernández. He studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, earning his degree in 1954, where he's been giving lectures for some time. The leading exponent of "emotional" architecture, Hernandez has fused elements from Mexico's Pre-columbian past in his contemporary architecture. He has stated to normally start by designing vertical elements of a building, such as the stairs of the building/house as he feels these are of much importance. He has said his architecture unites structure, form and function, just as in organic nature.

Contents 1 Major works 2 Prizes & Awards 3 Official Website 4 External links 5 References

Major works

• 1968, Folkloric Ballet School, Mexico City
• 1970, Praxis - Casa Hernández, Mexico City
• 1970, Mexican Pavilion, Osaka Expo, Japan
• 1974, Hospital Center IMSS, Mexico
• 1976, Heroic Military College, Mexico
• 1984, Meditation Center, Cuernavaca
• 1991, "House in the Air", Mexico City
• 1997, Calakmul Corporate Building, Santa Fe, Mexico City
• 2005, State of Mexico University, Toluca, State of Mexico

Prizes & Awards

His works have won national and international recognition such as

• 1987 Presea III Biennale of Architecture , in Sofia, Bulgaria
• 1989 Presea Biennial, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 1990 1st. Gold Medal Award II Mexican Architecture Biennale
• 1996 1st. First National Steel Prize AHMSA, National Award IMEI to the Intelligent Building of the Corporate Calakmul
• 2003 National Arts Award
• 2006 XI Triennial Gold Medal Interarch , in Sofia, Bulgaria,
• 2009 International Academy of Architecture Annual Prix , ¨Arcus House ¨, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2009 World Triennial of Architecture, Special Prize Silver medal ¨Arcus House ¨, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2010 CEMEX Lifetime achievement award, Cementos Mexicanos, Monterrey Nl.

Official Website

http://www.wix.com/agustinhernandez/arquitecto

External links

• Agustín Hernández Navarro at the archINFORM database
• Agustín Hernández Navarro in the Ibero-American Institute (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) catalogue, Berlin

References

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Name	Hernandez Navarro, Agustin
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Date of birth	February 29, 1924
Place of birth	Mexico City
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