Carlos Zapata
Carlos Zapata (born 1961 in Rubio, Venezuela[1]) is a Venezuelan born American architect known for his work on the Cooper Square Hotel (now the Standard East Village) in Manhattan; the Fontainebleau Resort Las Vegas and the Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, among many other projects.
The Cooper Square Hotel in 2010
Zapata is the principal of the self-titled architecture firm he leads "Carlos Zapata Studio".[2] Previous to opening his own architectural concern he was in partnership with Benjamin T. Wood (Zapata & Wood) and together with Dirk Lohan of Lohan associates they designed the extensive renovations made to Soldier Field in Chicago (completed in 2003).[3]