Fernando González Gortázar
La Serpentina sculpture in front of the Rector's building, the University of Monterrey.
Fernando González Gortázar (born 19 October 1942, Mexico City) is a Mexican architect and sculptor, considered to be one of the most influential Mexican architects of the 20th century.[1]
Prizes and Distinctions
Fernando González Gortázar has an honorary doctorate from the University of Guadalajara.[1]
He was awarded the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 2012.[1]
In 2014, a personal exhibition of González Gortázar was held at the Museo de Arte Moderno.[2]
Realized projects
- La Gran Puerta (1969), Guadalajara[3]
- La Columna Dislocada (1989) in the Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone, Japan
- Museo del Pueblo Maya (1993), Mérida[4]
- Museo Chiapas de Ciencia y Tecnología (2005), Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Fuente de las Escaleras (1987), Madrid, Spain
Books
- Ignacio Díaz Morales habla de Luis Barragán (1990)
- La arquitectura mexicana del siglo XX (1994)
- La fundación de un sueño: la Escuela de Arquitectura de Guadalajara (1995)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ávila, Sonia (21 December 2013). "Fernando González Gortázar: "No alcanza una vida"" (in Spanish). Excélsior. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ↑ "Fernando González Gortázar: Resumen del Fuego" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Museo de Arte Moderno. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ↑ "La Gran Puerta de nuevo está abierta" (in Spanish). Guadalajara: El Informador. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ↑ "Museo del Pueblo Maya de Dzibilchaltún" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Retrieved 9 June 2014.