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ISRAEL ÁLVAREZ
Architect with honours by the National Autonomous University of Mexico since 2002. For many years, he has collaborated with many of the most recognized architecture offices in Mexico in a wide range of projects of different scales and typologies. In 2007 he collaborated as architect in the Pritzker Prize awarded office Herzog & de Meuron in the city of Basel, Switzerland, working on multiple projects including the Tate Modern extension and the new building for the Art Basel fair, among others. In 2010 he won the competition for the Mexican Pavilion in Shanghai Expo 2010. He was awarded with the Silver Medal and an Honourable Mention in the First Architecture Biennale of Mexico City. He was invited by Harvard Graduate School of Design to give a lecture on “Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas” in 2017. He was part of a collaborative exhibition in the Chicago Architecture Biennial of 2017. Since 2011 he is Professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
MARIANA TELLO
Mariana Tello is an Architect by the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She has studies on Design, Aesthetics and Fine Arts by the University of Buenos Aires Argentina. She has more than 15 years of working experience in Mexico and Spain, where she was in charge of the construction of the Mexican Pavilion for the Zaragoza Expo in 2008, designed by Tatiana Bilbao Studio. In 2009 she won the competition for the Mexican Pavilion in Shanghai Expo 2010. She was awarded with the Silver Medal and an Honourable Mention in the First Architecture Biennale of Mexico City. She was invited by Harvard Graduate School of Design to give a lecture on “Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas” in 2017. She was part of a collaborative exhibition in the Chicago Architecture Biennial of 2017.
TEAM SINCE 2009
Fabián Cedillo, Tania León, Paulina Hernández, Brenda Pérez, Alba López, Carolina Marin, María Fernanda Cobos, José González, Pablo Oliva, Miriam Hernández, Carlos Medina, Belinda Tinoco, Daniel Laredo, Armando Sierra, Marisol Flores, Paulina Castellanos, Paola Tovar, Jorge Pacheco, María Fernanda Pérez, Marisol Chávez, José Luis Jiménez, Fernanda Priego, Rodrigo García, Lina Ruelas, Ramón Rossano, Ricardo Sanchez, Gabriela Meyer, Pilar Rojas, Yoshio Fukumori, Salomon Gamboa, Victor Sierra.
AWARDS AND
RECOGNITIONS
2020 First prize in the competition by invitation “OZ Village Welcome Centre”, Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
2018 Second prize in the competition by invitation “Rancho Aguayo”, Oaxaca, Mexico
2013 Honourable Mention in the First Bienniale of Architecture of Mexico City for the “Zapote Restaurant” project
2013 Silver Medal in the First Bienniale of Architecture of Mexico City for the “Divino Narciso Auditorium” project, Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana
2012 First prize in the competition by invitation “Auditorio Divino Narciso”, Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana
2009 First prize in the National Design Competition “Mexican Pavilion for the Expo Shanghai 2010”
LECTURES
2017 “Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas”, symposium organized by Harvard University at the “Museo Tamayo” in Mexico City
2013 X International Symposium in Sciences, “Instituto Tecnológico de Chetumal” Quintana Roo, Mexico
2012 Conference at Universidad La Salle, Ciudad de Mexico
2011 Conference at Poliforum Siqueiros, Ciudad de Mexico
2010 Conference “Viernes del Cetto” at Taller Max Cetto UNAM, Ciudad de Mexico
2010 Conference at Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico
2009 Conference at Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de Mexico
2009 Conference at Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de Mexico
2009 Conference at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco, Ciudad de Mexico
2009 Conference at Tongji University, Shanghai, China
EXHIBITIONS
2017 “(Not) Another Tower” Chicago Architecture Biennale, Diorama of Public Space, contribution for Tatiana Bilbao Estudio tower
2016 Palacio de Bellas Artes of Mexico City “Arquitectura Mexicana Contemporánea”, Mexico
2016 Villa des Arts de Rabat – Foundation ONA, “Arquitectura Mexicana Contemporánea” Morocco
2016 Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (COAM) “Arquitectura Mexicana Contemporánea”, Spain
2015 Instituto Cultural de México in Paris “Arquitectura Mexicana Contemporánea”, France
2015 Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo – INFONAVIT “Vivienda Unifamiliar Regional”, Mexico
2015 Colegio de Arquitectos of Mexico City – INFONAVIT “Vivienda Unifamiliar Regional”, Mexico
2015 Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico – INFONAVIT “Vivienda Unifamiliar Regional”, Mexico
2014 Open Air Gallery in Chapultepec “Arquitectura Contemporánea Mexicana La Ciudad y su Arquitectura Reciente”, Mexico
2014 Palacio de Bellas Artes of Mexico City, “Pabellón de México para la Bienal de Venecia 2014” Mexico
2014 Museo Nacional, “100 visiones por la Merced”, Mexico
2013 Palacio de Bellas Artes of Mexico City, Auditorio Divino Narciso y Restaurante Zapote, Mexico
2011 Polyforum Siqueiros, “Pabellón de México Expo Shanghai 2010”, Mexico
2009 Universidad de Tonji, “Pabellón de México Expo Shanghai 2010”, Shanghai, China
PUBLICATIONS
2021 “Glocal 62” magazine, especial aniversario, Nuevas Promesas de la Arquitectura y Diseño, Mexico
2017 “Arquitecturas Mexicanas: Lo mejor del siglo XXI” book, Vol. 7 / Arquine, Mexico
2016 “Vivienda Infonavit” magazine, Vol. 1 Num. 1, Mexico
2016 “Arquitectura Contemporánea de la Ciudad de México” book, CAM-SAM, Mexico
2016 “Arquine 75” magazine, Mexico
2016 “Primera Bienal de Arquitectura de la Ciudad de México” book, CAM-SAM, Mexico
2015 “Vivienda Unifamiliar Regional” book, Infonavit, Mexico
2011 “Arquitecturas Mexicanas: Lo mejor del siglo XXI” book, Vol. 4 / Arquine, Mexico
2010 “Arquine 52” magazine, Mexico
2010 “L’architecture d’aujourd’hui” magazine, France
2010 “City Geography” magazine, China
2010 “LA China, Landscape Architecture” magazine, China
2010 “Arquine 50” magazine, Mexico
2010 “Housetraders” magazine, Portugal
2010 “Future” magazine, Spain
2009 “Arquine 48” magazine, Mexico
2009 “Mark Magazine”, The Netherlands
2009 “Architectural Digest” magazine, China
2009 “Casamica” magazine, Italy