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ISRAEL ÁLVAREZ
Israel Álvarez is an architect who graduated with Honors from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2002. Throughout his career, he has collaborated independently with some of Mexico’s most recognized architectural practices, working on projects of various scales and typologies.
Between 2007 and 2009, he worked in Basel, Switzerland, at Herzog & de Meuron, the Pritzker Prize–winning firm, where he participated in major international projects, including the extension of the Tate Modern in London and the new exhibition building for Art Basel in Switzerland.
In 2009, he won the competition for the Mexican Pavilion at Expo Shanghai 2010. In 2013, he was awarded the Silver Medal and an Honorable Mention at the First Mexico City Architecture Biennial.
In 2017, he was invited by Harvard University to lecture at the symposium Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas, and in the same year participated in a collective exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
Since 2009, he has been a professor at the Faculty of Architecture at UNAM, combining professional practice with teaching and academic reflection.
MARIANA TELLO
Mariana Tello is an architect who graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In 2003, she pursued studies in design, aesthetics, and the interpretation of architecture through the visual arts at the University of Buenos Aires.
Beginning in 2005, she worked as a project leader at Tatiana Bilbao Estudio, where she was responsible for the Mexico Pavilion at Expo Zaragoza 2008, overseeing the development of the project in both Mexico and Spain.
In 2009, she won the competition for the Mexican Pavilion at Expo Shanghai 2010, leading both the design and construction of the project. She was awarded the Silver Medal and an Honorable Mention at the First Mexico City Architecture Biennial for the projects Divino Narciso Auditorium and Zapote Restaurant.
In 2017, she was invited by Harvard University to lecture at the symposium Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas, and in the same year participated in a collective exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
TEAM SINCE 2009
Zulema Espino, Lucía González, Ximena Martínez, 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 Sánchez, Gabriela Meyer, Pilar Rojas, Yoshio Fukumori, Salomón Gamboa, Víctor Sierra.
AWARDS AND
RECOGNITIONS
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