Legorreta

Description

Legorreta is the first book in English on the influential Mexican architecture firm Legorreta + Legorreta since early 2004, and documents the projects since then; it is as well a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the firm. This is a book that will be of interest to both homeowners and architects who look to the unique, warm, and colorful brand of modernism that characterizes the firm. Legorreta features work by this Mexican master as well as that of his firm from the past ten years with a focus on residential interiors, and includes houses, apartments, and townhouses in the U.S., Greece, and Mexico; university buildings in Qatar, Mexico City, and Texas; as well as medical buildings, office towers, and other commercial and institutional structures.

Victor Legorreta is a partner and managing and design director of Mexico City-based architecture firm Legorreta + Legorreta. He is the son of Ricardo Legorreta, whose firm Legorreta Architects he joined in 1989 and with whom he became partner in 2001. Prior to his work with Legorreta Architects, he worked with Leason Pomeroy & Associates in Irvine, United States; Martorell, Bohigas and Mackay in Barcelona, and Fumihiko Maki in Japan. He has lectured at universities and congresses in the United States, Latin America and recently in Europe and the Middle East. Lourdes Legorreta is a Mexico City-based architect and architectural photographer whose work has been published widely in books and magazines internationally. She is the official photographer of the firm Legorreta + Legorreta. Ana Teran is a writer based in Mexico. Felipe Leal is a well-known Mexican architect and educator, who served for many years as dean of architecture at the prestigious Universidad Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM).