Enrique Carral Icaza
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Enrique Carral Icaza is a Mexican
architect. He was born in Mexico City
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design works had a large impact on the history of contemporary Mexican architecture. His works include residential, educational, industrial, commercial, religious and public buildings, hospitals, recovery and tourist complexes. He also managed projects of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social and of the UNAM.
Carral was professor of architectural composition at the UNAM, and taught also at the Universidad Iberoamericana
(UIA). From 1958 to 1960 he was director of the faculty of architecture of the UNAM, and coordinator of the UNAM architecture atelier no. 1 from 1975 to 1976. He was founding member of the Academia Mexicana de Arquitectura
, is member of the Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México (CAM), as well as member of the council of emeritus academics of the Sociedad de Arquitectos de México (SAM).
Mexico
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architect. He was born in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
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Biography
Carral studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) from 1933 to 1938, and started his architectural work in 1941. His rationalisticRationalism
In epistemology and in its modern sense, rationalism is "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification" . In more technical terms, it is a method or a theory "in which the criterion of the truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive"...
design works had a large impact on the history of contemporary Mexican architecture. His works include residential, educational, industrial, commercial, religious and public buildings, hospitals, recovery and tourist complexes. He also managed projects of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social and of the UNAM.
Carral was professor of architectural composition at the UNAM, and taught also at the Universidad Iberoamericana
Universidad Iberoamericana
The Ibero-American University is a Mexican private institution of higher education sponsored by the Society of Jesus...
(UIA). From 1958 to 1960 he was director of the faculty of architecture of the UNAM, and coordinator of the UNAM architecture atelier no. 1 from 1975 to 1976. He was founding member of the Academia Mexicana de Arquitectura
Academia Mexicana de Arquitectura
The Academia Mexicana de Arquitectura is a Mexican professional architectural organization, that participates in all national debates of architects.- Presidents :* Joaquin Alvarez Ordóñez...
, is member of the Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México (CAM), as well as member of the council of emeritus academics of the Sociedad de Arquitectos de México (SAM).
Projects
- Architecture workshop together together with Augusto H. ÁlvarezAugusto H. ÁlvarezAugusto Harold Álvarez García was a Mexican architect.- Biography :...
and Manuel Martínez Páez, 1950–1951 - Mexico City International AirportMexico City International AirportBenito Juárez International Airport , in Venustiano Carranza, one of the sixteen boroughs into which Mexico's Federal District is divided, is a commercial airport that serves Mexico City, the capital of Mexico...
, together with Augusto H. Álvarez, Manuel Martínez Páez, Ricardo Flores and Guillermo Pérez Olagaray, 1950–1952 - BullringBullringA bullring is an arena where bullfighting is performed. Bullrings are often associated with Spain, but they can also be found in neighboring countries and the New World...
in AcapulcoAcapulcoAcapulco is a city, municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico’s history...
, together with Augusto H. Álvarez, 1953–1955 - Oxford college, together with Augusto H. Álvarez and Manuel Martínez Páez, 1955–1956
- Urban planning project PalmasPalmasPalmas may refer to:* Palmas, one of the two sectors of Cataño, Puerto Rico* Palmas, Tocantins, the capital of the state of Tocantins in Brazil* Palmas, Paraná, a centenary small city in the south of the state of Paraná in Brazil...
, together with Augusto H. Álvarez, 1955–1959) - Holy family church, Portales colony, 1961
- Manacar city center, 1963
- Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, together with Augusto H. Álvarez, 1970–1971
- Ricardo MartínezRicardo MartinezRicardo José Martinez Mora is an electric bass guitar player. He has been in the music industry for more than two decades, working as a session bassist, performer, arranger, songwriter, music producer, music director, banjo player , among other music related activities.He is highly regarded by...
's atelier, 1972 - INFONAVITInstituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los TrabajadoresThe Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores is the Mexican federal institute for worker’s housing, founded in 1972, and located in the Barranca del Muerto 280, Mexico City....
housing complex El Rosario, 1973–1974