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Iconic Buildings: I work at Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáne, Mexico City

2019-09-19T12:44:00-04:00

For our series Iconic Buildings, we speak to people who live or work in buildings of architectural significance. Is their exposure to an architectural wonder on a daily basis a source of inspiration or simply part of the backdrop?

This time, we interviewed Karla Noguez, a Curator at Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáne, in Mexico City. The museum was designed by Teodoro González de León / Abraham Zabludovsky in 1972, and constructed from 1979-1981.

How Pedro&Juana Went from Working for Artist Jorge Pardo to Launching their Small Studio

2017-07-03T12:30:00-04:00

We first met Pedro&Juana at the 2015 Chicago Architectural Biennial, where we hosted the second Next Up inside a relaxed forum space they designed in the lobby of the Chicago Cultural Center. For today's Small Studio Snapshot, we're catching up with the Mexico City-based practice.

The Proust Questionnaire: Fernando Romero

2017-04-11T13:20:00-04:00

Every other week, we get personal with a major architect for our new series the Proust Questionnaire. For this week's iteration, we're talking with Fernando Romero, the OMA-trained architect who heads the Mexico City-based studio fr·ee.

Interview with Escobedo Solíz Studio, winners of MoMA PS1's 2016 Young Architects Program

2016-02-16T09:09:00-05:00

Beating out other finalists First Office, Ultramodern, COBALT OFFICE and Frida Escobedo to win this year’s Young Architects Program, the Mexico City-based Escobedo Solíz Studio’s “Weaving the Courtyard” proposal is simple and relatively hands-off. With three previous built projects to their name (a pretty impressive count for a firm whose two partners are both still under thirty years old), what kind of practice is Escobedo Solíz becoming?