Agustín Hernández Navarro

Agustín Hernández Navarro (* February 29, 1924 in Mexico City) is a Mexican architect and sculptor.

Biography

Hernández studied at the National School of Architecture of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ( UNAM) in 1954 and received his diploma. He then designed a number of houses and office buildings and lectured until 1968 at the UNAM. In 1968 he founded the Escuela de Ballet Folklórico for sculptural architecture and made ​​several study trips. In 1970, in Osaka, designed by him Mexican pavilion. His 1972-1975 entertaining training workshop for architecture enjoyed great fame. Between 1975 and 1980 he designed for the architects Manuel González Rul the Mexican military high school, the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, the Colegio Militar Heroico. His buildings include the 1984 finished in Cuernavaca meditation center, the "House Hernández " in 1990 in his hometown and in 1995 formed Casa en el Aire. Currently, the focus of his work is in sculpture as well as in the design of home furnishings.

He was a professor at the training workshops I and II of the Universidad Anáhuac and professor at the UNAM. Hernández since 1991 " numbered Member" ( Miembro de Número ) Academia de Artes, a member of the Sistema Nacional de Arte de Creadores ( SNCA ) and the International Academy of Architecture (IAA ).

Exhibitions ( selection)

Awards

  • First prize " Anual Jardín de la Paz ," Mexico
  • First prize of the Asociación de Industriales del Estado de México
  • First prize for the Mexican Pavilion, Expo 1970, Osaka, Japan
  • Medal, III. Biennal of Architecture, Sofia
  • Medal, Biennale of Architecture in 1989, Buenos Aires
  • Gold Medal, II Biennial of Mexico
  • First prize, PCI 1997, United States
  • First prize, Internacional Lighting Desing and Application Center 1997 Endoven
  • First Prize, Urban Land Institute, 1998, United States in 1998
  • Special price, DuPont 1998, United States
  • First prize, Lieberman 1998, for the best work
  • National Award for Architecture 1999
  • National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 2004
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