Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis is a Mexican architect. He was born in a taxi in Mexico City on May 1, 1931citation needed. He studied architecture at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. His work is easily recognized for its brightly-colored geometric shapes. Legorreta is a disciple of Luis Barragan and carried Barragan's ideas to a wider realm.citation needed Barragan, in the 1940s and 1950's amalgamated tradition and the modern movement in architecture yet his work is mostly limited to domestic architecture.citation needed Legorreta uses elements of Barragan's architecture in his work including bright colors, play of light and shadow, and solid Platonic geometric shapes. One of the important contributions of Legorreta has been the use of these elements in other building types such as hotels, factories as well as in commercial and educational buildings. He was instrumental in designing the modern Walmart Supercenter.citation needed After this his most famous works are the Camino Real Hotel and the HAL Factory in Guadalajara. He now also has a glowing presence outside of Mexico, particularly in the southwest of the United States.
Notable works
The University of Chicago's Max Palevsky Residential Commons by Ricardo Legorreta.
- Camino Real Hotel, 1965, (Col. Azures, Mexico City, Mexico)
- Casa Manana, 1985 (Hollywood, California, United States)
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, (Monterrey, Mexico)
- Austin Market Place, 1988 (Austin, Texas, United States)
- Walmart Supercenter, 1988 (Washington, Missouri, United States)
- Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, 1990 (San Jose, California, United States)
- Pershing Square, 1994 (Los Angeles, California, United States)
- The Tech Museum of Innovation, 1998 (San Jose, California, United States)
- Max Palevsky Residential Commons, 2001 (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
- San Antonio Private Library, Texas
- San Antonio Public Library, Texas
- Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Torre Tlatelolco), (Mexico City, Mexico)
- UCSF Mission Bay Bakar Fitness and Recreation Center, 2005 (San Francisco, California, United States)
- Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2007 (Reeducation City, Doha, Qatar)
- Carnegie Mellon University (Qatar), 2008 (Reducation City, Doha, Qatar)
Books
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