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Juan Sordo Madaleno (October 1916 in Mexico City – 12 March 1985 in Idem) was a Mexican architect.




Biography


Sordo Madaleno was one of the most important Mexican architects of his era. He worked with other renowned architects, including Luis Barragán, Jose Villagran Garcia, Augusto H. Álvarez, Ricardo Legorreta, Francisco J. Serrano and José Adolfo Wiechers.
Architecturally, he settled initially in the Bauhaus style and influence of Le Corbusier. He designed especially hotels and residential buildings.
In 1937, he founded his architectural firm, now known as the Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos SC.




Family


On 20 June 1941 he married Magdalena Bringas Aguado. Their children are: José Juan(1942–1974), Magdalena (born 1944) and Javier (born 1956).
Their son Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas is also an architect and heads since 1982, the architectural firm. In 1963, he earned the Hacienda "La Laja" in Tequisquiapan in the Mexican state of Querétaro, where he successfully bred bulls and the family then lived.




Important work


1951 — Cine Ermita - Mexico City
1954 — Cine París - Mexico City
1958 — Contigo Tower (formerly named Torre Anáhuac) - Mexico City
1959 — Hotel El Presidente - Acapulco
1958 — Cabaret La Jacaranda del Hotel El Presidente (in collaboration with Félix Candela) - Acapulco
1960 — Merck-Sharp & Dohme Factory - Mexico City
1961 — María Isabel Hotel - Mexico City (in collaboration with José Villagrán García)
1961 — San Ignacio de Loyola Church - Mexico City
1962 — Cartuchos Deportivos de México (in collaboration with Félix Candela) - Cuernavaca
1964 — Palacio de Justicia - Mexico City (in collaboration with José Adolfo Wiechers)
1969 — Plaza Universidad - Mexico City
1969 — El Presidente Hotel - Cozumel
1971 — Plaza Satélite - Ciudad Satélite, Naucalpan
1974 — El Presidente Hotel - Cancun,
1975 — Palmas 555 - Mexico City
1976 — Centro Corporativo Bancomer - Mexico City
1977 — Hotel Presidente InterContinental - Mexico City
1980 — Perisur - Mexico City




See also


Modernist architecture in Mexico




References






External links


Juan Sordo Madaleno at archINFORM
Praella.com: Bilder der Werke von Juan Sordo Madaleno

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