Pedro Ramírez Vázquez

Museum of Modern Art

Ubicaci�n Paseo de la Reforma s/n, Col. Bosque de Chapultepec.

Chapultepec y Paseo de la Reforma (15 lugares)

Banorte Stadium

Ubicaci�n Calz. de Tlalpan 3465, Col. Sta. Úrsula Coapa, Alc. Coyoacán, 04650 CDMX

Colosos del deporte

Mercado de Tepito

Ubicaci�n Toltecas 24, Tepito, Col. Morelos, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06200 CDMX

Shopping

Japanese Embassy

Ubicaci�n Paseo de la Reforma 243, Torre Mapfre Piso 9, Col. Cuauhtémoc, Alcaldía Cuauhtémoc, C.P. 06500, Ciudad de México.

Embassies

New Basilica of Guadalupe

Ubicaci�n Plaza de las Américas #1, Col. Villa Gustavo A. Madero, Alc. Gustavo A. Madero 07050 CDMX

Temples Temples

Torre AXA México

Ubicaci�n Xola 535, código 2, Col del Valle Nte, Alc. Benito Juárez, 11560 CDMX

Historic Sites/Bldgs

Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (1919-2013) was one of the most celebrated architects of the Mexican 20th century. The listings below will show he was personally responsible for many of the most important projects in the City.

A modern architect, his influences most strongly suggest European modernism, Latin American modernism, and a strong interest in ancient Mesoamerican and South American cultures. But he's perhaps best remembered for developing a system for building schools in rural areas. Ramírez Vázquez participated in the construction of thousands of schools in Mexico and Central and South America.

A professor of architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), he was simultaneously president of the Society of Architects of Mexico for three consecutive terms (1952 to 1958). In 1968, he was president of the Organizing Committee of the 1968 Olympic Games held in Mexico City, and designed the official poster and emblem. He won the National Fine Arts Award in 1973.

He was later the founder and first rector of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM). And he was instrumental in the first efforts to preserve and restore Mexico City's Historic Center.

He died on April 16, 2013, on his 94th birthday.