Carlos Mijares Bracho

Carlos G. Mijares Bracho (April 26, 1930 – March 19, 2015) was a Mexican architect and founder of the "grupo Menhir".

Contents

• Vida y obra 2011 arq carlos mijares bracho
• Reportaje de la trayectoria de carlos mijares bracho 1930 2015
• Selected works
• References

Mijares studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) from 1948 to 1952. After 1954 he lectured in architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA). He was considered to have been a master of brick wall work. His works include religious, industrial and residential architecture. An influence of the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto is quite distinctive in several of his works. Later he taught at the UNAM. He was a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA).

Mijares Bracho died on March 19, 2015, aged 84.

Selected works

„Mijares“ house, „Fernández“ house and „Díaz Barreiro“ house, Mexico City

Governmental computer center building, Morelia

Several Fertilizantes del Bajío buildings, Salamanca

Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos area, Toluca

"Perpetuo Socorro" church, Ciudad Hidalgo

"San José" church, Jungapeo

"San José Obrero" church, La Coyota

Christ Church, Distrito Federal

Catedral de Sal, Zipaquirá, Colombia

Espacio Lúdico, Bogotá, Colombia