2024
Rethinking Awards
CH73 House, winner in the Architectural Innovation of the Year and Private Residence (Small-Medium) categories.
2023
Medal of Merit in the Arts in Architecture
Lifetime Achievement Award
Finalist for the Noldi Schreck Award
Awarded by the Congress of Mexico City.
Awarded by the Firenze Entremuros Prize, Mexico.
Category: Residential Architecture, Mexico.
2022
XVI National Biennial of Mexican Architecture:
ICONIC AWARDS – "Best of the Best: Innovative Architecture"
Silver Medal in the Single-Family Home category.
Awarded to project CH73 by the German Design Council, Germany.
2021
"Chilango Heart 2021" Recognition
For its trajectory, Mexico.
2019
Lorenzo H. Zambrano Award
CTBUH Recognition
For his distinguished career.
The Reforma Tower was named one of the 50 most influential buildings of the last 50 years by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
2018
The International Highrise Award 2018
Awarded to Torre Reforma.
2016
XIV National Architecture Biennale
ACEC New York Diamond Award
Noldi Schreck Award
Building of the Year Award 2016
Gold Medal.
Category C: Structural Systems.
In the "Corporate Architecture" category (according to Glocal Magazine).
According to "Obras" Magazine by Grupo Editorial Expansión.
Americas Region.
2014
Augusto A. Álvarez Award
XIII National Architecture Biennale
PCI Design Awards Program
For excellence in architecture, awarded by the FCARM (National Federation of Colleges of Architects).
Silver Medal in the Education category, Mexico.
2013
Exhibition of Contemporary Mexican Architecture
In Italy, Rome.
2012
XII National Biennale
Silver Medal in the Conservation category, Mexico.
2011
Luis Barragán Award
Awarded by CAM-SAM (College of Architects of Mexico City) for professional practice in architecture.
2010
XI National Architecture Biennale
Silver Medal in the Office Buildings category, Mexico.
2007
Teaching Excellence Award
Awarded by the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.
1998
Yaacov Agam Commissioning
Creation and coordination of the mural developed by master Yaacov Agam in Torre Bosques, Mexico City.
1993
Intelligent Building Association Award
José Chávez Morado Commissioning
Chapultepec Tower, Chicago, Illinois.
Concept and coordination of the mural "El Ahuehuete de Chapultepec" at Chapultepec Tower, Mexico City.
Heritage conservation in large urban projects:
Mexico and France Meeting, organized by the Ministry of Culture, the INAH (National Institute of History), and the Mexican Embassy in France. Mexico City, Mexico.
UIC Barcelona Forums. Landing: “Understanding the Architectural Game of Skyscraper”:
UIC Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Masterclass for Stanford University students:
Reforma Tower, Mexico City, Mexico.
"Architecture and the Arts" Cycle:
The National College, Mexico City, Mexico.
Keynote address: Construction of Terminal 2 at Puerto Vallarta International Airport:
Faculty of Architecture, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
Public Works and Space. Forum "Public and Urban: Visions of Architecture":
College of Architects of Nuevo Laredo, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Memories and Visions:
AIA International Conference 2023, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Teaching and practice of architecture”:
Twenty years of the Cemex Blanca Chair, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
The Facade: A Dialogue Between Meaning and Purpose in Contemporary Architecture:
Zak World of Facades Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Keynote lecture:
CAM-SAM, House of the Architect, Mexico City, Mexico.
Speech on his induction as an emeritus academic:
National Academy of Architecture, Torre Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico.
National Assembly 112:
Federation of Colleges of Architects of the Mexican Republic and CAM-SAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
Net Zero:
Speaking in Concrete by CEMEX, Mexico City, Mexico.
The architectural form and its structural conceptualization:
Organized by the Structural Engineering Society, Fundarq and ESIA-Tecamachalco IPN, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Synchronizing Sustainability”:
AIA International Region 2021 Spring Virtual Conference.
“Catalyzing Change”:
AIA International Region 2020 Virtual Conference.
CGBC Lecture Series: Benjamín Romano on “Integrating Flow in High Rise Structures”: :
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, EUA.
Bioclimatic and design considerations:
Organized by Fundarq, CAM-SAM and Gerdau Corsa.
Architectural structuring:
E+A Architects, Mexico City, Mexico.
Factory Friday: Chat with Benjamín Romano and Julio Gaeta:
City Factory, Mexico City, Mexico.
Comprehensive architecture:
12th Edition of the International Festival of Brilliant Minds, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
LBR&A Architectural and Structural Approach
Lecture at the “Structural Design 1” course at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Integration of flow and energy in high-rise structures
Lecture at the “Cloud Talk” course at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.
Integration of flow and energy in high-rise structures
Conference at the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Mextrópoli 2017
International Festival of Architecture and City, Mexico City.
Influence of the economic crisis on architectural developments:
Lecture at the “Sustainable Real Estate” course at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Influence of the economic crisis on architectural developments:
Lecture at Columbia University, New York.
Integrations. LBR&A:
Conference at the “Integrations Studio” at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
31st International Architecture Congress – “Designing a better world through architecture”:
Torre Reforma Project, FCARM, Mexico City.
Presentation at the International Congress “En Blanco” CIAB VII:
Valencia, España.
“Real Estate Business Trends in Mexico”
Real Estate Business Summit, Mexico City.
Lecture at the International Congress “En Blanco CIAB VI”
Valencia, España.
Participation in Arquídeas
Organized by CAM SAM (College of Architects of Mexico City).
XII Engineering Symposium:
Pan-American University, Guadalajara, Mexico
8th International Congress on “High-Tech Architecture and Sustainable Bioclimatic Design, Architecture and Materials”:
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City.
Precast concrete facades and digital tools:
Ibero-American University, Mexico City.
Presentation at the International Congress “En Blanco” CIAB V:
Valencia, España.
Vision and Trends in Architecture:
IV International Construction Exhibition (SAIE), Mexico City.
Conference at La Salle University:
Mexico City.
XXV National Meeting on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering:
Acapulco, México.
Conference at the International Congress “En Blanco” CIAB IV:
Valencia, España.
Torre Reforma Conference for the Master's in Structures:
College of Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Conference at the Technical Week of Installations AMERICA, 3rd CEO Forum:
Mexico City.
12th International Building and Housing Exhibition:
CIHAC Expo.
IX Annual National Meeting of Architecture and Interior Design (ENADII):
Mexico City.
Conference at Anáhuac University:
Mexico City.
“Space and Time” with Felipe Leal:
Radio UNAM, Mexico City.
Conference at the International Congress “En Blanco” CIAB III:
Valencia, Spain.
Conference at CAM SAM:
College of Architects of Mexico City, Mexico City.
Conference at the International Congress “En Blanco CIAB II”:
Valencia, Spain.
Chair of Sustainable Architecture:
Ibero-American University, Mexico City.
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