Carlos Mijares Bracho Explained

Carlos Mijares Bracho
Birth Date:	April 26, 1930
Birth Place:	Mexico City, Mexico
Alma Mater:	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Awards:	UNAM award of architecture and design, 2001, Premio Gallo, Universidad Iberoamericana, 1999^[1]

Carlos G. Mijares Bracho (April 26, 1930 – March 19, 2015) was a Mexican architect and founder of the "grupo Menhir".^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] He was a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA).

Mijares Bracho died on March 19, 2015, aged 84.^[5]

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^[6]
• "San José" church, Jungapeo
• "San José Obrero" church, La Coyota
• Christ Church, Distrito Federal
• Catedral de Sal, Zipaquirá, Colombia
• Espacio Lúdico, Bogotá, Colombia

Further reading

• SantaMaria, R. and S. Palleroni, "La Obra de Carlos Mijares: Tiempo y otra Construcciones" (Escala, Bogota, Seville, 1989, 1991, 2000). 202 pp

External links

• • Carlos Mijares in the Ibero-American Institute's catalogue

Notes and References

1. http://www.uia.mx/actividades/nuestracom/02/nc22/12.html Premio Gallo de Arquitectura para Rodolfo Barragán
2. http://cultura.iteso.mx/c3/04a/espacios_creacion.html#1 grupo Menhir
3. Carlos González Lobo: „un maestro del uso sabio del ladrillo“
4. Instituto Nacionales de Bellas Artes (CONACULTA): Arquitectura-Contrastes - Creación y enseñanza. Dos arquitectos universitarios: Ortiz Monasterio y Mijares Bracho. (Spanish).
5. http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/after-office/fallece-el-arquitecto-mexicano-carlos-mijares-bracho.html Fallece el arquitecto mexicano Carlos Mijares Bracho
6. http://sic.conaculta.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=estimulo_fonca&table_id=4524 Mijares Bracho Carlos