Luis MacGregor Krieger explained
Luis Alberto MacGregor Krieger (1918–1997)[1] was a Mexican architect, son of architect, Luis MacGregor Cevallos. He is also the grandfather of Mexican architect Augusto Rodelo Mac Gregor. He was a professor for a period of time at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. One of his first projects was the design and construction of a small museum for the archeological site of Cuicuilco in southern Mexico City, which still stands and operates today.His predominant architectural style was Modernist, with many influences from his contemporaries during the mid-century movement around the world. His college thesis was a design for the new Mexican National Museum of Archeology and Natural History, which during the time was a very innovative idea and design. Prior to his thesis, all archeological artifacts and study groups in Mexico were located in several warehouses, museums, and government facilities scattered across the country without a proper organizational system or building. His thesis revolutionized and triggered the efforts to create such an institution in Mexico City. Hotel Mexico: Dwelling on the '68 Movement
Works
- Faculty of Engineering (UNAM)[2] ) at the Ciudad Universitaria (UNAM "University City"), Mexico City (collaboration with Francisco J. Serrano and Fernando Pineda), 1953
- Edificio Centro Olímpico (1967–8, together with Francisco J. Serrano and Fernando Pineda), later headquarters of Aeromexico, razed 2018, Paseo de la Reforma 445, Mexico City.[3] [4] Set to be demolished in 2017.[5]
- General Servando Canales International Airport[6] [7] in Matamoros, Tamaulipas
- Cuicuilco Site Museum[8]
- Parque Agrícola de la Ciudad de México (plan, 1930), Mexico City
- Hospital Central Militar Mexico (1940)
- A garden at Chapultepec Castle in which a sculpture, La Madre Patria, commemorating the Niños Héroes, is located (1924; sculptor Ignacio Asúnsolo)
- Palenque Camp and Museum
- (Book) Huejotzingo: The City and the Franciscan Monastery (1934)
- (Book) Actopan (1955)
Notes and References
- Web site: Juan Luis Mac Gregor - Ancestry.com. www.ancestry.com.
- Book: Marín, Celia Martín. Biblioteca Central: libros, muros y murales, 50. aniversario. 2006. UNAM. 9789703234011. es.
- Web site: Una Vida Moderna | Edificio Centro Olímpico Mexicano . 2014-07-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195517/http://unavidamoderna.tumblr.com/post/81922524730/edificio-centro-olimpico-mexicano . 2014-05-25 .
- Web site: Aeroméxico, edemx.com. www.edemx.com.
- Book: Flaherty, George F.. Hotel Mexico: Dwelling on the '68 Movement. 2016-08-16. Univ of California Press. 9780520291065. en.
- (1955-1958)http://www.lrgvaia.org/wp-content/uploads/Border-Modern-Architecture.pdf
- Book: Burian, Edward. The Architecture and Cities of Northern Mexico from Independence to the Present. 2015-08-15. University of Texas Press. 9781477307236. en.
- [Cuicuilco]