Alberto Kalach

Mexican architect (born 1960)

Alberto Kalach

Born	1960 Mexico City
Nationality	Mexican
Alma mater	Universidad Iberoamericana, Cornell University
Occupation	Architect

Projects	Jose Vasconcelos Library

Alberto Kalach (born 1960) is a Mexican architect.

Biography

Alberto Kalach is of Jewish descent, born in Mexico City, studied architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, and completed graduate studies later at Cornell University in Ithaca. In 1981 he founded the firm "Taller de Arquitectura X" with Daniel Álvarez, with whom he worked until 2002, when Álvarez left the firm. While he continues to direct TAX, in 2002 his interests also turned to the urban planning problems of his home town, and founded the community "México: future city" (Spanish: México: ciudad futura). He realized several joint projects, some of them with notable colleagues like Teodoro González de León, Gustavo Lipkau and Jose Castillo. His lake concepts were significant in solving existing water supply problems in Mexico City. He published several articles in national and international magazines of architecture,^[1]^[2] and participates in the "Recovering the City of Lakes" project (Spanish: Vuelta a la ciudad lacustre).^[3] Del mismo modo, ha mostrado un remarcable interés por el urbanismo, especialmente los de la Ciudad de México,^[4] por lo cual ha realizado diversos proyectos de gran escala dentro del colectivo que fundó llamado México: Ciudad Futura, donde han participado arquitectos de gran importancia como lo son Teodoro González de León, Gustavo Lipkau y José Castillo.

Notable works

1999: Casa GGG, Mexico City
2000-2008 Casa La Atalaya, California
2002: Jose Vasconcelos Library, Mexico City
Jose Vasconcelos Library
2004: Casa Romany, California
2007-2010: Reforma 27 Tower, Mexico City

Design awards

1984: 2nd, 71st Paris prize bestowal of the art school in Columbus, Indiana
1985: 3rd, international design competition for the museum of modern arts in Bonn, Germany
1996: 1st, international design competition for the Petrosino Park, New York City (together with Ricardo Regazzoni and Julio González Rojas)
1996: 1st, design competition of the Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt in Puebla, Puebla (together with Felipe Buendía and Moises Miserachi)
2004: 1st, international design competition for the José Vasconcelos Library (together with Juan Palomar, Gustavo Lipkau and Tonatiuh Martínez)

References

^ Alberto Kalach (Spanish) in arquitectura MEXICANA. Archived 2009-10-25.
^ Alberto Kalach presenta sus trabajos en el Planetario Archived 2013-02-13 at archive.today (Spanish), Universidad de Navarra, Escuela de Arquitectura.
^ Gustavo Lipkau: El Lago de Texcoco en Venecia Archived 2009-06-05 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish), September 2002.
^ "Alberto Kalach: Biografía". Alberto Kalach. Retrieved 2023-01-10.

External links

Alberto Kalach in the Ibero-American Institute (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) catalogue, Berlin
Bilder der Werke von Alberto Kalach at praella.com
Alberto Kalach at archINFORM
Kalach's website