Enrique de la Mora, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Enrique de la Mora

Mexican architect distinguished with the National Prize for Architecture in 1947

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1907

Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Date of Death: 09-May-1978

Profession: architect, painter

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Enrique de la Mora y Palomar (16 June 1907 – 9 May 1978) was a Mexican architect who designed prominent university buildings and Roman Catholic churches in which he experimented with hyperbolic-paraboloid roofs.
He is generally regarded, along with the Spaniard Félix Candela, as one of the most famous structural expressionists in Mexico.De la Mora was distinguished with the National Prize for Architecture in 1947 and some of his works, particularly his Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the National Autonomous University of Mexico's Ciudad Universitaria, is now part of a UNESCO's World Heritage Site since 2007.