Carlos G. Mijares Bracho (April 26, 1930 – March 19, 2015) was a Mexican architect and founder of the "grupo Menhir".grupo Menhir (Spanish), Espacios de Creación, 2004.
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.Carlos González Lobo: „un maestro del uso sabio del ladrillo“ 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.Instituto Nacionales de Bellas Artes (CONACULTA): Arquitectura-Contrastes - Creación y enseñanza. Dos arquitectos universitarios: Ortiz Monasterio y Mijares Bracho. (Spanish). He was a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA).
Mijares Bracho died on March 19, 2015, aged 84.Fallece el arquitecto mexicano Carlos Mijares Bracho
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 HidalgoMijares Bracho Carlos, Sistema de Información Cultural. "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
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