Thursday, June 22, 2017

Manuel Rocha Diaz

Happy Birthday Manuel Rocha Diaz!


Manuel Rocha Diaz was born in 1936, in Mexico City. He studied architecture with Augusto H. Alvarez at the Universidad de Autonoma de Mexico. Rocha Diaz spent a few months working in Japan where he influenced architectural design. He married  Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide and fathered 3 children.

Rocha Diaz won a contest and was chosen to design the Bella Vista Golf Club in Mexico City, and his career took off. He became enamored with Postmodern architecture, claiming to be a follower of Luis Barragan and began creating structures that combined traditional Mexican architecture and modern. Some of his most successful work is thought to be the SACM recording studios, SACM cinema , and the Convention Center in Morelia, Mexico. Today I am including the SACM cinema, which was later known as the Cineteca Nacional de Mexico.



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