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Carlos Jiminez
Carlos Jiminez was born in Costa Rica in 1959 and moved to the United States in 1974. He established his own office in Houston in 1983 after graduating from the University of Houst...view moreCarlos Jiminez was born in Costa Rica in 1959 and moved to the United States in 1974. He established his own office in Houston in 1983 after graduating from the University of Houston School of Architecture in 1981 receiving awards for best thesis project and best portfolio. He is currently a tenured Professor at the Rice University School of Architecture and has served as visiting professor at numerous institutions, including the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the University of Texas, and UCLA. He has lectured widely and served as a Jury member of the Pritzker Architecture Prize from 2001 to 2011.
His principal built works include the Houston Fine Art Press, the Lynn Goode Gallery, the Central Administration/Junior School Building for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Spencer Studio Art Building at Williams College Massachusetts, the Cummins Engine Child Development Center in Columbus Indiana, the Peeler Art Center at DePauw University, Indiana, the Irwin Mortgage Corporate Headquarters, Indiana, the Library Service Center and Data Center at Rice University, Crowley House in Marfa, the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, the Evry Urban Housing Tower, Evry France, and the Benopia Civic Center in Gandia, Spain.
His work has been widely in North and South America and in Europe, and been published in authored books, monographic issues, specialized books and catalogues, and covered widely in the national and international deisgn press.view less