The Orchid Pavilion has been named "Cultural Space of the Year" by the 2024 FRAME Awards grand design industry jury, following a year-long evaluation.
‘This project ticks so many boxes in terms of respect of the environment, the cultural heritage and the local materiality of the site,’ says Arianna Bavuso, cofounder and lead architect at AB+AC Architecture. ‘Its geometry resembles something sacred and profound yet unseen and innovative.’
Unveiled last week during a ceremony in Hong Kong, our work has earned this prestigious recognition among the best of the best in this award from FRAME Magazine.
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The Orchid Pavilion has been awarded the Architecture Masterprize in the category of Landscape Architecture - Installations & Structures. This distinction celebrates almost a decade of excellence in global architecture, and we are excited to share this honor with other outstanding projects.
The award ceremony will take place on November 18, 2024 at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Tickets for the event are available for purchase on the official site.
more infoThe Orchid Pavilion has been selected as a finalist in the Responsible Architecture category of the Interceramic Architecture and Interior Design Awards 2024. This recognition highlights the project's innovation and sustainable commitment.
The El Campestre Recreational Park & Community Development Center complex has been nominated in the Public Architecture category for the 2024 Icons of Design award by Architectural Digest Mexico magazine.
The 20th edition of the “Iconos del Diseño” highlights the most outstanding aspects of the creative scene in Latinamerica, influencing how we understand our environment through inclusive proposals and effective solutions, all supported by the AD Editorial Board.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Anahuacalli Museum in October.
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With the announcement of the FRAME Awards 2024 spatial shortlist, The Orchid Pavilion has been named a finalist in the Cultural Space category.
The FRAME Awards celebrate innovation in design, offering a global perspective on cutting-edge solutions. The shortlist highlights forward-thinking responses to some of today’s most pressing challenges, evaluated on criteria such as innovation, functionality, creativity, and sustainability.
Winners will be revealed on 24 October 2024 at a live ceremony at the M+ Museum in Hong Kong.
more infoWe are pleased to announce that the Orchid Pavilion has received an Honourable Mention from the August jury of the international FRAME Awards programme, organised by FRAME Magazine, celebrating outstanding achievements in the field of design.
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Our projects the Community Development Centre and the Orchid Pavilion will be featured in issue 79 of Glocal magazine after winning first place in their respective categories at the Noldi Schreck Awards.
We would like to thank our collaborators, clients and followers, as well as the Glocal magazine team for this wonderful recognition.
As every year, the Noldi Schreck Award by Glocal Magazine brings together the best of architecture in Mexico. We are proud to have been awarded two prizes in the most recent edition: First Place in the category of Public Institutional Architecture for the Community Development Center project and in the category of Public Spaces – Landscape Architecture for the Orchid Pavilion.
Our projects have been selected as finalists in the eleventh edition of the Noldi Schreck Award by Glocal magazine. The Community Development Center was nominated in the Institutional Public Architecture category, while the Orchid Pavilion in the Landscape Architecture category. This award recognizes works executed by designers and architects passionate about creating functional, friendly environments in harmony with nature.
more infoOur project, the Orchid Pavilion, has won the "People's Choice" award in the "Architecture - Temporary and Experiential Installations" category at the 2024 AZ Awards by Azure Magazine. These awards highlight global excellence in design at various scales, so we feel very honored by this recognition.
more infoThe complex of the Campestre Recreational Park and the Community Development Center are finalists in the Firenze Entremuros Awards by Reforma, in the Public Architecture Space category. The results will be announced at a ceremony to be held in Mexico City at the end of the year.
more infoWe want to share the publication of our Community Development Center in the May/June edition of Azure Magazine.
“In the perennial heat of Jalpa de Méndez, the CDC stands today as an urban oasis. Quinzaños opted against the conventional approach of enclosing the entire building and relying solely on air conditioning. Instead he embraced the challenge of integrating open spaces that could be experienced comfortably despite the punishing climate.
The solution was to organize the building ́s program around a verdant courtyard traversed by eight distinctive arches, creating a cool microclimate conductive to human activity”.
Story by Ana Karina Zatarain
Photography Jaime Navarros Estudio
more infoOur Community Development Center project in the April edition of the Chinese magazine Modern Decoration Magazine.
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The Orchid Pavilion in the 66th edition of México Design, as part of its publication 'Biophilia'.
"For visitors of Casa Wabi, this pavilion serves not only as a refuge for orchids, but also for those exploring this center dedicated to the research and preservation of Mexican flora. A stroll through its interior, with its consistently cool and humid climate, also offers a space conducive to meditation and reflection. The Orchid Pavilion is a place for all."
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Bernardo Quinzaños (CEO and Design Principal of CCA), was interviewed by The Design Story, about the origin and working method at CCA.
“We present our architecture as an architecture that is respectful to the wellbeing of the land and the people inhabiting the land. Our design approach is guided by a cohesive philosophy that embraces contextual design and emphasizes local craftsmanship and materials. I am personally also intrigued by geometry and its numeric aspects. this fascination guides our approach in creating rhythmic geometries and modularity for versatility in various uses”.
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The Orchid Pavilion has been selected as one of the 69 finalists for the 2024 AZ Awards, recognizing global excellence in design across various scales, as determined by the Canadian magazine Azure. Now in its 14th year, the AZ Awards honor the most inspiring and innovative voices worldwide, assessed by a jury of esteemed practitioners.
Our project is a finalist in the category of Architecture – Temporary & Experiential Installations. You can view the full list in the following LINK.
The winners will be announced during the 2024 AZ Awards Gala, scheduled to take place at Toronto’s Evergreen Brickworks on June 21, 2024.
more infoWe're excited to share that our projects,Parque Recreativo El Campestre and Polideportivo de Alto Rendimiento, are featured in the April edition of Architectural Digest Mexico.
"Two examples of public architecture for leisure and play, conceived from and for the community of Jalpa de Méndez, Tabasco." These projects are part of the urban master plan we developed for SEDATU.
Photography by Jaime Navarro
Our project, the Community Development Center, is one of the finalists for Building of the Year by ArchDaily. We invite you to vote for our project.
The Community Development Center is a cultural and educational space that offers inclusive development opportunities for the local community of Jalpa de Méndez, Tabasco. The project was part of the Urban Improvement program of SEDATU.
We thank all the team members whose dedication made the realization of this project possible!
We are pleased to share that our project, the Community Development Center, has been awarded an Honorable Mention at the 9th International Biennial of Architecture of Santa Cruz in the Professional International Production category.
We appreciate this recognition from the Santa Cruz College of Architects.
The project is located in Jalpa de Méndez, Tabasco, and is part of the Masterplan of the Urban Improvement program of SEDATU
With great pride, we share with you that we have been nominated by the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT Architecture) for the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize in the fifth cycle of this award, with our project: Centro de Desarrollo Comunitario (Community Development Center).
It is a great honor to be part of a selection of architectural works that integrate natural, built, and human ecologies to enhance the quality of the places where we live.
This award would not be possible without the support of the entire team that made it a reality: SEDATU MX, our design team, builders, suppliers, and all who were involved.
The Orchid Pavilion, designed for Casa Wabi, was inaugurated on February 3, 2024, as part of the celebration of 10 years of work on the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. During this time, the foundation has succeeded in building a model of community development through art, which has had a profound impact on the region. Also inaugurated was the work "From Where We Rise" by Claudia Comte and the exhibition "The Past is Never the Same" by José Dávila, curated by Dakin Hart. We feel very honored to be part of this renowned architectural and artistic ensemble.
more infoThe Community Development Center has been selected as one of World’s 85 best buildings shortlisted for the Dezeen Awards 2023, from among 4,800 entries representing 94 countries.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on November 28.
The project was part of the Urban Improvement Program of SEDATU in Jalpa de Méndez, Tabasco.
We thank the entire team that contributed to making this project a reality!
more infoOur project Parque Infonavit is part of the selection of works for the book "The best of the XXI century mexican architecture Vol.10 2021 - 2022” by Arquine
We thank the Guatemala Architecture Biennial 2023 for inviting Bernardo Quinzaños to present the lecture 'Social Architecture in Mexico - Recent Works.' It is always gratifying to be able to share our practice and experience, with the aim of continuing to reflect on architecture for communities.
more infoBernardo Quinzaños was part of the 9th cycle of online master lectures at Fábrica de Ciudad, thanks to the invitation from Julio Gaeta, the organizers, and all the attendees who could join us during the lecture.
more infoThe Community Development Center was awarded the 'People's Favorite' in the International Premio Obras CEMEX 2023.
We thank everyone who voted for our project.
The High Performance Sports Center received an Honorable Mention in the 2023 Mexico edition of the Premios Obras CEMEX, in the Special Prize category - Social Value. We feel honored by this mention since the award recognizes projects that stand out by taking on a greater social responsibility. The project is part of the Urban Improvement program of SEDATU
The Community Development Center, located in Jalpa de Méndez, Tabasco, was awarded First Place in the Mexico Edition, Second Place in the International Edition 2023, and "Audience Favorite" at the Premios Obras Cemex in the Collective Space category.
We extend our gratitude to the entire team and collaborators who brought this project to life. We feel very honored by this recognition.
The project is situated in Jalpa de Méndez, Tabasco, and is part of a Masterplan within the SEDATU Urban Improvement program.
more infoLast Thursday, we had our Open Studio, where we commemorated fifteen years of work, with over 60 projects that have shaped a solid work strategy, where our principles are the main pillars of everything we have been able to share with you.
Today, we mark a point of transition by welcoming an exciting new stage.
Thank you for being part of this!
more infoWe are excited to share with you that the High Performance Sports Center and the Community Development Center have been nominated for the Dezeen Awards 2023.
They have been selected from 4,800 entries from 94 countries, an award that celebrates the best in architecture and design.
These projects were part of the Urban Improvement Program by SEDATU in Jalpa de Méndez, Tabasco.
Thanks to the entire team that made these projects a reality!
more infoThe Architectural website"Archdaily" writes an article about our "Orchid Pavilion" project, which is being built in Puerto Escondido, Mexico.
more infoThe"Architectural Digest" magazine includes us in its list "AD100 2023: Creative gurus from A to D" for developing multiple urban and architectural projects, focused on generating a positive impact on their environment.
more infoWe were shortlisted for the "AR Emerging 2022" Awards organized by the English magazine "The Architectural Review". Together with the other shortlisted practices, we present some of our most recent and relevant projects at the "World Architecture Festival" in Lisbon.
more infoOur project "The Hype - Barranca del Muerto" was recognized with "Honorable Mention" at the XVII National Biennial of Mexican Architecture.
Many thanks to FCARM and the members of the jury!
Our project about a residential building "Rio Tigris 115" was recognized with "Honorable Mention" at the XVII National Biennial of Mexican Architecture.
We were shortlisted for the "AR Emerging 2022" Awards organized by the English magazine "The Architectural Review". Together with the other shortlisted practices, we present some of our most recent and relevant projects at the "World Architecture Festival" in Lisbon.
more info“The Boys and Girls Club” was included in the “Inclusion” category of Archdaily's “Guide to Good Architecture”.
The Architectural Digest Mexico magazine in its issue No. 261 with the theme ''Public Architecture'', talks about how good architecture is public and should transform and improve the lifestyle of entire communities; where they incluided our project Acaponeta Public Park.
We are very excited to have been selected as the winners of the contest: Fundación Casa Wabi - Orchid Pavilion
Thank you to Architectural Digest for including us in the list of the 100 creatives that are revolutionizing design and architecture in Mexico.
Our Barranca del Muerto project is part of the selection of works for the book "The best of the XXI century mexican architecture Vol. 9 2019 - 2020" by Arquine.
The Korean C3 magazine in it's No. 412 issue, about "Learning from the location and the place", talked about the importance of learning and educational places and how this spaces are currently being designed to be many more than just schools, where they included our “Club de Niños y Niñas” project.
We appear in México Design No. 57 issue, with our projects: Oficinas Invertierra, Tigris and Club de Niños y Niñas.
On Friday at 5:00 p.m. we will be part of the MATERIA DEL TERRITORIO talk, where we will participate with APT Arquitectura para Todos, Jose Cubilla & Asociados and Felipe Leal as part of the virtual dialogues "Inhabiting Latin America" part of the Network of Architecture Biennials of Latin America.
more infoThis Building of the Year award was chosen by ArchDaily readers, with almost 200,000 votes cast over 21 days, our Boys and Girls Club project was the winner in the Educational Architecture category.
more infoOur Club de Niños y Niñas project is a finalist at the Simon Architecture Prize in the category of Collective Places with our video made by the photographer Jaime Navarro. "This prize aims to recognize excellence in architecture. Distinguish those works that strengthen the capacity of adaptability of spaces to achieve the comfort and well-being of its inhabitants. Architecture that becomes quality places for the day to day of the people: to work, learn, play, ... architecture to live. "
more infoOur Club de Niños y Niñas Project received the first place in the category of “Public Architecture” of the Firenze Award Entremuros 2020.
more infoOur project Boys and Girls Club was winner of the Silver Medal at the XV Mexican Architecture Biennial in the Educational category.
Our general director: Bernardo Quinzaños, will give a workshop during the “Festival de Arquitectura en Español”, about the exercise of rethinking our educational environments.
The project Boys and Girls Club received the «International Architecture Award» Prize from The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
We will be part of the 9th generation of mentors of Ingenia MX, where a group of students will create an architectural project for an NGO that works for the benefit of the most vulnerable sectors of Mexico.
Next Monday, July 27 we will be talking about common places and our project Boys and Girl Clubs at #Lahorarquine at 5:00 pm (MX).
more infoOur project Boys and Girls Club on the cover of the Summer 2020 Edition of Arquine with the theme “lugares comunes / common places”.
more infoBoys and Girls Club winner of an honorable mention from The Architect´s Newspaper: Best of Design Awards, in the category education.
more infoOur projects: Casa Moulat and Boys and Girls Club received an Honorable Mention at the 3rd Biennial of Young Architects, held at the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
Casa Moulat took Second Place in the Residential Housing category in the 2019 CEMEX Building Awards.
Our project Boys and Girls Club won the “Iconos del Diseño” Prize from Architectural Digest magazine, in the Public Architecture category.
The Book "Essays: The Architectural Process 2008 - 2018" was presented at the Visual Pavilion, located in the Porrúa Library, as part of the activities of the ”Abierto Mexicano de Diseño 2019”.
In the last Fourth Architecture Mexico City Biennale we received the following recognitions:
Moulat House: Honorable Mention - Single Family Home
Boys and Girls Club: Honorable Mention - Education
EBC Aguascalientes: Silver Medal - Education
Thank you very much to the College of Architects of Mexico City (CAM SAM) for these recognitions!
Our Boys and Girls Club project is one of the selected projects at the XVII Buenos Aires International Architecture Biennial and will be part of the exhibition held at the Usina del Arte, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 15 to 20 of 2019.
Casa Moulat Second place in the category: Best Single Family Residence in the 2019 «Firenze Entre Muros» Award from the Entre Muros Reforma Magazine.
Thank you very much for this recognition and congratulations to our team!
Last Tuesday August 27, our project Boys and Girls Club was the winner in the category: Urban Equipment, in the Work of the Year (Obra del Año) 2019 award by Obras magazine.
Many thanks to Obras for this recognition and congratulations to our entire team!
The exhibition "ESSAYS: The architectural process 2008 - 2018" by Bernardo Quinzaños and Ignacio Urquiza, will be at the Universidad Iberoamericana throughout the month of August.
Our Casa Moulat project has been a finalist in the Residential Housing category of the CEMEX 2019 Awards. We thank CEMEX for this recognition.
EBC Aguascalientes received the International Architecture Award 2019 in the Schools and Universities category, by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
Our projects: Club de Niños y Niñas / Escuela Bancaria Comercial Aguascalientes, have been selected to represent Mexico in the XI Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, which will be held in the city of Asunción, Paraguay, in October of this year
Our project Boys and Girls Club is part of the selection of works for the book "The best of the XXI century mexican architecture Vol.8 2017 - 2018" by Arquine
Our Boys and Girls Club project is on the cover of the February / March issue of The Architects Newspaper, as part of the publication they made about Emerging Voices 2019 by The Architectural League of New York.
The architects Bernardo Quinzaños and Ignacio Urquiza present:
ESSAYS. The architectural process of 2008-2018.
Monograph that celebrates and concludes the first stage of their careers, with a critical and retrospective look at the collaborative projects they have developed in the last ten years.
Thank you very much to our families, collaborators and friends for being part of these incredible years of work. Especially to: Ediciones El Viso, Carmen Robles, Ambar Purcell, Priscila Vanneuville, Maria Carballo, Carlos Bedoya, William Brinkman, Adriana Chavez, Pablo Perez Palacios, Rodrigo Valenzuela Jerez, Carlos Zedillo, Ignacio Urquiza, Onnis Luque, Rodrigo Chapa, LGM Studio, Pablo Lopez Luz, Jaime Navarro.
Last Tuesday we presented our book: ESSAYS. “The architectural process of 2008-201”8, with an exhibition of 88 pieces that show the 44 projects that appear in the book.
Thanks to INFONAVIT and Arquine for the publication of the “Puente Peatonal Jojutla” project in the book “1,213 Projects”. The book presents the 1,213 projects carried out by INFONAVIT from 2012 to 2018 around Mexico to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants.
Rancho MNG on the cover of the February issue of Elle Decoration.
It´s an honor to be selected Emerging Voices 2019 by The Architectural League of New York along with our colleagues: Colloqate Design, Davies Toews, FreelandBuck, Modu, Schaum / Shieh, UUfie and Wachter Architecture.
Thank you for the recognition of these incredible 10 years of work.
Congratulations and thanks to our entire team!
Last Wednesday January 23, we received an Honorable Mention at the Arch Days CDMX, for our Boys and Girls Club project.
Casa Moulat winner of the 2018 Design Icons Award in the Residential Architecture category, on the January cover of Architectural Digest Mexico.
On November 29, we received the award for "Best Residential Architecture" with our project Casa Moulat by Architectural Digest Magazine.
The Casa Moulat project won third place in the “Residential Architecture” Category at the Noldi Schreck Awards, organized by Glocal Design Magazine.
On July 19, during the award ceremony of the XV National and International Biennial of Mexican Architecture, Casa Moulat was awarded with the Silver Medal in the "Weekend Housing" Category, by the Federation of Associations of Architects of the Mexican republic.
Glocal Design Magazine presented the Casa Peñas project in its September 2018 issue.
On May 25, we received an Honorable Mention with our Club de Niños y Niñas project, in the Young Architects of Latin America Exhibition, organized by Architecture Studio, which was part of the collateral events of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.
We are part of the Exhibition "From the Territory to the Inhabitant", with our project Infonavit Tlaltizapán. Which was presented during MEXTRÓPOLI 2018, where 84 proposals for assisted self-production housing financed by INFONAVIT, developed by 80 architecture firms where exhibited.
On November 23, we received the recognition “Luis Barragán Prize for Young Architects”, for the trajectory of the firm, this within the event of the III Biennial of Architecture of Mexico City and CAM-SAM Awards 2017.
Thanks to the Sustainable Development Research Center of INFONAVIT for the publication of our project Infonavit Tlaltizapan in the Book "From the Territory to the Inhabitant". The book presents the research project, where 84 projects were commissioned to different architectural firms, these seek to improve the quality of assisted self-production homes, financed by the Institute.
We received an Honorable Mention in the II Biennial of Young Architects with our project EBC Guadalajara, by the Federation of the College of Architects of the Mexican Republic.
To celebrate the opening of the Toreo Design Center, we will participate in the exhibition “Deconstruct your cube” with a piece created by the architects Bernardo Quinzaños and Ignacio Urquiza in collaboration with the sculptor Roberto Franco.
Thanks to the College of Architects of Mexico City and Saint-Gobain for the publication of our project Casa Estudio Hill in the Book "Contemporary Architecture of Mexico City 2016". The book is a compilation of 55 contemporary architectural projects from the last 15 years (2000-2015).
We are part of the 20 project selected for the First Edition of the Oscar Niemeyer Award, with our Cuna de Tierra project. The 20 projects will be exhibited between November 14 and 18, 2016 within the framework of the XX Quito Architecture Biennial 2016, at “La Ideal”, Quito.
We were awarded with an Honorable Mention with our project Capistrano in the "XIV Biennial of Mexican Architecture" by the Federation of the College of Architects of the Mexican Republic.
We participated in the traveling exhibition “México, Arquitectura Contemporánea” which was inaugurated on June 28 at the gallery "Villa des Arts de Rabat - Fondation ONA" in Morocco. The sample exhibits a selection of 56 works built in Mexico City during the last decade, curated by the architect Bernardo Gómez-Pimienta and organized by the College of Architects of Mexico City.
Our Vinícola Cuna de Tierra project is part of the selection of works for the book "The best of the XXI century mexican architecture Vol. 6” by Arquine.
We received Honorable Mention with our project Casa Estudio Hill in the “Single Family Housing” category at the II Biennial of Architecture of Mexico City, by the College of Architects of Mexico City.
The Food and Travel Mexico Magazine presents Vinícola Cuna de Tierra on the cover of its Fourth Anniversary, august 2015.
We are participating in the exhibition "Mexican Contemporary Architecture" at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, in Mexico City. Having the inauguration on September 28, 2015. The sample exhibits a selection of 56 works built in Mexico City during the last decade, curated by the architect Bernardo Gómez-Pimienta and organized by the College of Architects of Mexico City.
Ignacio Urquiza and Bernardo Quinzaños were considered in the Casa Viva publication that interviews 12 young architects who are changing architecture in Mexico.
We received the Silver Medal recognition for the Vinícola Cuna de Tierra project in the Industry category, at the XIII National Biennial of Mexican Architecture, within the framework of the 50th Anniversary of the Federation College of Architects of the Mexican Republic.
CASAVIVA in its 71st edition published our project Casa las Tinajas located in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. The "Paradise in Port" article talks about fragmentation and modular construction on a land with wetlands, coconut trees and lagoons.
Elle Decoration México magazine presents on the cover our project Rebollar 93 in its August - October 2014 edition.
We won the "Íconos del Diseño 2013” award from Architectural Digest magazine, in the Public Architecture category with our project Vinícola Cuna de Tierra.
We are pleased to share that our project Cuna de Tierra has been awarded the Silver Medal at the 1st Biennial of Mexican Architecture in Mexico City by the College of Architects of Mexico City.