2. Eduardo Praxedis Terrazas de la Peña (Gua-
dalajara, Jalisco, 1936) studied architec-
ture at the National Autonomous University
of Mexico and received his Masterâs
degree from Cornell University in New York.
He has an extensive national and interna-
tional experience on an array of disciplines
that range from urban and regional planning,
architecture, graphic design and painting.
In 1962, he worked with mexican museo-
grapher Fernando Gamboa in the exhibition
Masterpieces of Mexican Art presented at
Leningrad, Warsaw and Paris. He then worked
with renowned architects in London, Paris, New
York and Mexico. Terrazas has also taught
at the University of Columbia in New York
and the University of California at Berkeley.
HewastheGeneralCommissioneroftheMexican
Pavilion at the New York World Fair in 1965.
Back in Mexico, Terrazas worked for
the Organizing Committee of the 19th
Olympic Games coordinating the com-
munications, design and identity program.
He was also the Technical Director of both
the National Institute for the Development
of Public Housing and Community and the
Institute of Urban Action and Social Integration.
Terrazas was also an urban de-
sign consultant for the cities of
KarachiandIslamabadandapublichousingcon-
sultant in India. He directed the mexican team
thatcolaboratedwiththegovermentofTanzania
in the production of the Master Plan for their
new Capital City, Dodoma, in the mid-seventies.
Likewise, he was charged with the de-
sign of urban furnishing, signage and
public space for Mexico City in 1978-1979.
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International Exhibition and Convention Center CINTERMEX
Monterrey, Nuevo LeĂłn, Mexico
XIX Olympic Games poster with logo
Mexico, 1968
Metropolitan Cultural Space METRO
Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
GonzĂĄlez Cabornell Residence
TepoztlĂĄn, Morelos, Mexico
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Davidoff Residence
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
GonzĂĄlez Carbonell Residence
TepoztlĂĄn, Morelos, Mexico.
De la Tijera HernĂĄndez Residence
TepoztlĂĄn, Morelos, Mexico.
Ortiz-Monasterio Riestra Residence
Mexico City, Mexico.
International Exhibition and Convention Center
CINTERMEX
Monterrey, Nuevo LeĂłn, Mexico.
French Embassy in Mexico
In association with Bernard Kohn, Architect
Mexico City, Mexico.
Terrazas - Goujon Residence
Mexico City, Mexico.
Mexico City International Airport
Master Plan and Renovation Project
Mexico City, Mexico.
Torre del Angel Building
In association with Robert Stern, Architect
Mexico City, Mexico.
Technological Museum
MUTEC
Mexico City, Mexico.
Zag Restaurant
Mexico City, Mexico.
Nuevo Laredo Cultural Center
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
French Embassy
Mexico City, Mexico.
De la Tijera HernĂĄndez Residence
TepoztlĂĄn, Morelos, Mexico.
International Exhibition and Convention Center CINTERMEX
Monterrey, Nuevo LeĂłn, Mexico.
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Alianza Francesa Offices
Mexico City, Mexico.
Exhibition and convention center - ExpoTampico
Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Reynosa Art and Cultural Center
Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Technological Museum MUTEC
Mexico City, Mexico.
Reynosa Art and Cultural Center
Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Exhibition and Convention Center ExpoTampico
Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
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Graphic Design
Art Director of the Olympic Identity Design
Program Mexico 68
Mexico City, Mexico.
âMexico 68â Logotype and Poster
In association with Pedro RamĂrez VĂĄzquez &
Lance Wyman
General Ambient Decoration in Olympic Sites
and Public Buildings of Mexico City
Olimpic Balloons, Olimpic Judas, Olympic
Cauldron and Plaza painting at the Olympic
and Aztec stadiums.
Mexico City Urban Structure
Information Booths
Urban Furniture
Signage
Official Olympic Program
Tickets
Imagen Mexico
Logotype and poster
Opening of Mexico Cityâs subway system
1970 Soccer Worldcup
Logotype and poster
Mexico City, Mexico.
North-South Dialogue Presidential Meeting
CancĂșn, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Casartâs Identity Design Program
Mexican Arts & Crafts Center
Modernism
Poster
Mexico City, Mexico.
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Equality or Identity
Convention Poster
Aspen, Colorado, USA.
Goya-Posada
Collection Poster
Mexico City, Mexico.
Voces en Libertad
International collection poster
International Poster Biennial 2010
Mexico City, Mexico.
Unidad en la Diversidad
Silkscreen on crystal mural
Reynosa Art and Cultural Center
Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Conferences
Olympic Design Program - âMexico 68â
Pratt Institute, Syracuse University, MIT and
Harvard University
Peopleâs Participation in Low Income Housing
Center for Social Science Research
Nueva Delhi, Chanigard, Calcutta, Ameclabad
and Bombay, India.
The Industry of Deconstruction
In association with Raymundo Cuervo
Human Settlement Conference - Habitat
United Nations
Vancouver, Canada.
Dodoma is not a City, Dodoma is a Capital
Dodoma, Tanzania
Equality or Identity
Aspen, Colorado, USA.
Museums of the Future
Colombian Institute of Culture
BogotĂĄ, Colombia.
Employment & Urbanization in the Third World
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, USA.
Beyond the Object
Instituto Mexicano de Comercio Exterior
Mexico City, Mexico.
Unidad en la Diversidad
Silkscreen on crystal mural
Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
The Industry of Deconstruction
The Industry of Deconstruction
