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Biography
Juan Sordo Madaleno (October 1916, Mexico City – 12 March 1985) was a Mexican architect.
Biography
Sordo was one of the most important Mexican architects of his era. He worked with other renowned architects, including Luis Barragán, Jose Villagran Garcia, Augusto H. Álvarez, Ricardo Legorreta, Francisco J. Serrano and José Adolfo Wiechers.
Architecturally, he settled initially in the Bauhaus style and influence of Le Corbusier. He designed especially hotels and residential buildings.
1937, he founded his architectural firm, now known as the Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos SC.
Family
On 20 June 1941 he married Magdalena Bringas Aguado. Their children are: Juan José (1942–1974), Magdalena (born 1944) and Javier (born 1956).
Their son Javier Sordo is also an architect and heads since 1982, the architectural firm. 1963, he earned the Hacienda "La Laja" in Tequisquiapan in the Mexican state of Querétaro, where he successfully bred bulls and the family then lived.