Bernardo Calderón Cabrera (b. Mexico City

Mexico City

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, October 16, 1922 – Mexico City, December 21, 2003) was a Mexican

Mexico

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 architect.

Biography

Calderón studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura (ENA) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) from 1940 to 1945, where he later taught from 1947 to May 2003. In 1980 he graduated as Master of Architecture

Master of Architecture

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He worked together with Manuel Ortiz Monasterio, and later with his brother José Luis

José Luis Calderón Cabrera

José Luis Calderón Cabrera was a Mexican architect. He was professor at the Universidad Anáhuac campus del Norte and at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México....

. His works included several notable buildings, amongst others the seat of the faculty of architecture in the UNAM's Ciudad Universitaria

Ciudad Universitaria

Ciudad Universitaria , Mexico, is UNAM's main campus, located in Coyoacán borough in the southern part of Mexico City. Designed by architects Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral, it encloses the Olympic Stadium, about 40 faculties and institutes, the Cultural Center, an ecological reserve, the Central...

, as well as restorations of larger churches in his hometown.