Alberto Kalach is of Jewish descent, born in Mexico City, studied architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, and completed graduate studies later at Cornell University in Ithaca.

While he continues to direct TAX, in 2002 his interests also turned to the urban planning problems of his home town, and founded the community "México: future city" (Spanish: México: ciudad futura).

He realized several joint projects, some of them with notable colleagues like Teodoro González de León, Gustavo Lipkau and Jose Castillo.

His lake concepts were significant in solving existing water supply problems in Mexico City.

He published several articles in national and international magazines of architecture,[1][2] and participates in the "Recovering the City of Lakes" project (Spanish: Vuelta a la ciudad lacustre).