Augusto Pérez Palacios

Augusto Pérez Palacios (1909 – August 9, 2002) was a Mexican architect and teacher.

[1][2][3] He designed various public buildings, most notably the Estadio Olímpico Universitario of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), together with Raúl Salinas Moro and Jorge Bravo Jiménez.

[4] In 1933, Pérez Palacios graduated from the School of Architecture, UNAM in Mexico City.

[1] His architectural work often featured collaboration between the building structure and the fine arts, such as being covered with mosaics or reliefs.

[1] Notable work by Pérez Palacios included supervising the Hotel del Prado (1939; destroyed 1985) in Mexico City; the design of the Fibracel Factory (1948), in Ciudad Valles; and the design of the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation complex (1953; with Raúl Cacho; partly destroyed 1985), in Mexico City.