Enrique Yáñez

[2] Enrique Yañez de la Fuente was born on June 17, 1908, in Mexico City.

[1] While in college, Yañez studied under architects Enrique del Moral, Juan O'Gorman, and José Villagrán García.

[4][5] His building for the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas [es] (or Mexican Union of Electricians) was completed in 1940 in cooperation with artists David Alfaro Siqueiros and Fermín Revueltas Sánchez, was one of the first buildings in the country with integrated fine art reliefs.

[3][5][6] Siqueiro's mural "Portrait of the Bourgeoisie" (1940) for Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas headquarters was completed with the help of six assistants, and was politically controversial.

[7][8] From 1945 to 1952, Yáñez worked on the construction of the La Raza National Medical Center [es], and a series of other hospital buildings followed.