 Fernando González Gortázar

Fernando González Gortázar (born 19 October 1942, Mexico City) is a Mexican architect, sculptor and writer, considered to be one of the most influential Mexican architects of the 20th century.Fernando González Gortázar grew up and spent his youth in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and has lived in Mexico City, where he was born, since 1990.He studied architecture at the University of Guadalajara (Mexico) and received his BA in 1966, presenting as his thesis the project for a National Monument to Independence.