Miguel Angel Lira

Architect and Postulant to Master in Philosophy with the thesis: "The aesthetics of the music of Iannis Xenakis in the architecture of the twentieth century" both by the Universidad Iberoamericana. He has collaborated in the offices Serrano, Serrano, Nava; Albin and Norten and Legorreta Architects between 1982 and l988. He was a founding Partner of Springall + Lira from 1988 to 2018 With offices in both Mexico and Spain. In 2019 he becomes Co-Director and Founding Partner of lira.velasco.arquitectos. Among its most important and award-winning buildings are: Dairy factory for Danone Group in Irapuato, Social Interest Module in Santa Cruz Meyehualco, Iztapalapa, International Call Center for Santander Bank in Querétaro. He is currently collaborating on the following projects: Althaus 1 and 2, large-scale housing and services buildings for the Arhea group in San Ángel and Pedregal. The Mitikah Tower, for Park’s in Coyoacán. ISSSTE City for the Institution in San Fernando, Tlalpan. Housing, Offices and Services Building in Guadalajara for Nemesis Capital. Academic at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Universidad Iberoamericana, UNAM and Universidad Anáhuac and Co-Director General of PREPOSITIONS, digital platform for architecture, design, and urban planning. He has won the Mexican Architecture Biennial in the genre of schools with the CIDE Classroom and Auditorium Building.