Rafael Monjaraz Fuentes
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Mexico City, 1969. In 1988 he studied plastic arts in Dante Alighieri academy and later started his studies at the architecture faculty at the University of Studies of Rome, La Sapienza. In 1992 he started his urbanism specialty and his professional practice in Rome founding his firm: Monjaraz Arquitectos.

While studying he collaborated for L“Arca architecture magazine as well as for different architecture firms such as Boni & Nervi Associate Architects. In 1995 he returned to Mexico and continued working for overseas contests and projects. He designed his studio-house LAU.

He has been faculty member and lecturer at the University of the Studies in Rome, La Sapienza, the Milan Polytechnic and different universities in Mexico. He has collaborated with an important number of national and international developers and architecture firms both in Mexico and Italy. He has received meaningful national and international awards.