Frida Escobedo: From Mexico City to Chicago Architecture Biennial

Frida Escobedo began her architectural career in 2003 in Mexico City, a sprawling metropolis of 22 million. Her early work, minimal yet effective, combined modern rigor with local tradition. Before turning 30, she was invited by Herzog & de Meuron to participate in the Ordos 100 project in China. Two years later, she won the competition to restore La Tallera Siqueiros in Cuernavaca, converting the studio of muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros into a cultural center by removing part of the perimeter wall to create a public plaza. This project was exhibited at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale. Escobedo later created an agora for the 2013 Lisbon Triennale and a mirrored pavilion at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In 2016, she won the AR Emerging Architecture Award. Currently, her firm Taller de Arquitectura is working on incremental housing in Guerrero, Mexico, and a residential block in Mexico City. Her next major event is the Chicago Architecture Biennial, themed "Make New History."