title: Ramón Torres Martínez
text: # Ramón Torres Martínez
  
  Ramón Torres Martínez (November 22, 1924 - September 4, 2008) was a Mexican architect.
  
  His 1950s designs were influenced by the Bauhaus movement. Together with Héctor Velázquez Moreno he founded the architecture bureau Torres y Velázquez Arquitectos y Asociados, and was director of the Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He co-designed Plaza Jacaranda shopping center in Zona Rosa, Mexico City, opened in 1957.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 2005 Premio Nacional de Arquitectura
  * 2007 "Antonio Attolini Lack" medal
  * 2007 Honor award, "Iconos de Diseño", Architectural Digest México
  