Javier Sánchez (architect)

Javier Sánchez is a Mexican developer and architect primarily known for contemporary construction in Mexico City, especially the Condesa neighborhood. Sánchez is the founding partner and lead designer of the Mexico City firm JSª, known as Higuera + Sanchez from 1996-2007.Obras magazine voted Sánchez one of the forty most influential architects of the past forty years.

Sánchez graduated with honors from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM), and received his master's degree in Real Estate Development from Columbia University in New York City.

Sánchez was at the vanguard of market urbanism in Mexico City. His firm, Higuera + Sánchez, bought a dilapidated warehouse in Condesa and created the city's first studio lofts, including communal space in the heart of the building. Such projects have been described as guerrilla architecture.

Additional works; most are apartment/condominium complexes unless otherwise noted:

In addition, Sánchez has designed projects in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, in Munich, Germany, and pavilions at the Venice Biennale.

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