Legorreta + Legorreta
Viceroy Mayakoba will feature contemporary Mexican architecture as envisioned by Legorreta + Legorreta, a ground-breaking firm based in Mexico City that has gained worldwide acclaim for creating fresh, spontaneous spaces that respond to the needs of both their environment and their occupants. In the United States, Legorreta + Legorreta's brilliant colors and impressive body of work have won numerous commissions in the West and the Southwest, including Pershing Square in Los Angeles, the San Antonio Central Library in Texas and the Visual Arts Center at the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico.
Major awards and recognition
• AIA Gold Medal, the highest American architectural honor bestowed
(other medalists include Frank Lloyd Wright, I.M. Pei and Frank Gehry)
• UIA Gold Medal
• Gold Medal, Panamerican Association of Architects
• Manuel Tolsa Medal, UNAM, Mexico City
• Touristic Professional Merit Medal “Cesar Balsa,” Mexico
• First-ever Life and Work Award, CEMEX Medal, Mexico
• Career recognition from ARPAFIL, Mexico
• Career recognition from Federation and Cancún Architects School