JORGE LUIS HERNÁNDEZ SILVA | ARQUITECTO

GRADUATED IN 1988 FROM THE ITESO ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL IN GUADALAJARA, JALISCO, MEXICO.

WORKED AS A FACULTY MEMBER AT “ITESM” GUADALAJARA AND “ITESO”, TEACHING COMPOSITION AND ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOPS, ALSO AS A STUDENT AND INTERN HE TAUGHT COMPOSITION AND ART DRAWING AT “UNIVER

HIS WORKS, ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN MANY OCCASIONS BY MAJOR EDITORIALS AND ARCHITECTURE WEBSITES SUCH AS:

ARCHITECTURE BOOKS: “TRADÍCIÓ, GLOBALIZÁCIÓ-TRADICCIÓN” BY UDO KULTERMANN EDIT. ÉPÍTÉZET ÉS MÚVÉSZET, “MODERN LUX HOUSING” EDIT. SANDU CHINA, “STYLISH BAR AND RESTAURANT” DESING HI, CHINA. “MODERN LUX HOUSING” EDIT. SANDU CHINA, “MEXICAN ARCHITECTURES” EDIT. MC GRAW HILL, “JALISCO 100 AÑOS DE ARQUITECTURA” EDIT. AGATA AND “ESPACIOS, LUCES Y SOMBRAS” ED. DE LA SECRETARIA DE CULTURA DE JALISCO.

SPECIAL MAGAZINES SUCH AS: “UMRAN MAGAZINE” FROM SAUDI ARABIA, “PISO CIUDAD AL RAS”, “ENLACE”, “ARQUITK”, “ENTREMUROS”, “ENTREMUROS”, “CASA ABIERTA”, “BEAUTIFUL DAY, REAL STATE”. “MEXICO DESIGN”, AND SPECIAL EDITIONS AS: “CREADORES ARTISTICOS EGRESADOS DEL ITESO” MAGIS, SPECIAL EDITION AND “ARQUITECTOS MEXICANOS” JÓVENES CONSTRUYENDO EL FUTURO, “ENTREMUROS” GRUPO REFORMA SPECIAL EDITION.

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN NEWSPAPERS SECTIONS: “MOJ DOM” (SLOVAKIA), “MURAL”, “INFORMADOR”, “SIGLO 21” AND “GRUPO REFORMA”.

TOP ARCHITECTURE WEB SITES: ARCHDAILY, ARCHITIZER, ARQUITECTOSMX, CONTEMPORIST, AECCAFE, HOME DESIGN, STYLONDO.

CONTEST WINNER IN DIVERSE PROJECTS, SUCH AS VERTICAL HOUSING AT LOMAS DE TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS, EDIFICIO LASCURAIN, COMPLEJO MCS, EDIFICIO AMÉRICAS, AMONGST OTHERS.

AWARDED BY “THE AMERICAS PROPERTY AWARDS LONDON 2013: BEST RESIDENCE” FOR FF HOUSE, “THE AMERICAS PROPERTY AWARDS LONDON 2012: HIGHLY COMMENDED ARCHITECTURE” FOR LUCKE OROZCO HOUSE, HONORIFIC MENTIONS AT THE VI BIENAL IBEROAMERICANA CIDI AND “XI ANNUAL AWARD FOR RESTAURATION AND CONSERVATION OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS IN GUADALAJARA”, 2014 FOR CASA MAO.

HAS WORKED IN RADIO AND TELEVISION ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMS, ADVISOR TO DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN MAGAZINES, TOOK PART IN FORUMS AND JURY MEMBER IN ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS.

GUEST IN 2002 AND 2007 BY THE "KEVES" GALLERY ON THE EXHIBITION: “CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN ARCHITECTS” AND "ARCHITECTURE OF GUADALAJARA MEXICO" IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY. EXHIBITION AND ROUND TABLE "TRADITION OR GLOBALIZATION" WITH AMERICAN AND HUNGARIAN ARCHITECTS IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE.

HE HAS LECTURED AT VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES AND ASSCOCIATIONES SUCH AS: ITESO, TEC, UDG, UVM, ESARQ, UTEG IN GUADALAJARA, TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE OF COLIMA, AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF COLIMA, UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO, UNIVERSITY OF GUZMAN CITY, ISAD CHIHUAHUA, ARQUEX IN MERIDA AND "THE AMERICAS PROPERTY AWARDS" IN LONDON.

HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED FOR TELEVISION PROGRAMS, AMONG THEM "MILLION DOLLAR ROOMS" AND "EXTREME HOMES" FOR CHANNEL 8 NEW YORK AND LONDON PIONEER TV RESPECTIVELY; AND IN "UNIVISION".

EXHIBITIONS WITH GUADALAJARA’S ARCHITECTS IN "SECUENCIAS" CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION IN JALISCO AT INSTITUTO CULTURAL CABAÑAS. “INVENTIONS-VISION-FICTION” EXHIBITION AT RAUL ANGUIANO ART MUSEUM, GUADALAJARA, JAL. PARTICIPATED IN THE CINEMA AND ARCHITECTURE FORUM AT "MAZ MUSEUM" OF ZAPOPAN, JALISCO. GUEST IN UNIVERSITIES SUCH AS: "BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE” AND "ITESO".

HIS WORKS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTATED FOR TV SHOWS, OUTSTANDIG: “MILLION DOLLAR ROOMS” AND “EXTREME HOMES” BY CHANNEL 8 NEW YORK AND PIONEER TV LONDON, RESPECTIVELY.

ITS MAIN BUSINESS ACTIVITY IS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; IN 1988 HE FOUNDED HERNANDEZ SILVA WORKSHOP. HIS WORK INCLUDES MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED INSTITUTIONAL AND HOUSING BUILDINGS, HOUSES, RECREATION BUILDINGS AND MAKEOVERS.

HIS MOST REPRESENTATIVE WORKS ARE:

“CINCO CINCO HOUSE”
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco.

“Bar Nuts”
(SIX MAKEOVERS) Guadalajara, Jalisco.

“LOS PALMARES BUILDING”
Punta Negra, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.

“PRECIADO URREA HOUSE”
San Juan de Alima, Michoacán.

“CASA DEL SOL BUILDING”
Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit.

“TRES OCHO PAREDES HOUSE”
FRACC. LAGO NOGAL, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco.

“DG LA LAGUNA HOUSE”
STA. MARIA DEL ORO, Nayarit.

“URIARTE HOUSE”
Guadalajara, Jalisco.

“BARRIOS VIESCA HOUSE”
Guadalajara, Jalisco.

“SANTA FE COMPLEX”
Zapopan, Jalisco.

“LUCKE OROZCO HOUSE”
Guadalajara, Jalisco.

“GODOY HOUSE”
Zapopan, Jalisco.

“LA GRELHA RESTAURANT”
Guadalajara, Jalisco.

“LOBBY DISCOTEQUE”
Guadalajara, Jalisco.

“CUATRO HOUSE”
Guadalajara, Jalisco.

“FF HOUSE”
Zapopan, Jalisco.

“SIETE HOUSE”
Zapopan, Jalisco.

“JACARANDAS HOUSE”
Zapopan, Jalisco.

“MAKEOVER MAO HOUSE”
GUADALAJARA, JALISCO.

“JACARANDAS HOUSE”
ZAPOPAN, JALISCO.

“RED HOUSE”
GUADALAJARA, JALISCO.

“TECOLOTLÁN CALIDRA DEVELOPMENT”
TECOLOTLÁN, JALISCO.

“CALTEK COLOMBIA”
COLOMBIA.

“M2 HOUSE”
CELAYA, GUANAJUATO.

“BR HOUSE”
ZAPOPAN, JALISCO.

“HNN HOUSE”
ZAPOPAN, JALISCO.