The 45-year-old architect had mostly designed temporary structures before becoming the first woman to design a wing at the country’s largest art museum. Frida Escobedo, the architect who designed the ...
The facade is meant to evoke celosía, a traditional Mexican breeze wall that can be found in Spanish, Middle Eastern, and African architectural traditions. (©Filippo Bolognese Images/Courtesy Frida ...
The architect Frida Escobedo has drawn on her Mexican heritage in reimagining the galleries for Modern and contemporary art. By Robin Pogrebin The metaphor of weaving has informed Frida Escobedo’s ...