Architecture Firm Based in Monterrey, Mexico

Local Diez Arquitectura is a design, production and assembly office of Ephemeral Architecture projects, founded in 1995 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It is integrated by architects, industrial designers, carpenters, blacksmiths, electricians, and ceramic coating installers with activities in Monterrey, Mexico City, and Guadalajara. For all of us, the team of Local Diez Arquitectura, avant-garde design focused on the client and its products, is what is important. Being different and creative defines us and give us the elements to understand the links between architecture, marketing, corporate and product communication. For more than 20 years of activity, our team of architects and designers has developed a wide variety of projects that go from stands, showrooms and sale point displays, to corporate interior design and residential architecture. In 2010, we began experimenting with different materials such as ship containers and untreated wood recovered from other projects. The experiment was successfully completed at the Porcelanite Lamosa booth exhibited in Coverings 2010, being awarded the Overall Best in Show and published in the book Stands 10 (Editorial Links, Barcelona) Design development for the ceramic coating industry has been extensive and important, although other industries are also part of our portfolio. Our capacity of design, manufacture and assembly is approximately of 1500 sq m of stands in the same trade fair and we have successfully developed up to 80 ceramic coating showrooms per year. Our main clients are: Lamosa, Porcelanite, Firenze, Verve Ceramics, Ghent, Daltile, Tec de Monterrey, Torrecid, Deacero, Home Depot Mexico, Lowe's México, Rolcar, among others.

Estudio Núñez Zapata is an award winning architecture, urban planning, and object design studio based in Monterrey, Mexico.

Rodrigo de la Peña is an architect graduated from Universidad de Monterrey with a Master's degree in Housing & Urbanism by the Architectural Association (AA) in London, England. Member of the National Academy of Architecture, Monterrey Chapter. Passionate about architectural design and respectful for its surroundings. He has been professor and guide in distinctive universities like Tecnologico de Monterrey, and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He started as an independent architect in 1987 with a focus on contemporary residential design. After completing his postgraduate studies, he entered the classroom teaching Architectural Design workshops to students at Tecnologico de Monterrey. In 2005, he founded rdlp arquitectos, current commercial name of the firm, continuing with housing design and exploring new typologies. Currently, the firm has expanded to develop renowned projects of multiple types such as multi-family housing, commercial, offices and hospitality design throughout the country. His projects have received several awards, including Calli Awards, Obras Cemex, Mexican Architecture National Biennale, Property Awards, American Architecture Prize, among others, in such categories as mixed-use, residential, commercial, transportation, always conveying core aspects regarding accessibility, urbanism and the relation between pedestrians and its built context. De la Peña has also been a lecturer around the world including PROURB in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also, in 2015 his work was exhibited in Milan, Italy, as part of the exhibition "Hacer Ciudad", organized by the National Academy of Architecture, Monterrey Chapter. Recently, an exhibition was held at his alma mater, the University of Monterrey, named "In Progress", inaugurated in August 2017 showcasing the firm’s development.

Educated in Monterrey, Mexico, Oscar E. Flores arrived in San Antonio in 2001 where he later opened Oscar E. Flores Design Studio (OFDS) in 2007. Oscar and his team are setting new design trends that include international and major metro preferences. Although Oscar favors modern design styles, he masters all traditional styles as well. OFDS works with client preferences and allows them to try something traditional, transitional or altogether out of the box. Also, many custom builders choose OFDS to work as their “in house” custom home designer. Although design is the skill set, the focus is on client satisfaction and experience. OFDS delivers on the certainty that clients hire him to bring the highest level of expertise, skill, knowledge and service all while respecting their time. OFDS is the perfect fit for anyone desiring consulting and/or design services that are out of the box, regardless of size.

Master in Architecture by the School of Architecture and Building Engineering La Salle in Barcelona. He became a Member of the National Academy of Architecture in 2019 at Biblioteca Palafoxiana and exhibited his career trajectory in the conference Thoughts and Construction at the UDLAP. He is a Professor in Architecture Degree at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education and CEO & Founder of ZD Architecture ® since 2020. At present he is working on the interior design for Da Vinci Pizzeria in Los Heroes and Casa O in Atlixco During the past four years Federico has taken part in different competitions and has made the FF Ring. He has also designed the Furniture and a Bridal Suite at the San Diego La Blanca Ranch and a Learning Language Center in Cholula. He worked at Metarquitectura as a Senior Architect being responsible for multi-disciplinary teams defining goals, developing a project and deadlines. As a Project Leader Architect, he designed an Architecture Building in Anahuac University Puebla, a Restaurant at the Golf Club Cola de Lagarto in Atlixco and a New Coffee Shop in Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education. Previously, Federico worked at Ambiente Arquitectonico as an Architect on his first year in Mexico and was in charge of the Municipal Market located at Chalco in collaboration with Roberto Alonso Consultants and design an Administrative Office Operation Center in Chipilo. During the past four years Federico has been able to work on his own projects while working as Senior Architect in Metarquitectura and Ambiente Arquitectonico, as well as being a part time Professor at Anahuac and Ibero-American University Puebla. In addition, he completed an Executive Manager for Design and Construction Diploma in 2019 at the National Autonomous University of Mexico While living in Barcelona he worked at Josep Ferrando Architecture for over two years as an Architect and was a key team member throughout the Competition and Construction of the XVIII Mediterranean Games’ Sport Center in Tarragona and the Torcuato Di Tella University’s Extension in Buenos Aires, with which the office won an International FAD 2020 Award and the XV BEAU Award.

Covachita is an architecture studio based in Monterrey, Mexico. In a city where industriousness is considered a virtue and practicality a source of pride, it is not surprising that the moving forces of the city are the infrastructures that control and regulate its landscapes. These initial surroundings have led Covachita to start a dialogue with the city that focus not on grand, ideal projects, but on the everyday behavior of its citizens and the ways we can modify the language of the city by reprogramming what is already available. Covachita has designed public spaces, cultural centers, community centers, exhibitions, and masterplans for local and state governments as well as private residences and workspaces. These projects share the genetic code of being foremost a critique of the contemporary city using negotiation and dialogue with all actors as the backbone of its actions.

Industrial designer from Pratt Institute’s graduate program (New York, 2004), with a BA degree in industrial design from Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City, 1997) and furniture design studies from the Danish Design School (2003). He runs the design firm Godoylab, and is the design director of the furniture manufacturer Pirwi. He teaches industrial design at Centro de Diseño, Cine y Televisión (Mexico), and has taught design at UNAM’s Centre for Industrial Design Research, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, ITESM (mexico), Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico) and at the Pratt Institute (New York). He is a staff editor of the quarterly architecture and design magazine Arquine, where he periodically writes reviews and essays, is part of the design collective NEL, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of the UNESCO/Felissimo Social Design Network. Emiliano Godoy has worked for companies such as Nouvel, Pirwi, 3-form, Weidmann, Lacoste, ALIS/MOOA, Arta Cerámica, Pepsico, Holland Chemical International (HCI), Pipeline Integrity International (PII), Pipetronix, WESCO Distribution, el Museo de la Ciudad de México, Proteak, among others.