Enrique Norten

Born and trained in Mexico City, Enrique Norten founded TEN Arquitectos in 1986.  Nearly forty years later, TEN Arquitectos has produced built work across two continents and a body of thought he continues to shape and advance — most recently as Líder Intelectual of the Cátedra de Ciudades at the Universidad Iberoamericana, his alma mater.

Norten holds some of the most distinguished named chairs in North American architectural education. He served as Ella Warren Schafer Miller Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania from 1998 to 2018 — a twenty-year tenure. He has also held the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professorship at the Yale School of Architecture, the Emil Lorch Professorship of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, and the Eliot Noyes Visiting Design Critic position at the Harvard Design School.

His work and career have been recognized with the most significant honors in the field. In 2024 he received the Premio Luis Barragán from the Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México and the Sociedad de Arquitectos Mexicanos, and in 2023 the Premio Lorenzo H. Zambrano from Cemex. Earlier distinctions include the Medalla Bellas Artes from the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Secretaría de Cultura (2018), the Richard J. Neutra Award for Professional Excellence from California State Polytechnic University (2015), the Legacy Award in Design from the Smithsonian Latino Center (2007), and the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts from the World Cultural Council (2005).