Taller de Arquitectura / Mauricio Rocha (b. Mexico City, Mexico, 1965) graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Max Cetto Workshop, between 1985 and 1990, obtaining an Honourable Mention. In 1991, he founded Taller de Arquitectura / Mauricio Rocha in Mexico City, which has remained in continuous operation since its establishment.
Over more than 30 years of professional practice (1991–present), he has developed public and private projects at multiple scales, including cultural, educational, institutional, housing and infrastructure buildings, primarily in Mexico, as well as temporary architectural interventions for art exhibitions and museography projects.
He has received numerous awards both individually and as a firm. In 2013, the Faculty of Architecture of UNAM awarded him the Federico Mariscal Chair, the highest recognition granted by this institution for professional practice. In 2014, he was selected as one of 8 architecture firms from the Americas for the Emerging Voices program organized by The Architectural League of New York. His work has received First Prize and Gold Medal on two occasions at the Mexican Architecture Biennial, as well as awards at the Pan-American Architecture Biennial of Quito (BAQ) and the Ibero-American Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (BIAU).
In 2019, he was awarded the Médaille d’Or Palmarès by the French Academy of Architecture, recognizing his professional career. In 2024, he received the Brick Award, an international recognition for architectural works using brick as a primary material.
He has served as a fellow and jury member for the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), as well as for national and international competitions, institutions and architecture biennials. He is a permanent jury member of the Marcelo Zambrano Scholarship. He is a member of the National Academy of Architecture and a member of the National Academy of Arts of Mexico.
Mauricio Rocha has taught at several universities in Mexico City, including UNAM, and has delivered lectures and conferences in Mexico, South America, the United States and Europe. His work has been exhibited in Mexico City, New York, Venice, Turin, São Paulo and China. His projects have been published in international journals and books such as Domus, 10x10 (Phaidon), Arquine, Escala, Summa+, The Architectural Review and The Plan. In 2011, he published the monograph Mauricio Rocha Taller de Arquitectura.
