Jorge Loyzaga is a Mexican architect, interior designer, conservator-restorer and professor. He is the founder of Loyzaga Studio, which has become the most prominent proponent of New Classical architecture in Mexico.
Loyzaga has taken inspiration from distinct architectural traditions, including pre-Hispanic, Spanish Baroque and Beaux-Arts.
Career
Loyzaga Studio was founded in 1969.
In regards to restoration, some notable examples are Loyzaga's involvement in the interior design for some of the rooms in Chapultepec Castle and help in the restoration of one of the alters of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City.
Completed in 1991, the Torre Comercial América was the tallest skyscraper in the Monterrey metro area until 2000, when it was surpassed by Torre Avalanz.
Loyzaga Studio is a member of the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU) and the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.
Loyzaga designed La Milarca, the private home of Mauricio Fernández Garza. The building was best known for its incorporation of a 16th century Mudéjar ceiling from Almagro, Spain. A replica of La Milarca was created to house the art collection of Fernández Garza as a public museum, the Museo La Milarca, including the original Mudéjar ceiling.
The studio is headquartered in San Miguel Chapultepec and is currently ran by Loyzaga with his twin daughters, Sophia Alexandra Loyzaga and Fernanda Loyzaga.
Completed in 2018, the Centro Cultural Juan Beckmann Gallardo is a cultural institute in Tequila, Jalisco ran by the Beckmann family, owners of the José Cuervo tequila brand. The cultural institute was inspired by the 18th century Baroque building of the Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas.
Throughout its existence, Loyzaga Studio has employed several workshops of traditional Mexican craftspeople, particularly woodworkers, for their projects.
Personal life
Loyzaga designed and owns a house in Acapulco that incorporates parts of a transplanted 18th century bahay na bato. The house is a reference to the Manila-Acapulco Galleons.