Federación de Colegios de Arquitectos de la República Mexicana AC

On February 28, 1791, Miguel Constanzo recommended to the viceregal authorities that the Amor de Dios Building be named to house the Royal Academy of San Carlos in New Spain.

In 1868 the Association of Engineers and Architects of Mexico (AIAM Asociación de Ingenieros y Arquitectos de México) was founded.

On June 6, 1905, the architects came together to form the Society of Mexican Architects (SAM Sociedad de Arquitectos Mexicanos).

On March 18, 1919, the Association of Architects of Mexico (AAM Asociación de Arquitectos de México) was legally constituted.

When the Professions Law was presented in 1945, the National Guild of Architects of Mexico (CNAM Colegio Nacional de Arquitectos de México) was created.

On November 20, 1964, 22 state representatives met at Avenida Veracruz #24, Roma Norte, Mexico City, headquarters of the National College of Architects of Mexico CNAM to work on the project for the formation of the Federación de Colegios de Arquitectos de la República Mexicana FCARM.

On April 22, 1965, also at the headquarters of the National College of Architects of Mexico (CNAM) is founded Federación de Colegios de Arquitectos de la República Mexicana AC FCARM. having three founding members:

The Colegio Sonrense de Arquitectos AC currently Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de Hermosillo AC; the Colegio de Arquitectos de México AC currently Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México AC and the Colegio de Arquitectos de Chihuahua AC.

Despite only having 3 founding members, representatives from Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, State of Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Sinaloa, Nuevo León, Sonora, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas, Puebla, Veracruz, and Yucatan attended that meeting.

The First National Congress and First National Assembly of FCARM took place in the city of Guanajuato, Guanajuato from April 28 to May 1, 1965, with architect Alejandro Prieto, president of the Federación de Colegios de Arquitectos de la República Mexicana AC. The opening day featured emotional speeches from special guests; The inauguration was in charge of Mr. Architect Jorge L. Medellín, Undersecretary of National Heritage and representative of the President of the Republic, Mr. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz and Mr. Daniel Chowell Cázares, rector of the University of Guanajuato in addition to the speech of the architect Joaquín Álvarez Ordoñez. While for the closing, the speech was in charge of Lic. Juan José Torres Landa, governor of the State of Guanajuato.

Today our federation is made up of 78 architects’ associations distributed throughout the Mexican Republic and we are the only architects guild organization in Mexico and we represent Mexican architects before the International Union of Architects and the Pan-American Federation of Architects Associations.

Past Presidents

Arq. Alejandro Prieto Posada † 1965 – 1966
Arq. Hilario Galguera Torres † 1967 – 1968
Arq. Joaquín Álvarez Ordoñez 1969 – 1970
Arq. Francisco Camberos Uribe † 1971 – 1972
Arq. Enrique Aranda Flores 1973 – 1974
Arq. Ismael Mario Rodríguez García † 1975 – 1976
Arq. Antonio Fuentes Flores † 1977 – 1978
Arq. José María Gutiérrez Trujillo † 1979 – 1980
Arq. Serapio Pérez Loza 1981 – 1982
Arq. Enrique Ávila Riquelme 1983 – 1984
Arq. Fernando Rafael Margain Santos 1985 – 1986
Arq. José Francisco Reygadas Valdez 1987 – 1988
Arq. Jorge Núñez Verdugo 1989 – 1990
Arq. Lorenzo Aldana Echeverría † 1991 – 1992
Arq. Cesar Xavier Flores Garza 1993 – 1994
Arq. Mauricio Rivero Borrell Donath † 1995 – 1996
Arq. Angelina Muñoz Fernández 1997 – 1998
Arq. Ricardo Fajardo Ambia 1999 – 2000
Arq. Manuel Barclay Galindo † 2001 – 2002
Arq. Fernando Mora Mora 2002 – 2004
Arq. José Manuel Reachi Mora 2005 – 2006
Arq. Iván de la Cruz Cervantes Erosa 2007 – 2008
Arq. Lizandro de la Garza Villarreal 2009 – 2010
Arq. Adrián Alfonso Palafox García 2011 – 2012
Arq. Guillermo Marrufo Ruíz 2013 – 2014
Arq. Isabel del Carmen Espinosa Segura 2015 – 2016
Arq. José Luis Cortés Delgado 2017 – 2018
Arq. Aldo Paul Ortega Molina 2019 – 2020
Arq. Marco Antonio Vergara Vázquez 2021 – 2022

2023 – 2024 National Executive Bureau

President Arq. Victoria Paulina Rodríguez Mosqueda
General Secretary Arq. Miguel Sosa Correa
Finance Secretary Arq. Karla Alejandra Molina Pineda
Secretary of Legislative and Government Affairs Arq. Lorena A. Barrera González
International Relations Secretary Arq. Sara H. Topelson Frydman
Secretary of Promotion and Social Communication Arq. Rodolfo Osornio Cárdenas
Continuing Professional Development Secretary Arq. Ana Esther Rentería Mejía
Secretary of Management and Professional Promotion Arq. Pedro Vallin Inzunza
Secretary of Biennials, Competitions and Awards Arq. Elías Cisneros Ávila
Vice President Region I Dr. Octavio Flores Hidalgo
Vice President Region II Arq. Ma Maribel López Solorzano
Vice President Region III Arq. Pedro Antonio Alba Casis
Vice President Region IV Arq. Miguel Ángel López Méndez
Vice President Region V Arq. José de Jesús Reyes Machain
Vice President Region VI Arq. Virginia Odette Uribe Martínez
Vice President Region VII Arq. Carlos Manuel González Figueroa
President of the Board of Honor Arq. José Luis Cortés Delgado
The Advisory Committee Arq. Saúl Alcántara Onofre
The Board of Trustees Arq. Ana Itzel López Santacruz
The Cultural Foundation for Mexican Architecture Arq. Félix Sotelo Lepe
The Mexican Committee for the International Practice of Architecture (COMPIAR), Arq. Luis Enrique López Cardiel
The National Institute of Architecture and Urbanism (INAU) Arq. Mariana Flores García
The Committee of Former National Presidents Arq. Marco Antonio Vergara Vázquez
National Council for Registration of Professional Certification (CONARC) Arq. Honorato Fernando Carrasco Mahr
Organizing Committee of the National Biennials Arq. Carlos Antonio Ortiz González
Architecture Competitions Committee Arq. Erick Vásquez Rodríguez
Awards, Distinctions and Recognitions Committee Arq. Celia Atzimba Granados Campos
National Commission of Women Architects Arq. Edna Zeron García
National Commission of Young Architects Arq. Chetzil Giordana Faccinetto Covarrubias
National Tariff Commission Arq. Ivone Torres Moreno
National Commission for Universal Accessibility Arq. Jorge Octavio Monraz Sustaita
National Commission of Architectural Heritage Arq. Saúl Alcántara Onofre
National Commission for Emergency Architecture Arq. Juan Rafael Martin Gutiérrez
Guild and Citizen Liaison Commission Arq. María Dolores Pérez Cruz
FCARM Without Borders Arq. Juan Luis Gracia Uribe
FCARM Manager Lic. Maribel Gallegos