Frida Escobedo

Frida Escobedo, born in 1979 in Mexico City, established her eponymous studio there in 2006. The studio initially gained recognition through a series of competition-winning projects in her native country, including the renovation of the Hotel Boca Chica (2008), the El Eco Pavilion (2010), and the expansion of La Tallera Siqueiros in Cuernavaca (2012). Its reputation reached a global scale in 2018 when Escobedo was appointed to design the annual Serpentine Pavilion in London's Kensington Gardens. At that time, she became the youngest architect ever to undertake the project. Her practice transcends traditional architectural boundaries, encompassing a diverse range of scales and mediums, from buildings and experimental conservation projects to temporary installations, public sculptures, limited-edition objects, publications, and exhibition design. In 2022, Escobedo was appointed to design the New Modern and Contemporary Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, becoming the youngest and first woman to design a building for the institution. Following her appointment as the Design Architect for the Tang Wing, she opened a studio in New York City. Recently, her studio was selected as an associate designer, alongside Moreau Kusunoki, to lead the Centre Pompidou 2030 renovation. Frida Escobedo has received numerous accolades, including the Architectural League of New York's Young Architects Forum Award (2009), the BIAU Prize (2014), the Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Award (2016), and the Architectural League Emerging Voices Award (2017). In 2019, she was honored as an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Most recently, the Créateurs Design Association & Awards named her the recipient of Le Prix Charlotte Perriand for 2024. In addition to her architectural practice, Escobedo has taught at several prestigious institutions, including Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (2015), the Architectural Association of London (2016), Harvard's Graduate School of Design (2016/2019), Rice University (2019), and, most recently, Yale University (2022).