Rate My Professor Alejandro Aptilon

Alejandro Aptilon serves as a Teaching Professor of Architecture in the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design, where he has been teaching since 2014. Prior to and alongside his academic career at KU, he has instructed undergraduate and graduate courses in art and architecture at various institutions across Mexico and the United States. He is a founding professor of CENTRO, a premier design school in Mexico, where he was awarded for his service to the institution. Aptilon owns an award-winning architectural firm, Alejandro Aptilon Arquitectos, with practices in Kansas City and Mexico City. The firm has designed projects in Mexico, Israel, and the United States and was selected by the AIA Gallery in New York as a representative of emerging trends in Mexican architecture. His professional work has been internationally exhibited and published in numerous periodicals and books.

Aptilon’s scholarly contributions center on Mexican architecture, exploring the intersections of history, context, and urban development. He has written extensively on the topic and produced a documentary series on Mexico City architecture for Mexico’s public television network. A notable publication is his co-authorship with Alfonso Pérez-Méndez of the book Las Casas del Pedregal 1947-1968 (Gustavo Gili, 2007). Additional publications include features in Global Architecture and the compendium 1000x Architecture of the Americas (Braun, 2008). In 1997, he received the Young Creators National Award from Mexico’s National Endowment for Culture and Arts. Currently, his efforts focus on sustainability in permanent supportive housing for underserved communities in the United States, alongside a forthcoming book on mutual architectural influences between the U.S. and Mexico. Aptilon is a candidate for Faculty Senate 2026-2027.