Francisco Gonzalez-Pulido

After founding FGP Atelier, Francisco Gonzalez Pulido is currently focused on Tecnano (30,000 M2 Nanotechnology Lab and Corporate Accelerator at Monterey Tec that will be completed in 2020), Shenzhen Gate (240,000 M2 200M tall office and retail complex under construction that will be completed in 2018), Land Rover HQ Shanghai (200,000 M2 office and retail complex under construction that will be completed in 2018), [null Shanghai International Financial Center (550,000 M2 220 M tall headquarters, office, exhibition, and trading complex under construction that will be completed in 2018),] Guangzhou International Cultural Center (GICC) (150,000 M2 320 M tall office building that will be completed in 2020), and the Rectoria at Monterey Tec (a renovation of the historic administration building to be completed in 2018).

In March, 2019, the new Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú designed by Francisco Gonzalez Pulido and FGP Atelier in collaboration with local architect Taller ADG opened to acclaim in Mexico City.

After a series of successful projects and in close collaboration with Helmut Jahn, he became Jahn's first partner in 2009. In 2012 he was named president of the firm, in charge of design, management, operations and business development.

His work has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Unbuilt Chicago and the U2 Studio in Dublin. In 2005 he won the National Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects .

In 1999 after graduating from Harvard, Gonzalez-Pulido moved to Chicago and began his collaboration with Murphy/Jahn The firm is acknowledged as one of the most important in the world and Helmut Jahn one of Chicago's most influential architects. Gonzalez-Pulido had heard of Jahn's collaborative concept of “Archi-Neering,” combining engineering and architecture to create a symbiotic result through a synergetic process. His original plan was to work for the firm for a short time and move on. His vision, skills, leadership, drive and determination positioned him at the top and in 2003, he became executive vice president and then director of design from 2006 to 2012. With Murphy/Jahn, Gonzalez-Pulido has worked on projects such as the DOHA Tower, Veer Towers, Leatop Plaza

Since childhood he has always been interested in both: art and technology, but during his early years he thought of becoming a rock and roll musician. To this date he continues to compose and record on his own. He also collects both vintage guitars and amplifiers. As a teenager he decided to enroll in school to be an architect, which he did when he was 17. He attended the Tec de Monterrey in Monterrey from 1987 to 1991 and got his bachelor in the field of Architecture. After working on his own for a while, he went back to school because he wanted to learn more about cutting edge designs in order to work on bigger projects. From 1998 to 1999 he attended Harvard's School of Design and obtained his master's degree.

Francisco Gonzalez-Pulido (born February 1970) is a Mexican architect noted for his expressive yet rational design approach. From 1992 through 1998, he worked on his own and in 1999 he joined the Chicago firm “Murphy/Jahn” (which he renamed JAHN in 2012). He has worked on a wide range of building typologies with a strong emphasis on the design of skyscrapers and airports, in America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. After a long time working with Helmut Jahn, he became its first partner in 2009 and president in 2012. In the Fall of 2017, Francisco Gonzalez Pulido left JAHN to establish his own international architectural practice, FGP Atelier.

Gonzalez-Pulido is a Mexican architect, born on February 13, 1970, in Mexico City. At the age of six he moved with his family to the north of Mexico.