Daniel Bermúdez Samper is Professor of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture and Design, Universidad de los Andes and Principal of Daniel Bermúdez Arquitecto in Bogotá, Colombia.
He graduated from the Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, with a degree in architecture in 1973.
Since 1975 he has been a faculty member of the Universidad de Los Andes teaching in the Department of Architecture and Design. He is currently coordinator of the Degree project course (BA), part of the faculty team in charge of thesis projects and a member of the Architecture, City and Education (ACE) research team.
He received the Bienal Colombiana de Arquitectura (1992, 1998 and 2004), the Asocreto Concrete Excelence Award (1998, 2002, 2004)), and the “XIII Premio Obras Cemex” award (2004).
Daniel Bermúdez Samper has been an independent architect since 1975. His highly-awarded projects include: master plan for the Universidad de los Andes campus including “Alberto Lleras Camargo” and “Carlos Pacheco Devia” buildings; library, auditorium, gallery, postgraduate building and square for the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano; director of the collaborative city planning project Ciudad Salitre; and two of Bogotá’s large scale public libraries.
Daniel Bermúdez Samper was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for region Latin America in 2008 and 2011.
[last updated: 17-Nov-2011]