Bermúdez Arquitecto SAS, is an architectural studio founded in 1983 by architect Daniel Bermúdez. The offices of Bermúdez Arquitectos are located in the Bosque Izquierdo neighbourhood in downtown Bogotá in a house designed by architect Vicente Nasi in 1957, currently protected.
The firm has extensive architectural production, which was reviewed in the monographic book published by the Lunwerg Publishing House. Among a notable list, projects such as El Tintal Library (2000), Julio Mario Santo Domingo Public Library Cultural Center (2006) or the Postgraduate Building, Library and Jorge Tadeo Lozano University Gallery (2001) stand out. It has also received awards and recognition at the Colombian Biennial of 1992, 2004, 2008 and 2014; Cemex Award 2004 and Asocreto 1998, 2002 and 2004.
Daniel Bermúdez Samper is an architect from the Universidad de los Andes in 1973, a workshop professor at that university since 1975 where he is currently professor emeritus. As an independent architect, he has carried out countless projects among which the following stand out: The ‘Ciudad Salitre’ project in Bogotá, the master plan and several buildings of the Universidad de los Andes such as the Alberto Lleras Camargo and the Carlos Pacheco Devia. The library, auditorium, art gallery, Vice-Rectorate of Postgraduate Studies and Jorge Tadeo Lozano University plaza. Two of the four large-scale public libraries in Bogotá; ‘Biblioteca Pública El Tintal’ and ‘Centro Cultural Biblioteca Pública Julio Mario Santo Domingo’.
Among his most recent projects are the Faculty of Architecture for the Universidad de los Andes and the Ágora Bogotá Convention Center, winner of the XXVI Colombian Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism. Currently, together with Diego and Ramón Bermúdez, he is working on several projects, including the headquarters of the Universidad Minuto de Dios in Villavicencio and Neiva and the design for the theatre of the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla.
His work has been widely published, awarded and reviewed. He has been a guest professor at several universities at national and international levels, has been a member of numerous juries, currently serves as a full professor and is frequently invited to give lectures in various places.
Teaching
1985 Guest Professor at the Summer Course on Urban Design, Pratt Institute. New York.
1975 to date Professor of Architectural Design and Urban Design at the Department of Architecture at the Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá.
2013 Professor Emeritus of the University of the Andes. Bogotá.
