Wonne Ickx

Wonne Ickx comes to CED as the spring 2025 Howard Friedman Visiting Professor of Practice. Howard A. Friedman (1918–1988), FAIA, graduated from UC Berkeley in 1949 (AB Architecture) and taught in the architecture department from 1966 to 1988. Established in 1991 by Phyllis Friedman, the visiting professorship intends to advance Professor Friedman’s philosophy of “humanistic architecture” and enhance the liaison between the college and the profession.

Ickx is co-founder of the Mexico City–based firm PRODUCTORA, which he leads with Carlos Bedoya, Victor Jaime, and Abel Perles. The firm has received many awards, including the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for Emerging Architects and the Oscar Niemeyer Prize for Latin American Architecture. PRODUCTORA's work is distinguished by an interest in precise geometries, the production of clearly legible projects with limited gestures, and the search for timeless buildings in material and spatial resolutions.