- January 2000 Legorreta Wins Gold Medal Legorreta's renowned Solana Complex, Solana, Tex., which has garnered numerous international design awards. Photo Lourdes Legorreta The spirit of the holiday season came early for Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, Hon. FAIA. On December 3, the national AIA Board of Directors thanked him for four and a half decades of earth-integrated, indigenously ...www.e-architect.com/news/aiarchitect/jan00/goldmedal.asp