Editing Juan O'Gorman (section)

=== Schools ===
In 1932, [[Narciso Bassols]], then [[Secretariat of Public Education|Secretary of Education]], appointed O'Gorman to the position of Head of Architectural Office of the Ministry of Public Education, where he went on to design and build 26 elementary schools in Mexico City.<ref name=":0" /> The schools were built with the philosophy of "eliminating all architectural style and executing constructions technically."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fraser|first=Valerie|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45912935|title=Building the new world : studies in the modern architecture of Latin America, 1930-1960|publisher=Verso|year=2000|isbn=1-85984-307-7|location=London|pages=47|oclc=45912935}}</ref>

After 6 years of functionalist projects, O'Gorman turned away from strict functionalism later in life to focus on painting and murals, including works at the Mexico City airport in 1937 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Murray, Edmundo: "Irish-Mexican Brothers: Edmundo and Juan O'Gorman" |url=https://www.irlandeses.org/ogormans.htm |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.irlandeses.org}}</ref> and "Credit Transforms Mexico" for the International Bank on Reforma Avenue, now moved to HSBC.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Tanya |date=2020-11-21 |title=Juan O’Gorman- 13 Iconic Projects |url=https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/design-studio/a2146-juan-ogorman-13-iconic-projects/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=RTF {{!}} Rethinking The Future |language=en-US}}</ref>

After being asked by [[Edgar J. Kaufmann|Edgar Kaufmann Sr.]] to submit a proposal for murals for the Pittsburgh Young Men's & Women's Hebrew Association, O'Gorman spent a weekend at Fallingwater, which inspired him to return to architecture,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-05 |title=Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Fascinating Connections to Fallingwater |url=https://www.thenotsoinnocentsabroad.com/blog/frida-kahlo-and-diego-riveras-fascinating-connections-to-fallingwater |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=The Not So Innocents Abroad |language=en-US}}</ref> this time a more [[organic architecture]], combining the influence of [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] with traditional Mexican constructions.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=O’Sullivan|first=Lucy|date=2019-04-03|title=Diego Rivera and Juan O'Gorman: Post-Revolutionary Architectural Anatomies|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13569325.2019.1616166|journal=Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies|language=en|volume=28|issue=2|pages=253–275|doi=10.1080/13569325.2019.1616166|s2cid=198068606|issn=1356-9325}}</ref>