Gómez Platero Biography
Gómez Platero Architecture & Urbanism
We create spaces that connect, inspire, and empower communities.
We are a global architecture and urbanism practice with an interdisciplinary team of more than 300 professionals.
Focused on strengthening relationships and improving quality of life in cities, we strive to exceed our clients’ expectations through design excellence and strong project management capabilities.
The path we have chosen has enabled us to build more than twenty million square metres and design projects in over 62 cities across 13 countries, used by more than 40 million people each year.
Aware of architecture’s transformative power, our practice works across multiple categories: urban developments, mixed-use, healthcare architecture, residential, commercial, corporate, infrastructure, hospitality, sports, and cultural projects.
Led by Martín Gómez Platero, we deliver architectural solutions that generate profitability, wellbeing, and happiness—seeking to make Earth the best place to live.
Biography — Director and CEO
MARTÍN GÓMEZ PLATERO
Director, Founder & CEO of Gómez Platero Architecture & Urbanism
Intl. Assoc. AIA
Martín Gómez Platero is an architect, director and founder of Gómez Platero Architecture & Urbanism, a global architecture and urbanism practice with more than 20 years of international experience. The firm’s purpose is to improve quality of life on the planet through architecture and urban design.
He earned his Architecture degree from the Faculty of Architecture at the Universidad de la República (UDELAR), Uruguay, and completed a postgraduate programme in Business Administration at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with distinction.
He is an International Associate of the AIA (The American Institute of Architects), the largest and most influential network of architects and design professionals, with more than 98,000 members committed to the highest standards of practice.
As a member of the Board of Endeavor Uruguay—an international organisation that supports high-impact entrepreneurs—he actively contributes to strategic definition and oversight that drive growth and innovation within the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.
He has participated in platforms for dissemination, reflection and debate on architecture and the city, sharing the studio’s experience in a range of professional and academic forums both regionally and internationally, as well as in initiatives linked to entrepreneurship and innovation.
From Gómez Platero Architecture & Urbanism—with headquarters in Uruguay and offices in Ecuador, Mexico and Colombia—he leads a team of more than 300 professionals that has designed over 4 million m² across 62 cities in 13 countries, playing a pioneering role in mixed-use design and delivering a wide variety of architectural programmes through an integrated approach.
His management style conveys a deep passion for architecture and is defined by anticipating clients’ needs, early adoption of innovation, design excellence, attention to detail and a strong focus on people’s experience. Under his leadership, the practice has delivered buildings enjoyed by more than 40 million people each year, with projects recognised in prestigious international awards including the World Architecture Festival (WAF), Future Houses, and honours from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, among others.
Size and presence
GP presents itself as a global firm headquartered in Uruguay, with commercial offices in Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico, and an interdisciplinary team of “more than 300”.
Interdisciplinary team
Leadership and management
Martín Gómez Platero — Founder / Director / C.E.O
Arturo De los Santos — Director of Concept & Schematic Design area
Álvaro Sorrondegui — Director of Design Development area
José Díaz — Director of Construction Management area
Ing. Sebastián Barreiro — Management, Cost and Tenders Department Manager
Cr. Andrés Ameglio — Finance Department Manager / C.F.O
Coach María Cecilia Igorra — Human Ressources Department Manager
Arq. Gonzalo Puceiro — Permit Department Manager
Cra. María Risso — Project Managment Office Department manager
Arq. Ricardo Fernández — Americas Business Developer Manager
Arq. Santiago Pérez — Business Development Manager
Core process structure
Concept & Schematic Design → Design Development → Construction Management
Awards
Honourable Mention “World International Architecture” organised by The Chicago Athenaeum.
Project: Club Cash, category “Sports”
Award “International Architecture Awards” organised by The Chicago Athenaeum.
Project: Miami Bay Towers, category “Mixed-Use”
Honourable Mention “International Architecture Awards” organised by The Chicago Athenaeum.
Project: Club Cash, category “Sports & Social”
Award “Future House Awards” organised by The Chicago Athenaeum and Global Design News.
Project: Miami Bay Towers, category “Mixed-Use Buildings”
Award “Future House Awards” organised by The Chicago Athenaeum and Global Design News.
Project: Le Mont, category “Residential Tower”
Mention “Built Work Competition” organised by the Uruguayan Society of Architects.
Project: Hotel Montevideo, category “Facilities and Infrastructure”
Award “International Design Awards” organised by Farmini Group.
Project: Club Cash, category “Gold”
Award “International Design Awards” organised by Farmini Group.
Project: Ramblas del Plata, category “Bronze”
Award “International Design Awards” organised by Farmini Group.
Project: Hotel Montevideo, category “Bronze”
Finalist «LADI Awards» organised by the Latin American Real Estate Developers Meeting.
Project: Distrito 52, category «Masterplan»
Shortlist World Architecture Festival category «Future Masterplanning»
Project: +Colonia.
Award «Hotel Architecture Category» at the International Property Awards 2023-2024.
Project: Hotel Montevideo.
Finalist «LADI Awards» organised by the Latin American Real Estate Developers Meeting.
Project: El Globo, category «Mixed-Use»
Shortlist World Architecture Festival category «Future Sports»
Project: Club Cash
Pan-American Federation of Associations of Architects.
«Architect in Private Practice» Martín Gómez Platero
Architecture MasterPrize, Honourable Mention.
Project: Hotel Montevideo
International Architecture Awards, Honourable Mention.
Project: Masterplan INC
Architecture MasterPrize, Honourable Mention.
Project: Hotel Montevideo
Best Masterplan at Expo Real Estate Argentina Awards.
Project: + Colonia
Award «Future Houses Awards» organised by The Chicago Athenaeum.
Project: Coastal House
Shortlist World Architecture Festival category «Future Masterplanning»
Project: +Colonia.
Award «Hotel Architecture Category» at the International Property Awards 2023-2024.
Project: Hotel Montevideo.
First Prize, Disruption Days Dallas, organised by 4S Real Estate.
Theme: «Adaptive reuse: conversion of uses and spaces».
Award «Future Houses Awards» organised by The Chicago Athenaeum.
Project: Coastal House.
Award «Best Mixed-Use Project» in BR Magazine.
Project: The Falls.
Honourable Mention «International Architecture Awards» organised by The Chicago Athenaeum.
Project: Gaura.
Honourable Mention «International Architecture Awards» organised by The Chicago Athenaeum.
Project: Catehua.
Best Luxury Residential Architecture «Luxury Lifestyle Awards.»
Project: More Buceo.
First Prize «LADI Awards» organised by the Latin American Real Estate Developers Meeting.
Project: Bilú Riviera, category «Adaptive reuse, revitalisation and enhancement of buildings and urban environments.»
Finalist «LADI Awards» organised by the Latin American Real Estate Developers Meeting.
Project: Cala del Yacht, category «Best mixed-use project.»
Finalist «LADI Awards» organised by the Latin American Real Estate Developers Meeting.
Project: Huertas, category «Best low-rise housing project, suburban projects and developments.»
First Prize «Muse Design Awards.»
Project: World Memorial to the Pandemic: a space paying tribute to life and nature,
category «Memorial Architectural Design»
Longlist Dezeen Awards category «Architectural Video of the Year»
Project: World Memorial to the Pandemic.
Award, memorials & monuments category «International Architecture Awards» organised by The Chicago Athenaeum.
Project: World Memorial to the Pandemic.
Award «Top 10 reads of 2020» Stir magazine.
Project: World Memorial to the Pandemic.
First Prize in invited competition for N1 office interior design at Aguada Park Free Zone.
Montevideo, Uruguay.
Award «Best mixed-use development in the Americas» at the International Property Awards 2020-2021.
Project: Atlántico Punta.
Special mention in the buildings category of the National Energy Efficiency Award 2020,
by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay.
Project: Torre Joy.
Award «Largest exporter of architectural services in Uruguay» by the Uruguayan Exporters Union,
Banco República and Uruguay XXI at the Export Effort Recognition Ceremony 2020.
Award «Best Luxury Architecture Firm in Ecuador» at the Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2020.
Award «Best mixed-use development in Uruguay» at the International Property Awards 2020-2021.
Project: Atlántico Punta.
First Prize in the invited competition for the Bosqo mixed-use building. Monterrey, Mexico.
First Prize in the invited competition for a mixed-use building. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
First Prize in the category «Best Masterplan of 2018» at the awards ceremony of Ecuadorian magazine BR Magazine,
Guayaquil Country Club (Associated team: PCDO).
First Prize in the category Best Mixed-Use Project at the Latin American Real Estate Development Awards (LADI) 2018.
Project: Catehua.
First Prize in the invited competition for a mixed-use building (Catehua). Monterrey, Mexico.
First Prize in the invited competition for the Epic corporate building. San José, Costa Rica.
First Prize in the invited competition for an office building, hotel and retail area. Lima, Peru.
Third Prize in the invited competition for the Pedro de Osma Cultural Centre. Lima, Peru.
First Prize in the invited competition for the Camelias corporate building. Lima, Peru.
Silver Award in the category «Design and development, refurbishments/ extensions», in the Latin American Shopping
Centre Awards 2015, ICSC. Project: Terminal Tres Cruces Shopping extension.
Honourable Mention in the invited competition for a corporate building, Lima, Peru.
Third Prize in the invited competition for a Masterplan, Valle del Mar, Peru.
Honourable Mention in the invited competition for a corporate building, Lima, Peru.
Mention in the Built Work Competition 2002-2014, organised by the Uruguayan Society of Architects (SAU). Project: Loop.
Finalists in the Built Work Competition 2002-2014, organised by the Uruguayan Society of Architects (SAU).
Projects: PZ Residence and Índigo Complex.
First Prize in the private invited competition for San Martín Shopping Centre, Masterplan, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
8th Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, Cádiz, 2012. Selected works: Loop and Vitacura Building.
First Prize in the invited competition for Tiendas Montevideo, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
First Prize in the invited competition for the interior redesign of Portones Shopping, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Third Prize in the invited competition for the headquarters of the Spanish Agency for International Development
Cooperation (AECID).
FIABCI Uruguay Real Estate Excellence Award 2008. Special mention in the Commercial/Business category for the
extension of Montevideo Shopping Center, Montevideo, Uruguay.
First Prize in the private invited competition for the Índigo housing complex project in Punta del Este,
Uruguay.
First Prize in the competition for the new offices for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) representation in
Montevideo. Design–price–build format competition. Together with SACEEM.
First Prize in the private architectural design tender competition for the Guayaquil Land Terminal, Ecuador.
