Frida Escobedo established her studio in Mexico City in 2006. Initially, the studio’s reputation was built on the strength of a series of projects in her native Mexico, including the renovation of the Hotel Boca Chica (2008), the Pabellón El Eco (2010), and the extension of La Tallera Siqueiros in Cuernavaca (2012) and it was in 2018 that she achieved global reach when she was appointed to design the prestigious Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London, becoming the youngest architect to date to undertake such a commission.

Most recently, Escobedo was selected as the architect to design the new Modern and Contemporary Art wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, becoming the first – and youngest – woman to design for the institution. Following her appointment as design architect for The Tang Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Frida Escobedo opened a studio in New York City in 2022.

Frida has received numerous awards, including the Architectural League of New York’s Young Architects Forum Award (2009), the BIAU Award (2014), the Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Award (2016) and the Architectural League Emerging Voices Award (2017). In 2019, she was honoured as an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Most recently, La Créateurs Design Association & Awards named Frida as a recipient of the Charlotte Perriand Award 2024.

In parallel to her practice as an architect, Frida has taught at various institutions including Columbia University (2016), the Architectural Association of London (2016), Harvard University (2016/2019), Rice University (2019) and most recently at Yale University (2022).