Javier Senosiain

Javier Senosiain (b.1948, Mexico) is a leading exponent of organic architecture, a term first coined by Frank Lloyd Wright. For Senosiain, this means architecture that resembles natural formations more closely than traditional building shapes. His best‐known works are Casa Orgánica (Organic House) in Naucalpan, Mexico, built as his family's residence, and El Nido de Quetzalcóatl (The Nest of Quetzalcóatl), an organic architecture theme park in Naucalpan, still in progress, built with his signature mosaic technique, which often uses polychrome glass tiles.

He was recently featured in two group exhibitions: Everything Here is Volcanic at Friedman Benda (2023), New York, and In Praise of Caves: Organic Architecture Projects from Mexico by Carlos Lazo, Mathias Goeritz, Juan O’Gorman, and Javier Senosiain at The Noguchi Museum (2022), Queens, New York. Senosiain is a graduate of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he has since served as an architecture professor.

For Ground/work 2025, Javier Senosiain created Coata III, an animate structure in polychrome glass mosaic, rooted in Mesoamerican and exemplifying the power of pure imagination.