Carlos Menéndez

Carlos A. Menéndez was born in Havana, Cuba and studied architecture at the University of Texas at Austin where he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1986. While in architecture school, Mr. Menendez studied high-rise building design with Natalie de Blois (renowned architect of the Lever House, NY 1952) and British urban, interior and landscape design as part of a UT / Oxford program. Upon graduation, Carlos joined the New York architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates where he worked as an intern architect on high-rise commercial buildings such as ABC Phase III Corporate Headquarters, the Rizzoli Tower on 5th Avenue in New York, Mellon Bank Tower in Philadelphia and the IBM corporate headquarters at 1225 Avenue Rene-Levesque, Montreal, Canada. Inspired by the filmmaking process and employing architecture as an aesthetic foundation, Mr. Menendez began designing sets in the early 1990's starting as art director on the television series South Beach (1992). Since then, he has worked as production designer on Dietland (2018) The Breaks (2017), Madoff (2016) South of Hell (2015) Rob the Mob (2014) Step Up Revolution (2012), Love Wedding Marriage (2011) and Stopping Power (2007) as well as art director and set designer on The Dictator (2012), Larry Crowne (2011), Miami Vice (2006), The Lost City (2005), Any Given Sunday (1999), Analyze This (1999), The Horse Whisperer (1998), Wild Things (1998), Speed 2 (1997), Ransom (1996), and Bad Boys (1995). In addition to his work on feature films, Carlos has designed numerous award-winning commercials in South America, Europe and Southeast Asia receiving three nominations from the Art Directors Guild for excellence in production design. Carlos is a licensed architect and a member of The American Institute of Architects.