|
Jimmy Alcock
Walter James Alcock Pérez, known as Jimmy Alcock (Caracas, September 14, 1932) is a British-Venezuelan architect who resides in Caracas. He won the National Architecture Prize of Venezuela in 1993 and is the XXXIV Member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Habitat of Venezuela. Biography Born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1932 of a British father (Frank Alcock Lascelles) and a Venezuelan mother (Matilde Perez-Matos). He studied elementary school at Colegio La Salle of Caracas and later studied at Saint Edmunds College in Hertforshire in England. He attended the School of Architecture and Urbanism of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, were he graduated as an architect in 1959. During that time he worked with the architect Alejandro Pietri in the Project of the Parque del Este, Caracas and in the Planning Project of the International Exhibition Fair of Caracas. In 1958 he married Carolina Púnceles. In 1959 he associated with his teacher, the architect Jose Miguel Gal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants. The center of the city is still ''Catedral'', located near Bolívar Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
