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List Of Spanish Architects
Following is a list of architects from the country of Spain. A–M * Vicente Acero (c.1675/1680–1739) * Martín de Aldehuela (1729–1802) *Martín de Andújar Cantos (born 1602) * Juan Bautista Antonelli (1550–1616) * Claudio de Arciniega (c. 1520–1593) * Juan Martín Cermeño (1700-1773) * Alberto Campo Baeza (born 1946) * Jerónimo Balbás (18th century) * José Banús * Francisco Becerra (c. 1545–1605) *Francesc Berenguer i Mestres (1866–1914) *Alonso Berruguete (1488–1561) *Ricardo Bofill (1939–2022) * Jaume Busquets (1904–1968) *Santiago Calatrava (born 1951) * Nerea Calvillo (born 1973) *Félix Candela (1910–1997) *Alonzo Cano (1601–1667) * Jerónimo Cuervo González (1838–1898) *Antoni Bonet Castellana *José Benito de Churriguera (1665–1725) *Josep Antoni Coderch (1913–1984) *Simón de Colonia (died 1511) *Alonso de Covarrubias *Francisco de Cubas *Josep Domènech i Estapà (1858–1917) *Llu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. Etymologically, the term architect derives from the Latin ''architectus'', which derives from the Greek (''arkhi-'', chief + ''tekton'', builder), i.e., chief builder. The professional requirements for architects vary from place to place. An architect's decisions affect public safety, and thus the architect must undergo specialized training consisting of advanced education and a ''practicum'' (or internship) for practical experience to earn a Occupational licensing, license to practice architecture. Practical, technical, and academic requirements for becoming an architect vary by jurisdiction, though the formal study of architecture in academic institutions has played a pivotal role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerea Calvillo
Nerea Calvillo (Madrid, 7 March 1973) is a Spanish architect who investigates the intersection between architecture, science and technology, as well as feminist studies, new materials and urban political ecology. Specialized in the research of the visual representation of air in the atmosphere, she constructs graphic diagrams for the visualization of invisible microscopic agents in the air and thus influences the improvement of air quality. This project is called ''"In the Air"''. Education She studied architecture at the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM), where she received her PhD in 2014 with outstanding cum laude with the thesis "''Sensing Aeropolis''". She obtained the Poiesis Fellowship from New York University. With the Fulbright scholarship, she studied in New York, graduating from the Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design, MSAAD, at Columbia University in New York. She continued her research in the air quality data with a Fellowshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damián Forment
Damián is a Czech, Slovak and Spanish male given name, which is a form of the name Damian. Damian is derived from the Greek name Δαμιανος (Damianos), from the Greek word δαμαζω (damazo), meaning "to tame" or "to master".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Damian" Retrieved on 23 January 2016. The given name may refer to: * Damián Akerman (born 1980), Argentine football player *Damián Alcázar (born 1953), Mexican actor * Damián Anache (born 1981), Argentine composer * Damián Batallini (born 1996), Argentine footballer *Damián Blaum (born 1981), Argentine swimmer *Damián de Santo (born 1968), Argentine actor *Damián Domingo (1796–1834), Filipino painter *Damián Díaz (born 1986), Argentine football player *Damián Escudero (born 1987), Argentine footballer *Damián Genovese (born 1978), Venezuelan actor *Damián Iguacén Borau (born 1916), Spanish bishop *Damián Ísmodes (born 1989), Peruvian football player *Damián Lizio (born 1989), Bolivian football player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Fernández Queimadelos
Rita Eugenia Fernández Benedicta Queimadelos (1911 - 26 September 2008) was a Spanish architect. She is considered the second, sometimes the third female architect in Spain. The first female architect to officially sign her own architectural projects in the state. She is also the first female architect in Galicia. Early life and education Rita Fernández Queimadelos was born in 1911 in A Torre, a village in the municipality of A Cañiza, in the province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. She was a daughter of Domingo Fernández y Fernández and Modesta Queimadelos Vázquez, merchants and owners of a haberdashery in the center of Orense. Fernández Queimadelos spent her childhood mainly in Orense and in A Torre during the summer holidays. In 1928, she moved to Santiago de Compostela to live with her grandmother. There Fernández Queimadelos started her studies at the University of Santiago de Compostela by taking two courses in Chemical Sciences. In 1929, women gained access to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lluís Domènech I Montaner
Lluís Domènech i Montaner (; 21 December 1850 – 27 December 1923) was a Spanish architect who was highly influential on '' Modernisme català'', the Catalan Art Nouveau/Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician. Born in Barcelona, he initially studied physics and natural sciences, but soon switched to architecture. He was registered as an architect in Barcelona in 1873. He also held a 45-year tenure as a professor and director at the Escola d'Arquitectura, Barcelona's school of architecture, and wrote extensively on architecture in essays, technical books and articles in newspapers and journals. His most famous buildings, the Hospital de Sant Pau and Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, have been collectively designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As an architect, 45-year professor of architecture and prolific writer on architecture, Domènech i Montaner played an important role in defining the ''Modernisme arquitectonic'' in Catalonia. This style has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josep Domènech I Estapà
Josep Domènech i Estapà (; Tarragona, 1858 – Cabrera de Mar, 1917) was a Catalan architect. He graduated in 1881, and became professor of geodesy (1888) and descriptive geometry (1895) at the University of Barcelona, and member of the Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts (1883), of which he subsequently became president(1914). His works in Barcelona include the church of Sant Andreu del Palomar (1881, with Pere Falqués), Teatre Poliorama and Reial Acadèmia de les Ciències (1883), Palau de la Justícia - Palace of Justice courthouse (1887-1908, with Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia), Palau Montaner, now the Delegación del Gobierno Español (Delegation of the Spanish Government) in Barcelona (1889-1896, with Lluís Domènech i Montaner), the University of Barcelona's Faculty of Medicine (1904), Modelo prison (1904, with Salvador Vinyals i Sabaté), the Amparo de Santa Lucía / Empar de Santa Llúcia home for the blind, which eventually became the Museu de la Ciència de Barcelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco De Cubas
Francisco de Cubas y González-Montes (13 April 1826 – 2 January 1899) was a Spanish architect and politician. He was also known as the Marquis of Cubas (Marqués de Cubas) after his noble title, the marquisate of Cubas. He was also from 1894 the Marquis of Fontalba. He studied at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid and obtained scholarships that allowed him to complete his studies in Italy and Greece. Upon his return to Spain in 1858, he won a medal at the National Exposition of 1858. A member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando from 1870, he worked as an architect while also pursuing a political career as a member of the Cortes Generales (as a deputy or diputado), en 1893, as the senator representing Ávila between 1896–98, and, he served as mayor of Madrid for a month (November 6, 1892 – December 1, 1892). His work represents some of the most well-known of 19th century architecture of Madrid, and his style is noted for its use of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alonso De Covarrubias
Alonso de Covarrubias ( Torrijos, Toledo 1488–1570) was a Spanish architect and sculptor of the Renaissance, active mainly in Toledo. Works Covarrubias' works include: His first work was associated with Antón Egas and Juan Guas, in a style the transition between late gothic and Plateresque. In the first years of his career he worked principally as a sculptor. First works as architect: *At Sigüenza Cathedral, he is credited with designing the retables of Saint Librada and Fadrique de Portugal, influenced by Francisco de Baeza (1515). * In the Hospital de Santa Cruz (Toledo): the courtyard and the plateresque stairway. * In 1532 worked in the sacristy of Sigüenza Cathedral. In Toledo: *In 1534 he was named superintendent of the building program at Toledo Cathedral where he planned the New Kings chapel. *In 1537 Covarrubias and Luis de Vega were named architects of the Alcázar. Covarrubias built the main façade and the courtyard. * (1541- ) Designed and built the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simón De Colonia
Simón de Colonia (died 1511) was a Spanish architect and sculptor, son of architect Juan de Colonia and father of architect and sculptor Francisco de Colonia. Francisco de Colonia was a Gothic style sculptor and architect of the Plateresque. After his father's death in 1481 Simón succeeded him as master builder of Burgos cathedral. His most famous work is the chapel of the Constable in this cathedral. He also worked on the reconstruction of Miraflores Charterhouse Miraflores Charterhouse ( es, Cartuja de Miraflores) is an Isabelline style charterhouse, or Carthusian monastery of the Order of the Carthusians, built on a hill (known as Miraflores) about three kilometres from the center of the Spanish city of .... Pedro de Velasco built Mencia de Menoza a special palace, The Casa del Cordon, the House of the Cord, is the most important building of Burgos civil architecture and was constructed in the 15th century. It is located at the Plaza de la Libertad. It was built for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josep Antoni Coderch
Josep Antoni Coderch i de Sentmenat (Barcelona, 26 November 1913 in - Barcelona, 6 November 1984), Spanish architect recognized as one of the most important post-World War II architects. Early life and career In 1932 Coderch started studying architecture at the Barcelona School of Architecture, which he graduated in 1940. He started his office with Manual Valls in 1942. After graduating he worked in Madrid with Pedro Muguruza and Secundino Zuazo. Years later, he is appointed city architect of Sitges, where he designs the Civil Guard garrison. After joining the CIAM, he became a member of Team 10 in 1960. , retrieved 26 April 2011 Buildings [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Benito De Churriguera
José Benito de Churriguera (21 March 1665, in Madrid – 2 March 1725, in Madrid) was a Spanish architect, sculptor and urbanist of the late-Baroque or Rococo style. He was born in Madrid to a Catalan cabinetmaker, gilder and altarpiece joiner, Josep Simó Xoriguera i Elies and to doña Maria de Ocaña, and studied under his father along with two of his brothers. His excessively decorated style, which can be described as an obsessively over-wrought '' horror vacui'' on any surface or facade, led to the adjective churrigueresque. He and his two brothers Joaquin (1674–1724) and Alberto (1676–1750) were recognized as the leading architects of their time. Works His works include or are found in the following: * The altarpiece in the church for Convent of San Esteban in Salamanca * In the New Cathedral of Salamanca. * The church of Saint Sebastian in Madrid * The church of San Cayetano in Madrid. * The church of Saint Thomas in Madrid. * The Goyeneche Palace in Madrid. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoni Bonet Castellana
Antoni Bonet i Castellana (Barcelona, 1913–1989) was a Spanish architect from Catalonia, designer and urban planner. He began his career with Josep Lluís Sert and Josep Torres Clavé. He was a member of GATCPAC. In 1936 he joins the atelier of Le Corbusier in Paris. Afterwards he works in Argentina and Uruguay. He is best remembered as one of the designers of the "BKF" Butterfly chair, as part of the Austral Group, in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1938, along with partners Juan Kurchan and Jorge Ferrari Hardoy. From 1971 through 1975, his studio in Barcelona Spain, was run by the Head of Studio, Miguel Cervantes Martinez Brocca, a Uruguayan Architect who then became head of the Central office of Bellas Artes of Spain. Bonet designed the lower apartments for La Manga Campo de Golf as well as the upper Cabeza Blanca apartments above the club house. He told the story of how Knoll came to Buenos Aires in the 1940s and bought the rights to produce the Butterfly chair. Bonet was never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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