Enrique Gebhard (

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, December 19, 1909 -

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, May 21, 1978) was a

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an architect.

Early life

He was first born son of the German farmer Enrique Gebhard Spuhr (1887 - 1971) and the Chilean Celia Paulus Olivares (1889 - 1961). From a very young age he showed special skills for drawing and design. In fact, in his adolescence, it helped to his father in works of masonry and smaller constructions destined to agricultural activities.

Architecture

Gebhard designed the

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in 1944.

References

1909 births 1978 deaths 20th-century Chilean architects {{Chile-architect-stub