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Rafael Esguerra García (1922-2000) was the principal architect and co-founder of Colombian architecture firm Esguerra Saenz Urdaneta Samper (ESUS) in 1946. He graduated in 1945 from the National Colombian University ( Universidad Nacional de Colombia) in Architecture and Civil Engineering. In ESUS he was in charge of the Structural department. He was also in the Board of subsidiary companies of ESUS such as Estruco & Cia. Ltda, a company specialized in concrete structures and civil engineering established in 1953. He partnered with engineer Doménico Parma and created the firm Ingeniería Mecánica Colombiana (IMC) in 1963 to design and produce heavy machinery for building processes, structural cabling an
post-tensioning technologies
His work includes
CiudadelaColsubsidio.JPG, 
El arquitecto Rafael Esguerra, el hombre de las grandes estructuras
3 September 2010 El Tiempo
Rafael Esguerra García (1922-2000) was the principal architect and co-founder of Colombian architecture firm Esguerra Saenz Urdaneta Samper (ESUS) in 1946. He graduated in 1945 from the National Colombian University ( Universidad Nacional de Colombia) in Architecture and Civil Engineering. In ESUS he was in charge of the Structural department. He was also in the Board of subsidiary companies of ESUS such as Estruco & Cia. Ltda, a company specialized in concrete structures and civil engineering established in 1953. He partnered with engineer Doménico Parma and created the firm Ingeniería Mecánica Colombiana (IMC) in 1963 to design and produce heavy machinery for building processes, structural cabling anpost-tensioning technologies
His work includes
Avianca
Avianca S.A. (acronym in Spanish for ''Aerovias del Continente Americano S.A.'', "Airways of the American Continent") is a Colombian airline. It has been the flag carrier of Colombia since December 5, 1919, when it was initially registered under ...
headquarters Tower in 1968, the Centro Urbano Antonio Nariño
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(Antonio Nariño Urban Center) in 1952, and notably the Concrete dome of the Periodicals Archive Hall (Hemeroteca) of the Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango (Luis Ángel Arango Library
Luis Ángel Arango Library (Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango or BLAA) is a public library located in Bogotá, Colombia. It is one of the largest and most important libraries in the world. It was founded in 1958 as a small library with a few books o ...
). He was also involved in the design and construction of the Banco Central Hipotecario (BCH) building (Central Mortgage Bank) and the Ciudadela Colsubsidio
Ciudadela Colsubsidio is a neighbourhood (''barrio'') of Bogotá, Colombia
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. He founded the Aeroclub de Colombia and logged 15,000 hours of flight.
Works
Ciudadela Colsubsidio
Ciudadela Colsubsidio is a neighbourhood (''barrio'') of Bogotá, Colombia
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Luis Angel Arango Library, Bogota.jpg, Luis Angel Arango Library
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, Bogotá
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Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango (Bogotá) 01.JPG, Luis Angel Arango Library
Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango (Bogotá) 02.JPG, Luis Angel Arango Library
3 September 2010 El Tiempo
See also
*Colombian architecture
Colombia's architectural heritage includes Spanish colonial architecture including Catholic churches. Its modern architecture represents various International Style architecture. In the postmodern architecture era a wave of innovate and striking ...
References
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