Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza (12 October 1918 – 18 July 2000) was a Spanish

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 h ...

and influential practitioner of the

modernist movement Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

Biography

Born in Cáseda, Navarre, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza went to school in

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

and studied architecture in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

. After a study trip to the United States, in 1949 he returned to Madrid where he started teaching at the

School of Architecture This is a list of architecture schools at colleges and universities around the world. An architecture school (also known as a school of architecture or college of architecture), is an institution specializing in architectural education. Africa ...

, later becoming its director.Prince of Asturias Awards: ''Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza: Biography''
Retrieved 26 March 2018. Among the numerous awards he received in Spain are the National Architecture Award (1946 and 1954), Gold Medal for Architecture (1989) and the

Prince of Asturias Award The Princess of Asturias Awards ( es, Premios Princesa de Asturias, links=no, ast, Premios Princesa d'Asturies, links=no), formerly the Prince of Asturias Awards from 1981 to 2014 ( es, Premios Príncipe de Asturias, links=no), are a series of a ...

(1993). Sáenz is considered to be one of the most influential Spanish architects during the second half of the 20th century. He died of cancer in

in 2000.

Projects

One of his most notable projects was the Torres Blancas high-rise apartment and office building in Madrid. With a height of 71 metres, it was built between 1964 and 1969. The façade consists of cylindrical volumes crowned by round overhanging balconies."Torres Blancas"
''Mimoa''. Retrieved 25 March 2018. Other notable projects include the Arantzazu Basilica in Oñati, the Torre Triana administrative building in Seville, the Spanish embassy in Brussels, the Public University of Navarra in Pamplona, the remodelling of an old palace in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, into the Atlantic Center of Modern Art, and the Banco de Bilbao Tower in Madrid. File:TorresBlancas Madrid.jpg, Torres Blancas, Madrid File:Arantzazu dorrea 2005 04 24.JPG,

Sanctuary of Arantzazu The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Arantzazu is a Franciscan sanctuary located in Oñati, Basque Country, Spain. The shrine is a much appreciated place among Gipuzkoans, with the Virgin of Arantzazu being the sanctuary's namesake and patron saint of ...

File:Torre triana 2011 10.jpg, Torre Triana, Seville File:Madrid Paseo de la Castellana-BBVA.jpg, Banco de Bilbao Tower, Madrid

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saenz de Oiza, Francisco Javier 1918 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Spanish architects

Biography

Projects

References

Further reading

External links