This is a list of Puerto Rican architects. This list includes people, both Puerto Rican and foreign, whose work has made a significant contribution to Puerto Rican architecture.
List of Puerto Rican
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Amaral, Jesús Eduardo, FAIA (1927, Humacao, PR)
''Founder and first Director (1966–69) of the School of Architecture-University of Puerto Rico.''
''Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1985.''
''Important works include Hotel Delicias, San Juan, PR (1960), Condominio Universitario, Condominio Costa Azul, Colegio Regional de Humacao.''
Benítez Rexach, Félix
''Important works include the
Normandie Hotel
The Normandie Hotel is a historic building located in the Isleta de San Juan, in San Juan, Puerto Rico which opened on October 10, 1942 as a hotel. Its design was inspired by the French transatlantic passenger ship SS ''Normandie'' in addition ...
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Bertoli Calderoni, Juan (1820-1885, Ponce, PR)
''Important works include
Teatro La Perla
Teatro La Perla is a historic theater in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Inaugurated in 1864, it is the second oldest theater of its kind in Puerto Rico, but "the largest and most historic in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean." The theater was name ...
, Ponce, PR (1864),
Casa Serrallés, Ponce, PR,
Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña, Ponce, PR.''
Cardona, Segundo, FAIA (1950-, San Juan, PR)
''Important works include
Coliseo de Puerto Rico in 2004.''
Carmoega, Rafael (1894–1968)
''Important works include the
School of Tropical Medicine (Escuela de Medicina Tropical) San Juan, PR (1924),
Mercado de las Carnes
Mercado de las Carnes ( en, Meat Market), also known as La Plaza de los Perros ( en, Dogs' Plaza), but formally, ''Plaza Juan Ponce de León'' (Juan Ponce de León Plaza), was the first building in Puerto Rico to mix social and architectural el ...
, Ponce, PR (1926), Capitolio de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (1929).''
De Castro y Besosa, Pedro (1895–1936)
[Vivoni, Enrique. Pedro de Castro y Besosa: Alarife de Sueños. Archivos de Arquitectura y Construccion, 1999.]
''Important works include
Castillo Serrallés, Ponce, PR (1930), Casa de España, San Juan, PR (1932), Villa Caparra, San Juan, PR (1929), Cuadrangulo UPR, San Juan, PR (1935).''
Domenech, Manuel V. (Ponce, PR)
''Important works include
Rosaly-Batiz House, Ponce, PR (1897),
Armstrong-Poventud Residence
Residencia Armstrong-Poventud (Armstrong-Poventud Residence) is a historic building located in the Ponce Historic Zone in Ponce, Puerto Rico, across from the Catedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. The construction of this home set the stage fo ...
, Ponce, PR (1899), and
Casa Paoli
Casa Paoli (English: Paoli House) is a historic house and biographical museum in barrio Cuarto, Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the Ponce Historic Zone. The house is significant as the birthplace of Antonio Paoli (1871–1946), a tenor who was the "fir ...
, Ponce, PR (1907 intervention).''
Frade, Ramon, (1875–1954, Cayey, PR)
Fuentes, Maruja (1978–2010, Ponce, PR)
Luberza, Timoteo (c. 1820 - 1895, Ponce, PR)
''Important works include
Plaza de Mercado de Ponce, Ponce, PR (1863), and
Acueducto de Ponce, Ponce, PR (1876).''
Méndez Mercado, Pedro (1902–1990)
[Vivoni, Enrique. Pedro Mendez Mercado en su Tiempo. Archivos de Arquitectura y Construccion.]
''Important works include
Edificio Miami, San Juan, PR (1936), Escuela Aguayo Aldea, Caguas, PR (1939),
Plaza del Mercado de Ponce
Plaza del Mercado de Ponce (English: Ponce Market Plaza) or, formally, Plaza del Mercado Isabel Segunda (often abbreviated as Plaza del Mercado Isabel II), is a historic marketplace building in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was inaugurated in 1863 by P ...
, Ponce, PR.''
Mignucci, Andrés, FAIA (1957, Ponce, PR - 2022, San Juan, PR).
''Henry Klumb Award''
''Fellow of the American Institute of Architects''
''Publications include Conversations with Form: A Workbook for Students of Architecture (Routledge, 2014), Arquitectura Contemporanea en Puerto Rico 1976-1992 (1992, 2011).'' and
onextos: el Parque Muñoz Rivera y el Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico (2012).
Nechodoma, Antonin (1887, Prague - 1928, San Juan)
''Important works include
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Ponce, PR (1907), Casa Korber, San Juan, PR (1917), Casa Roig, Humacao, PR (1921), Mansion Georgetti, San Juan, PR (1923), Banco de Nova Scotia, San Juan, PR (1924).''
Porrata Doria, Francisco (Ponce, PR)
''Important works include
Banco Credito y Ahorro Ponceño, Ponce, PR (1924),
Banco de Ponce
Banco de Ponce was the Puerto Rican bank with the largest number of branches in the United States and second largest bank in deposits and number of branches in Puerto Rico during the twentieth century. Founded in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the e ...
, Ponce, PR (1924), Castillo Mario Mercado, Guayanilla, PR (1930),
Teatro Fox Delicias
Teatro Fox Delicias is a historic building in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Inaugurated in 1931, it originally housed a movie house until 1980, from 1991 to 1998 it house a shopping mall, and stating in 2004 it housed a boutique hotel. Its ...
, Ponce, PR (1931).''
Rigau, Jorge FAIA (1953, Arecibo, Puerto Rico)
''Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 2006''
''Founder (1995) and First Dean of The New School of Architecture-Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico'' (1995–2006)
''Publications include Puerto Rico 1900, Turn of the Century Architecture in the Hispanic Caribbean 1890-1930 (1992),'' and Havana (with Nancy Stout) (1994).
[Rigau, Jorge and Stout, Nancy. Havana. Rizzoli, 1994.]
Silva Boucher, Blas (1869-1949, Ponce, PR)
''Important works include
Font-Ubides House, Ponce, PR (1913);
Subira Residence
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, Ponce, PR (1910); and
Salazar-Candal House
Casa Salazar-Candal ( en, Salazar–Candal House) is a historic building located on the southeast corner of Isabel and Mayor Cantera streets in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the city's historic district. The building dates from 1911. It was designed ...
, Ponce, PR (1911).''
Wiechers, Alfredo (1881, Ponce; 1964, Barcelona)
''Important works include
Casa Villaronga, Ponce, PR (1911),
Casa Serrallés, Ponce, PR (1911),
Casa Oppenheimer, Ponce, PR (1913).''
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