Luis Gutiérrez Soto (1900–1977) 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 ...

. He worked primarily in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

Biography

Born on 6 June 1900 in the , Madrid, Spain. After earning a degree in 1923, he became Chief Architect of the Ministry of Public Instruction, delivering a profuse number of projects of schools until 1929. His first noted project was the

Cine Callao Cine Callao is a building located in Plaza de Callao in Madrid. It is a common venue for film premieres and press screenings. Designed by Luis Gutiérrez Soto, the facade features elements inspired by the Art Deco. The building was inaugurated o ...

(1926). Once a follower of the rationalist architectural style, he reinvented himself during the

Francoist dictatorship Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spai ...

(1939–1975), adapting to the traditionalist aesthetics promoted by the regime, and became a representative of the neo-

herrerian The Herrerian style ( es, estilo herreriano or ''arquitectura herreriana'') of architecture was developed in Spain during the last third of the 16th century under the reign of Philip II (1556–1598), and continued in force in the 17th centur ...

francoist style. He died in Madrid on 4 February 1977. He was buried in the

Mingorrubio Cemetery The Mingorrubio Cemetery ( es, Cementerio de Mingorrubio), also called the Cemetery of El Pardo ( es, Cementerio de El Pardo), is a municipal cemetery on the edge of Madrid, Spain. Mingorrubio is a neighborhood in the northern district of Fuenc ...

El Pardo El Pardo is a ward (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo. As of 2008 its population was of 3,656. History The ward was first mentioned in 1405 and in 1950 was an autonomous municipality of the Community of Madrid ...

. With a period of activity spanning along six decades, he delivered over 650 projects, most of them in Madrid.

References

;Citations ;Bibliography * 1900 births 1977 deaths 20th-century Spanish architects Burials at Mingorrubio Cemetery {{Spain-architect-stub