Alejandro de la Sota (architect) facts for kids
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Alejandro de la Sota
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Born |
Alejandro de la Sota Martínez
20 October 1913 Pontevedra, Spain
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Died | 14 February 1996 Madrid, Spain
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(aged 82)
Alma mater | Superior Technical School of Architecture of the Technical University of Madrid |
Occupation | Architect |
Buildings | Pontevedra Municipal Sports Hall Maravillas School Gynamsium |
Alejandro de la Sota Martínez (October 20, 1913 - 14 February 1996) was a Spanish architect. He was born in Pontevedra in Galicia. He graduated from the Technical University of Madrid in 1941 and, from 1956 to 1972 he was a professor there.
After graduation, de la Sota continued to live in Madrid, although he maintained links with his native Galicia. He was a promoter of the industrialisation of construction in the 1960s. His Maravillas School gymnasium of 1961 was the first steel-framed building in Madrid. Dora's buildings combine geometric rigor with constructive sincerity and a structural boldness of form that still surprises today.
De la Sota received the National Prize of Architecture and the Gold Medal of the Council of Architects.
Works
- Cruz Gallástegui Building, Galicia Biological Mission (1949) (Pontevedra)
- Gobierno Civil (Tarragona) (1956-1963)
- Talleres Aeronáuticos TABSA (Madrid) (1957-1958)
- Maravillas School Gynamsium (Madrid) (1961)
- Block of houses (Salamanca) (1963)
- César Carlos Residential College (Madrid) (1967)
- Children's Summer Residence (Miraflores de la Sierra) (1957-1959)
- CLESA dairy processing plant (Madrid) (1963)
- Houses in calle del Prior (Salamanca) (1962-1963)
- CENIM Industrial Building (Madrid) (1965-1967)
- Pontevedra Municipal Sports Hall (1966)
- Caja de Ahorros Provincial Residential School (Ourense) (1966-1967)
- Classrooms and Seminaries of the University (Sevilla) (1972)
- Computer center of the Post Office (Madrid) (1973-1976)
- Banco Pastor (Pontevedra) (1974)
- Post Office and Telecommunications Building (León) (1980-1983)
- Caja Postal de Ahorros Building (Madrid) (1986-1989)
- University Library (Santiago de Compostela) (1990)
- Court buildings (Zaragoza) (1991-1993)
- Redesign and Restoration of Cabildo Insular Building (Las Palmas) (1994)
Gallery
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The exterior of the Maravillas School Gymnasium (Madrid)
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Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes (Pontevedra)
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Gobierno Civil (Tarragona)
See also
In Spanish: Alejandro de la Sota para niños