Fernando Higueras
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Fernando Higueras (Madrid, 1930[1] - Madrid, january 2008)[2] was an spanish architect.
Biography
Fernando de Higueras Díaz was born in Madrid in 1930 and graduated as an architect in the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid in 1959. His architecture is worldwide recognized as an original and interesting union of of constructivist, rationalist and organicist architecture.
Autor of music, painting and photography, artistic disciplines in which has also been awarded its worth, originality and creative power of Higueras represents, within the landscape architectural, one of the most unique conjunctions of rigour constructive adaptation to natural and physical environment and understanding of architecture from popular contemporary approaches. His spectacular and simple structural solutions, along with their vaults have influenced subsequent architects significantly. The richness of the work of Higueras represents the original union of architecture in constructivism, in the best tradition of constructive Wright could also be regarded as one of the precursors of informalim in architecture.
He died in Madrid on January 30, 2008, 77 years old.
Representative buildings and projects
One of the architects of the Spanish twentieth century more internationally recognized, among his most outstanding works projects and their project to include the Spanish pavilion New York 1963, the awared multipurpose building for Montecarlo 1969, and houses La Macarrona in Somosaguas Madrid 1971-76,Fierro House in Marbella, as well as the building Castellana, at number 266 Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, or Sede del Instituto del Patrimonio Histórico Español. It is particularly novel in its style and its constructive materialsCollege Survey(which was a student), in Madrid, heir of the ILE. His work appears in MOMA in New York.
- Museo de Antonio López Torres, Tomelloso, Ciudad Real, Spain.
<gallery> Image:Casa en Somosaguas Fernado Higueras.jpg|La Macarrona Residence Somosaguas Madrid Fernado Higueras.
Recognitions
The work of Fernando Higueras has been recognized worldwide, with a multitude of international awards and honours, being regarded as one of the leading masters of the best current Spanish architects, as Santiago Calatrava, Rafael Moneo and others.
- ^ "Fondo Fernando Higueras (FH)" (HTML). november, 1928 2008.
Fernando Higueras Díaz was born in Madrid in 1930
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