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The exterior of the Maravillas School Gymnasium (Madrid)
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The interior of the Maravillas School Gymnasium
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Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes (Pontevedra)
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Gobierno Civil (Tarragona)
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.
Alejandro de la Sota | |
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Born | Alejandro de la Sota Martínez 20 October 1913 Pontevedra, Spain |
Died | 14 February 1996 Madrid, Spain | (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 |
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.