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2G 87: Alejandro de la Sota

No. 87. International Architecture Review
By Jelena Pancevac
Series: 2G
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2G 87: Alejandro de la Sota explores the impactful work of one of Spain's most passionate modern architects. This issue showcases a selection of his buildings and projects, from his early post-Civil War efforts like Esquivel village to iconic creations such as the Maravillas school sports hall and the Provincial Government Building in Tarragona, alongside lesser-known later works including the Post Office in León and unbuilt seaside houses in Mallorca.
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This book is ideal for architects, architecture students, and enthusiasts of modern Spanish architecture seeking insight into the legacy of a pivotal yet internationally under-recognised master.

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Alejandro de la Sota probably arouses more impassioned responses in Spain than any other modern Spanish architect. His work is the subject of pilgrimages by architects and students looking for a unique way of working, an encounter with an almost magical revelation.

Although he is a very well-known modern master in Spain, he is quite unknown abroad. This 2G issue presents a selection of buildings and projects of this forgotten modern master, from his first works built after the Spanish Civil War, as Esquivel village, to his masterpieces like the Maravillas school sports hall and the Provincial Government Building in Tarragona.

Additionally, it includes his later, not so known works such as the Post Office building in León or the unbuilt houses by the sea in Mallorca.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783753303109

Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 March 2023

Country: Germany

Imprint: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig

Illustration: 200 Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Edited by Moisés Puente
  • Introduction by Kersten Geers
  • Text by Alejandro de la Sota

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 300.0mm

Weight: 860g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

Alejandro de la Sota (1913 - 1996) was a Spanish architect. Born in Pontevedra in Galicia he graduated from the university in Madrid in 1941. He was a promoter of the industrialisation of construction in the 1960s and his Maravillas gymnasium of 1961 was the first steel-framed building in Madrid. He was appointed as architect at the National Colonization Institute, Directorate-General of the Postal Service, Aviaco and Iberia. He was a Senior Lecturer for 16 years at the Madrid School of Architecture and gave addresses and lectures at many architecture schools in Spain and abroad, most notably at Architectural Association London, Technische Universität München and Harvard University. He received the National Prize of Architecture and the Gold Medal of the Council of Architects.

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