Julio Cano Lasso
Appearance
Julio Cano Lasso | |
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Born | October 30, 1920 |
Died | December 7, 1996 (76 years old) |
Resting place | Torrelodones |
Alma mater | Polytechnic University of Madrid |
Movement | Rationalist |
Awards |
Julio Cano Lasso was a Spanish Architect, considered a master of Spanish architecture, alongside his contemporaries in the Madrid Rationalist school.[1] He began his architectural studies in 1939, following the Spanish Civil War, and completed his studies in 1949.[2][3] In 1987, he won the Antonio Camuñas Prize for Architecture. Beginning in 1990, he was a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1991, he earned the gold medal in Spanish Architecture Award from the Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España.[1][4] Cano Lasso said that he was influenced largely by Willem Marinus Dudok and Frank Lloyd Wright.[5]
Projects
[edit]- Satellite Communications Center in Buitrago del Lozoya[6]
- Madrid Telephone Exchange (Telefónica) buildings:
- Original designer of the Spanish Pavilion for the Seville Expo '92, but dropped out due to creative differences with the organization.
- Parcela G del Gran San Blas
- Social housing in Badajoz[6]
- Block of flats on Basílica Street, in Madrid[1]
- Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Salamanca[1]
- Labour University: (Main article: Labour University)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Cano Lasso | METALOCUS". www.metalocus.es. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ "Cano Lasso, de lo natural a lo racional". El Español (in Spanish). 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ "Julio Cano Lasso. Arquitectura Telefónica | Espacio Fundación Telefónica". espacio.fundaciontelefonica.com (in Spanish). 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ "ELCANO Severo Ochoa 2 Edificio de oficinas Las Rozas Madrid". www.elcanomadrid.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ "ABC MADRID 03-03-1987 página 43 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ a b González Capitel , Antón (1992). «Notes on the figure of Julio Cano Lasso in Spanish architecture» . In Superior Council of the Colleges of Architects of Spain, ed. Julio Cano Lasso: Gold Medal of Architecture 1991 . pp. 14-21. ISBN 8460421449 .