Enrique Buenaventura Juan Seoane Ros (

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

, January 12, 1915 – July 26, 1980) was a

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

vian

modernist Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and soc ...

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

of the 20th century.

Early life

Seoane was born in Lima on January 12, 1915, to parents Buenaventura Guillermo Seoane García and Rosario Ros Gutiérrez. He studied at the Colegio de La Inmaculada and followed architecture courses at the National School of Engineers, predecessor of the

National University of Engineering The National University of Engineering (, UNI) is a public engineering and science university located in the Rímac District of Lima, Peru. It's widely considered as one of Peru's most prestigious educational institutions. History The National ...

(UNI).

Career

He graduated as an engineer-architect in 1944 and was a professor at the Department of Architecture at the UNI and at the

Federico Villarreal National University Federico Villarreal National University (, UNFV) is a public university located in Lima, Peru. It was named in honor of the Peruvian mathematician Federico Villarreal. History It first functioned as a branch of the Community University of t ...

. He was a supporter in favor of a

modern style The Modern Style is a style of architecture, art, and design that first emerged in the United Kingdom in the mid-1880s. It was the first Art Nouveau style worldwide, and it represents the evolution of the Arts and Crafts movement which was nativ ...

of architecture that would replace the old-fashioned French-style of

, and supported—but did not sign—a manifesto that was published in ''El Comercio'' and ''El Arquitecto Peruano'' in 1947 that supported this movement.

Selected works

*Rizo Patrón Building, Lima (1939–1940) *Church of Ancón, Ancón (1943–1944) *Tacna-Nazarenas Building, Lima (1945–1946) *Wilson Building, Lima (1945–1946) *''La Nacional Insurance Company'' Building, Lima (1947–1948) * Ministry of Education Building, Lima (1951–1956) *Diagonal Building, Miraflores (1952–1954) *Pilar Church, Arequipa (1953) *

Edificio Limatambo The Limatambo Building (), also known as the Seoane Building (), was a building in San Isidro District, Lima. The building was known for its billboards, most of which promoted the Coca-Cola Company. It was demolished in 2013 to make way for the p ...

, Lince (1953–1954; demolished, 2013) * ''Banco Comercial'', Lima (1962-1963; destroyed, 2000) *

Banco Wiese Banco Wiese, Ltdo., known as the Banco Wiese Sudameris (BWS) after 1997, was a Peruvian bank that existed between 1943 and 2006, when it was merged into Scotiabank's local branch, ''Scotiabank Perú''. History The bank was founded by a group of P ...

building, Lima (1957–1965) *Callao Chamber of Commerce,

Callao Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and Regions of Peru, region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists ...

(1966–1969) *''Hotel César's'', with Ricardo J. Malachowski Benavides, Miraflores (1971–1974) *''Shopping Center Motta'', with Ricardo J. Malachowski Benavides,

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

(1972) *Peruvian Steamship Company, with Ricardo J. Malachowski Benavides, Callao (1973)

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{{Authority control 1915 births 1980 deaths 20th-century Peruvian architects

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