Fernando de Higueras Díaz (November 26, 1930 – January 30, 2008) was a Spanish

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. He was one of the most famous architects in the world during the 1970s. He was born in

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. He graduated as an architect from the

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in 1959. His work is recognized worldwide as an original and interesting union of constructivist, rationalist and

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architecture. Higueras was also a musician, a painter and photographer. He died in Madrid, at the age of 77. Higueras's architecture displays a constructive adaptation to the natural and physical environment. His understanding of architecture came from popular contemporary approaches, and his spectacular but simple structural solutions, such as vaults, have been influential. His work appears at

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in New York. Higueras's significant works include: the Spanish Pavilion located in

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(1963), a multi-purpose building for

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(1969), the La Macarrona Residence in Somosaguas,

(1971-1976), the Fierro House in

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(1971), the Castellana at number 266

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in Madrid and the headquarters of the Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute (Spanish: Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España). He also designed the Museo de Antonio López Torres, in

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. Higueras was the winner of several architectural competitions, including the Montecarlo Polivalet Building (1969) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in

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(1980).

References

External links

Fernando Higueras web site

Fernando Higueras
biography in ''El Poder de la Palabra'' (in Spanish) 20th-century Spanish architects 1930 births 2008 deaths {{Spain-architect-stub