Luis Gutiérrez Soto
Spanish architect
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Luis Gutiérrez Soto (1900–1977) was a Spanish architect. He worked primarily in Madrid.
Luis Gutiérrez Soto | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1900 Calle de Villanueva, Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 1977 (aged 76–77) Madrid, Spain |
Resting place | Mingorrubio Cemetery, El Pardo, Spain |
| Occupation | Architect |
Biography
Born on 6 June 1900 in the Calle de Villanueva,[1] Madrid, Spain. After earning a degree in 1923, he became Chief Architect of the Ministry of Public Instruction, delivering a profuse number of projects of schools until 1929.[2] His first noted project was the Cine Callao (1926).[3]
Once a follower of the rationalist architectural style, he reinvented himself during the Francoist dictatorship (1939–1975), adapting to the traditionalist aesthetics promoted by the regime, and became a representative of the neo-herrerian francoist style.[4]
He died in Madrid on 4 February 1977.[5] He was buried in the Mingorrubio Cemetery in El Pardo.[6] With a period of activity spanning along six decades, he delivered over 650 projects, most of them in Madrid.[3]
