List of Puerto Rican architects
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This is a list of notable Puerto Rican architects. You can help by expanding it with sourced additions.
This list includes people, both Puerto Rican and foreign, whose work has made a significant contribution to Puerto Rican architecture. Basic criteria used to assess notability includes (but is not necessarily limited to):
This list should be carefully maintained, and adding or deleting a name without first discussing the change on the article's talk page is likely to be reverted. This list should contain the names of persons who meet Wikipedia's Notability Criteria, even if the person does not have an article yet. Additions to the list must be listed in alphabetical order by surname and must provide a reliable verifiable source which cites the person's notability and/or the person's link to Puerto Rico, otherwise the name will be removed.
List of Notable Puerto Rican
Abruña, Fernando, FAIA (1952, San Juan, PR)
Architect, Author, Educator.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Henry Klumb Award 2010
Author of Fresco Gratis (1980), A Ojo de Buen Cubero (1992), and La Casa Ausente (2006).
Amaral, Jesús Eduardo
, FAIA (1927, Humacao, PR)
Architect, Educator.
Founder (1966) and first Director (1966–69) of the School of Architecture-University of Puerto Rico.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1985.
Professional practice - Amaral y Morales in partnership with Efrer Morales (1928–1992), Jesús E. Amaral Arquitectos.
Important works include Hotel Delicias, San Juan, PR (1960), Condominio Universitario, Condominio Costa Azul, Colegio Regional de Humacao.
Bertoli Calderoni, Juan
Architect.
Important works include Teatro La Perla, Ponce, PR (1864), Casa Serralles, Ponce, PR, Museo de la Musica Puertorriqueña
, Ponce, PR.
Blanco, Francisco Javier
Architect, Founder (1970) and first Executive Director (1970–2003) of the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust.
Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1989.
Cardona, Segundo, FAIA (1950, San Juan, PR)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1992.
Professional practice with Sierra Cardona y Ferrer in partnership with Luis Sierra "(1944–2005) and Alberto Ferrer (1947).
Important works include Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín, San Juan, PR (c.1989), Pabellón de Puerto Rico, Sevilla, España (1992) and the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (2004)
Carmoega, Rafael
(1894–1968)
Architect.
Important works include the School of Tropical Medicine (Escuela de Medicina Tropical)
San Juan, PR (1924), Mercado de las Carnes
, Ponce, PR (1926), Capitolio de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (1929).
De Castro, Pedro (1895–1936)
Architect.
Important works include Castillo Serrallés, Ponce, PR (1930), Casa de España, San Juan, PR (1932), Villa Caparra, San Juan, PR (1929), Cuadrangulo UPR, San Juan, PR (1935).
Del Cueto, Beatriz, FAIA (1952, Habana, Cuba)
Architect, Conservation and Restoration Specialist.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Important works include Restauración Hacienda Vives, Ponce, PR, Restauración Faro de las Cabezas, Fajardo, PR, and Restauración Casa Cuyar / Sede Colegio de Arquitectos, San Juan, PR.
Del Rio, Jorge, FAIA (1934, Habana, Cuba-2000, San Juan, PR)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1989.
Del Valle Zeno, Carlos and
Del Valle Zeno, Rafael (1878–1960)
Architects.
Important works include Casino de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (1913–1915), Casa Cuyar (1910) (Colegio de Arquitectos de PR), San Juan, PR.
Diaz, Horacio, FAIA (1923–2001)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1989.
Founding member of the Instituto de Arquitectos de Puerto Rico.
Domenech, Fernando, FAIA (San Juan, PR)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, 2009.
Principal, Domenech-Hicks Architects, Boston, MA.
Domenech, Manuel V.
(Ponce, PR)
Architect.
Important works include Rosaly-Batiz House
, Ponce, PR (1897), Armstrong-Poventud Residence
, Ponce, PR (1899), and Casa Paoli
, Ponce, PR (1907 intervention).
Ferrer, Miguel, FAIA (1914–2004)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1986.
Professional practice with Toro y Ferrer in partnership with Osvaldo Toro (1914–1995).
Important works include Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico Supreme Court, San Juan, PR, and San Juan International Airport, San Juan, PR.
Finlayson, Adrian Clark (20 Sep 1883 - New York-Sep 1921, Syracuse, NY)
Architect. Studied architecture at syracuse University. State Architect during the first two decades of the XX century and architect of landmark public projects particularly public schools.
Important works include Ponce High School
, Ponce, PR (1915), Escuela Labra, San Juan, PR (1916), Escuela Superior Central, San Juan, PR (1921).
Fiol-Silva, Antonio, FAIA (San Juan, PR)
Architect, Planner.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, 2009.
Principal, WRT Architects & Planners, Philadelphia, PA.
Flores, Luis, FAIA (1940, Cayey, PR)
Architect, Educator.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 2005.
Professional practice with Marvel Flores Cobián.
Important works include Terminal Este de Carros Públicos, Dorado, PR, Balneario El Tuque, Ponce, PR, and Terminal de Transportación Pública Río Piedras, San Juan, PR.
Frade, Ramon
, (1875–1954, Cayey, PR)
Architect, Artist
One of Puerto Rico's most renowned artists and architects.
Klumb, Henry
, FAIA (1905–1984)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Important works include Plan Maestro Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (1944–1966), Biblioteca José M. Lázaro, San Juan, PR (1947), Centro de Estudiantes, San Juan, PR (1955), Iglesia San Martín de Porres, Cataño, PR (1950), Iglesia del Carmen, Cataño, PR (1958).
Marvel, Thomas, FAIA (1935, Newburgh, NY, USA)
Architect, Author.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1990.
Professional practice with Reed, Torres, Beauchamp Marvel, Marvel Flores Cobián, Marvel & Marchand Architects.
Important works include Convento Las Carmelitas, Trujillo Alto, PR, Alcaldía de Bayamón, Casa Marvel I, San Juan, PR (1965), and Casa Marvel II, San Juan, PR (1976).
Publications include La arquitectura de templos parroquiales de Puerto Rico (with Maria Luisa Moreno (1984) and Marvel, Thomas S., Antonin Nechodoma: Architect, 1877-1928: The Prairie School in the Caribbean (1994).
Méndez, Pedro (1902–1990)
Architect.
Important works include Edificio Miami, San Juan, PR (1936), Escuela Aguayo Aldea, Caguas, PR (1939), Plaza del Mercado, Ponce, PR.
Mignucci, Andrés
, FAIA (1957, Ponce, PR).
Architect, Author, Educator.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Important works include Santuario Santo Cristo de los Milagros, Carolina, PR (1997), Parque de los Niños, San Juan, PR (2000), Parque Luis Muñoz Rivera, San Juan, PR (2003), La Ventana al Mar, San Juan, PR (2004).
Publications include Arquitectura Dominicana 1890-1930 (1990) (with Jorge Rigau and Emilio Martínez) and Arquitectura Contemporanea en Puerto Rico 1976-1992 (1992).
Nechodoma, Antonin
(1887, Prague - 1928, San Juan)
Architect.
Important works include Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
, Ponce, PR (1907), Casa Korber, San Juan, PR (1917), Casa Roig, Humacao, PR (1921), Mansion Georgetti, San Juan, PR (1923), Banco de Nova Scotia, San Juan, PR (1924).
Pérez-Chanis, Efrain (1920–2005)
Architect, Author, Educator.
Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1992
Founder and Director of the architectural magazine URBE.
Publications include Crónicas en un Tiempo de Arte (2003).
Porrata Doria, Francisco
(Ponce, PR)
Architect.
Important works include Banco Credito y Ahorro Ponceño
, Ponce, PR (1924), Banco de Ponce
, Ponce, PR (1924), Castillo Mario Mercado, Guayanilla, PR (1930), Teatro Fox Delicias
, Ponce, PR (1931).
Rigau, Jorge FAIA (1953, Arecibo, Puerto Rico)
Architect, Author, Pedagogue.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 2006
Founder (1995) and First Dean of The New School of Architecture-Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (1995–2006)
Publications include Puerto Rico 1900, Turn of the Century Architecture in the Hispanic Caribbean 1890-1930 (1992), and Havana (with Nancy Stout) (1994).
Rodriguez Suarez, Francisco Javier (1970, San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Architect, Educator.
Dean of the School of Architecture-University of Puerto Rico (2007-)
Sanz, Carlos, FAIA (1926–2002)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Founding member of the Puerto Rico Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Sevillano, Fidel
Architect.
Important works include Plaza del Mercado, Manatí, PR (1925), Antonia Saez School, Humacao, PR (1927).
Silva Boucher, Blas
Engineer.
Important works include Casa Salazar
, Ponce, PR (1911), Casa Font-Ubides
, Ponce, PR (1913).
Toro, Osvaldo, FAIA (1914–1995)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1986.
Professional practice with Toro y Ferrer in partnership with Miguel Ferrer (1914–2005).
Important works include Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico Supreme Court, San Juan, PR, and San Juan International Airport, San Juan, PR.
Vivoni Farage, Enrique (1949, San Juan, PR)
Architect, Author, Educator.
Director, Archivos de Arquitectura y Construcción Universidad de Puerto Rico (AACUPR)
Publications include Antonin Nechodoma: umbral para una nueva arquitectura caribeña (1989), Pedro Mendez Mercado en su Tiempo (1999), Pedro de Castro y Besosa: Alarife de Sueños. (1999), Klumb: An Architecture of Social Concern (2007)
Wiechers, Alfredo
(1881, Ponce -1964, Barcelona)
Architect.
Important works include Casa Villaronga
, Ponce, PR (1911), Casa Serrallés
, Ponce, PR (1911), Casa Oppenheimer
, Ponce, PR (1913).
This list includes people, both Puerto Rican and foreign, whose work has made a significant contribution to Puerto Rican architecture. Basic criteria used to assess notability includes (but is not necessarily limited to):
- Architects who are Fellows of the American Institute of Architects FAIAFAIAFellow of the American Institute of Architects is a postnomial, designating an individual who has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects...
. The FAIA Wikipedia entry explains how this award reflects notability. - Architects who are recipients of the Henry Klumb Award. The Henry KlumbHenry KlumbHeinrich Klumb was a German architect who worked in Puerto Rico. He was one of Puerto Rico's most prominent architects in the mid 20th Century.-Education and Early Life:...
Award is the highest honor awarded by the Puerto Rico College of Architects for excellence and contributions to the profession. - Authors of books on Architecture and Puerto Rican Architecture.
- Subjects of books on Architecture and Puerto Rican Architecture.
- Architects who have designed landmarks of Puerto Rican architecture.
This list should be carefully maintained, and adding or deleting a name without first discussing the change on the article's talk page is likely to be reverted. This list should contain the names of persons who meet Wikipedia's Notability Criteria, even if the person does not have an article yet. Additions to the list must be listed in alphabetical order by surname and must provide a reliable verifiable source which cites the person's notability and/or the person's link to Puerto Rico, otherwise the name will be removed.
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Abruña, Fernando, FAIA (1952, San Juan, PR)Architect, Author, Educator.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Henry Klumb Award 2010
Author of Fresco Gratis (1980), A Ojo de Buen Cubero (1992), and La Casa Ausente (2006).
Amaral, Jesús Eduardo
Jesús Eduardo Amaral
Jesús Eduardo Amaral FAIA is a Puerto Rican architect and educator. As partner in the firm Amaral y Morales, he produced some of Puerto Rico's most notable modern architecture primarily from 1950 to 1970...
, FAIA (1927, Humacao, PR)
Architect, Educator.
Founder (1966) and first Director (1966–69) of the School of Architecture-University of Puerto Rico.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1985.
Professional practice - Amaral y Morales in partnership with Efrer Morales (1928–1992), Jesús E. Amaral Arquitectos.
Important works include Hotel Delicias, San Juan, PR (1960), Condominio Universitario, Condominio Costa Azul, Colegio Regional de Humacao.
Bertoli Calderoni, Juan
Juan Bertoli Calderoni
Juan Bertoli Calderoni was a nineteenth-century Puerto Rican architect from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He designed Teatro La Perla, Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña and the building currently housing the Centro Cultural de Ponce among various other historic structures.-Legacy:Among Bertoli's most...
Architect.
Important works include Teatro La Perla, Ponce, PR (1864), Casa Serralles, Ponce, PR, Museo de la Musica Puertorriqueña
Museum of Puerto Rican Music
The Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña is a museum in Ponce, Puerto Rico that showcases the development of Puerto Rican music, with displays of Taíno, Spanish, and African musical instruments that were played in the romantic danza genre, the favorite music of 19th-century Puerto Rican society, as...
, Ponce, PR.
Blanco, Francisco Javier
Architect, Founder (1970) and first Executive Director (1970–2003) of the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust.
Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1989.
Cardona, Segundo, FAIA (1950, San Juan, PR)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1992.
Professional practice with Sierra Cardona y Ferrer in partnership with Luis Sierra "(1944–2005) and Alberto Ferrer (1947).
Important works include Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín, San Juan, PR (c.1989), Pabellón de Puerto Rico, Sevilla, España (1992) and the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (2004)
Carmoega, Rafael
Rafael Carmoega
Rafael Carmoega Morales was a Puerto Rican architect from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was the first Puerto Rican to become State Architect, a position within the Department of the Interior which he held from 1921 to 1936...
(1894–1968)
Architect.
Important works include the School of Tropical Medicine (Escuela de Medicina Tropical)
School of Tropical Medicine (Puerto Rico)
The School of Tropical Medicine , was an educational institution created in 1926 by an act of the Puerto Rican Legislature, to further the research initiated by the Anemia Commissions and the Institute of Tropical Medicine on anemia and its causes...
San Juan, PR (1924), Mercado de las Carnes
Mercado de las Carnes
Mercado de las Carnes , also known as La Plaza de los Perros , but formally, Plaza Juan Ponce de Leon, was the first building in Puerto Rico to mix social and architectural elements via the pedestrian mall concept. The historic Art Deco architecture structure is located in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and...
, Ponce, PR (1926), Capitolio de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (1929).
De Castro, Pedro (1895–1936)
Architect.
Important works include Castillo Serrallés, Ponce, PR (1930), Casa de España, San Juan, PR (1932), Villa Caparra, San Juan, PR (1929), Cuadrangulo UPR, San Juan, PR (1935).
Del Cueto, Beatriz, FAIA (1952, Habana, Cuba)
Architect, Conservation and Restoration Specialist.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Important works include Restauración Hacienda Vives, Ponce, PR, Restauración Faro de las Cabezas, Fajardo, PR, and Restauración Casa Cuyar / Sede Colegio de Arquitectos, San Juan, PR.
Del Rio, Jorge, FAIA (1934, Habana, Cuba-2000, San Juan, PR)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1989.
Del Valle Zeno, Carlos and
Del Valle Zeno, Rafael (1878–1960)
Architects.
Important works include Casino de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (1913–1915), Casa Cuyar (1910) (Colegio de Arquitectos de PR), San Juan, PR.
Diaz, Horacio, FAIA (1923–2001)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1989.
Founding member of the Instituto de Arquitectos de Puerto Rico.
Domenech, Fernando, FAIA (San Juan, PR)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, 2009.
Principal, Domenech-Hicks Architects, Boston, MA.
Domenech, Manuel V.
Manuel V. Domenech
Manuel V. Domenech was a Puerto Rican politician and engineer.-Early years:Domenech was born in Isabela, Puerto Rico...
(Ponce, PR)
Architect.
Important works include Rosaly-Batiz House
Rosaly-Batiz House
The Rosaly-Batiz House is a historic building located on Villa street in Barrio Primero in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the city's historic district. The building dates from 1897. It was designed by Manuel V. Domenech, a Puerto Rican architect that was responsible for designing various other...
, Ponce, PR (1897), Armstrong-Poventud Residence
Armstrong-Poventud Residence
Residencia Armstrong-Poventud is a historic building located in the Ponce Historic Zone in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The construction of this home set the stage for the construction of other homes of similar architectural elements, character and opulence in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Ponce...
, Ponce, PR (1899), and Casa Paoli
Casa Paoli
Casa Paoli on 2648 Mayor Street, Ponce, Puerto Rico, is nationally significant as the birthplace of Antonio Emilio Paoli y Marcano , a tenor who was the "first Puerto Rican to reach international recognition in the performing arts" and one of the most outstanding opera singers of all times...
, Ponce, PR (1907 intervention).
Ferrer, Miguel, FAIA (1914–2004)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1986.
Professional practice with Toro y Ferrer in partnership with Osvaldo Toro (1914–1995).
Important works include Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico Supreme Court, San Juan, PR, and San Juan International Airport, San Juan, PR.
Finlayson, Adrian Clark (20 Sep 1883 - New York-Sep 1921, Syracuse, NY)
Architect. Studied architecture at syracuse University. State Architect during the first two decades of the XX century and architect of landmark public projects particularly public schools.
Important works include Ponce High School
Ponce High School
The Ponce High School is public educational institution in Ponce, Puerto Rico, offering grades ten through twelve. The school's main building is a historic structure located on Cristina Street, in the Ponce Historic Zone. From its beginning the school has secured a unique place in Puerto Rico's...
, Ponce, PR (1915), Escuela Labra, San Juan, PR (1916), Escuela Superior Central, San Juan, PR (1921).
Fiol-Silva, Antonio, FAIA (San Juan, PR)
Architect, Planner.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, 2009.
Principal, WRT Architects & Planners, Philadelphia, PA.
Flores, Luis, FAIA (1940, Cayey, PR)
Architect, Educator.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 2005.
Professional practice with Marvel Flores Cobián.
Important works include Terminal Este de Carros Públicos, Dorado, PR, Balneario El Tuque, Ponce, PR, and Terminal de Transportación Pública Río Piedras, San Juan, PR.
Frade, Ramon
Ramon Frade
Ramón Frade was one of Puerto Rico's most renowned visual artist and architects. His realist style of painting captured the life of the typical Puerto Rican in the twentieth century.-Early years:...
, (1875–1954, Cayey, PR)
Architect, Artist
One of Puerto Rico's most renowned artists and architects.
Klumb, Henry
Henry Klumb
Heinrich Klumb was a German architect who worked in Puerto Rico. He was one of Puerto Rico's most prominent architects in the mid 20th Century.-Education and Early Life:...
, FAIA (1905–1984)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Important works include Plan Maestro Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (1944–1966), Biblioteca José M. Lázaro, San Juan, PR (1947), Centro de Estudiantes, San Juan, PR (1955), Iglesia San Martín de Porres, Cataño, PR (1950), Iglesia del Carmen, Cataño, PR (1958).
Marvel, Thomas, FAIA (1935, Newburgh, NY, USA)
Architect, Author.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1990.
Professional practice with Reed, Torres, Beauchamp Marvel, Marvel Flores Cobián, Marvel & Marchand Architects.
Important works include Convento Las Carmelitas, Trujillo Alto, PR, Alcaldía de Bayamón, Casa Marvel I, San Juan, PR (1965), and Casa Marvel II, San Juan, PR (1976).
Publications include La arquitectura de templos parroquiales de Puerto Rico (with Maria Luisa Moreno (1984) and Marvel, Thomas S., Antonin Nechodoma: Architect, 1877-1928: The Prairie School in the Caribbean (1994).
Méndez, Pedro (1902–1990)
Architect.
Important works include Edificio Miami, San Juan, PR (1936), Escuela Aguayo Aldea, Caguas, PR (1939), Plaza del Mercado, Ponce, PR.
Mignucci, Andrés
Andres Mignucci
Andrés Mignucci FAIA is a Puerto Rican architect and urbanist. His work has received recognition for its integration of the disciplines of architecture, urban design and landscape architecture in the creation of public spaces with a sense of place, human scale, and environmental responsibility...
, FAIA (1957, Ponce, PR).
Architect, Author, Educator.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Important works include Santuario Santo Cristo de los Milagros, Carolina, PR (1997), Parque de los Niños, San Juan, PR (2000), Parque Luis Muñoz Rivera, San Juan, PR (2003), La Ventana al Mar, San Juan, PR (2004).
Publications include Arquitectura Dominicana 1890-1930 (1990) (with Jorge Rigau and Emilio Martínez) and Arquitectura Contemporanea en Puerto Rico 1976-1992 (1992).
Nechodoma, Antonin
Antonin Nechodoma
Antonin Nechodoma , was a Czech architect who practiced in Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic from 1905 to 1928. He is known for the introduction of the Prairie Style to the Caribbean and the integration of Arts and Crafts elements to his architecture...
(1887, Prague - 1928, San Juan)
Architect.
Important works include Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
The Primera Iglesia Metodista Unida de Ponce was the first structure erected in Puerto Rico by the celebrated architect Antonin Nechodoma...
, Ponce, PR (1907), Casa Korber, San Juan, PR (1917), Casa Roig, Humacao, PR (1921), Mansion Georgetti, San Juan, PR (1923), Banco de Nova Scotia, San Juan, PR (1924).
Pérez-Chanis, Efrain (1920–2005)
Architect, Author, Educator.
Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1992
Founder and Director of the architectural magazine URBE.
Publications include Crónicas en un Tiempo de Arte (2003).
Porrata Doria, Francisco
Francisco Porrata Doria
Francisco Porrata-Doria was a twentieth-century Puerto Rican architect from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Porrata-Doria was a pioneer in the development of the local modern architecture and one of the architects responsible for what has been called "Ponce Monumental Architecture", of which the Banco Crédito...
(Ponce, PR)
Architect.
Important works include Banco Credito y Ahorro Ponceño
Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (building)
The Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño building , a historic building in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was the first and main office of the famed Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño , and represents one of the last examples of the once popular turn-of-the-century eclectic architecture. The building was listed on the...
, Ponce, PR (1924), Banco de Ponce
Banco de Ponce
Banco de Ponce was one the largest banks in Puerto Rico. In 1990 it merged with Banco Popular creating Puerto Rico's largest bank. At this time, Banco Popular's holding company changed its name to BanPonce Corporation. Banco de Ponce had established an agency in New York that it had converted to a...
, Ponce, PR (1924), Castillo Mario Mercado, Guayanilla, PR (1930), Teatro Fox Delicias
Teatro Fox Delicias
Teatro Fox Delicias is a historic building in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Inaugurated in 1931, it originally housed a movie house until 1980, then a shopping mall until 1998, and today it is reconfigured to be used as a hotel. Its architecture is Art Deco....
, Ponce, PR (1931).
Rigau, Jorge FAIA (1953, Arecibo, Puerto Rico)
Architect, Author, Pedagogue.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 2006
Founder (1995) and First Dean of The New School of Architecture-Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (1995–2006)
Publications include Puerto Rico 1900, Turn of the Century Architecture in the Hispanic Caribbean 1890-1930 (1992), and Havana (with Nancy Stout) (1994).
Rodriguez Suarez, Francisco Javier (1970, San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Architect, Educator.
Dean of the School of Architecture-University of Puerto Rico (2007-)
Sanz, Carlos, FAIA (1926–2002)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Founding member of the Puerto Rico Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Sevillano, Fidel
Architect.
Important works include Plaza del Mercado, Manatí, PR (1925), Antonia Saez School, Humacao, PR (1927).
Silva Boucher, Blas
Blas C. Silva Boucher
Blas C. Silva Boucher was a prominent twentieth-century Puerto Rican engineer from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He is credited with the creation of the Ponce Creole architectural style.-Early years:Blas Silva was born in Hormigueros...
Engineer.
Important works include Casa Salazar
Salazar-Candal House
Casa Salazar-Candal is a historic building located on the southeast corner of Isabel and Mayor Cantera streets in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the city's historic district. The building dates from 1911. It was designed by the architect Blas Silva. The architecture consists of 19th Classical revival,...
, Ponce, PR (1911), Casa Font-Ubides
Font-Ubides House
Casa Font-Ubides , also known as the Residencia Monsanto is a historic building located on the north side of Castillo Street in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the city's historic district. The building dates from 1913. It was designed by the architect Blas Silva...
, Ponce, PR (1913).
Toro, Osvaldo, FAIA (1914–1995)
Architect.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1986.
Professional practice with Toro y Ferrer in partnership with Miguel Ferrer (1914–2005).
Important works include Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico Supreme Court, San Juan, PR, and San Juan International Airport, San Juan, PR.
Vivoni Farage, Enrique (1949, San Juan, PR)
Architect, Author, Educator.
Director, Archivos de Arquitectura y Construcción Universidad de Puerto Rico (AACUPR)
Publications include Antonin Nechodoma: umbral para una nueva arquitectura caribeña (1989), Pedro Mendez Mercado en su Tiempo (1999), Pedro de Castro y Besosa: Alarife de Sueños. (1999), Klumb: An Architecture of Social Concern (2007)
Wiechers, Alfredo
Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti
Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti was a Puerto Rican architect from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was an expositor of the Neoclassicism and Art Nouveau architectural styles, doing most of his work in his hometown of Ponce. Today, Alfredo Wiechers' city residence, located in the Ponce Historic Zone and which he...
(1881, Ponce -1964, Barcelona)
Architect.
Important works include Casa Villaronga
Casa Wiechers-Villaronga
The Casa Wiechers-Villaronga is a Neo-classical style mansion in Ponce, Puerto Rico designed and built in the early twentieth century. The house was acquired and restored by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and now operates as the Museum of Puerto Rican Architecture. The house sits in the...
, Ponce, PR (1911), Casa Serrallés
Casa Serrallés
Casa Serrallés is a historic building in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The building was purchased by the government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce in 2008 for its architectural, historic, and cultural value...
, Ponce, PR (1911), Casa Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer House
Casa Oppenheimer is a historic house in Ponce, Puerto Rico, designed in 1913 by famed Puerto Rican architect by Alfredo B. Wiechers. The house is unique amongst other historic structures in historic Ponce for its skillful incorporation of front gardens in a very limited urban space...
, Ponce, PR (1913).
List of Puerto Rican Architects Fellows of the American Institute of Architects
- Abruña, Fernando, FAIA (1952, San Juan, PR)
- Amaral, Jesús, FAIA (1927, Humacao, PR)
- Cardona, Segundo, FAIA (1950, San Juan, PR)
- Del Cueto, Beatriz, FAIA (1952, Habana, Cuba)
- Del Río, Jorge, FAIA (1934–2000)
- Diaz, Horacio, FAIA (1923–2001)
- Domenech, Fernando, FAIA
- Ferrer, Miguel, FAIA (1914–2004)
- Fiol-Silva, Antonio, FAIA (San Juan, PR)
- Flores, Luis, FAIA (1940, Cayey, PR)
- Klumb, HenryHenry KlumbHeinrich Klumb was a German architect who worked in Puerto Rico. He was one of Puerto Rico's most prominent architects in the mid 20th Century.-Education and Early Life:...
, FAIA (1905–1984) - Marvel, Thomas, FAIA (1935, Newburgh, NY, USA)
- Mignucci, AndrésAndres MignucciAndrés Mignucci FAIA is a Puerto Rican architect and urbanist. His work has received recognition for its integration of the disciplines of architecture, urban design and landscape architecture in the creation of public spaces with a sense of place, human scale, and environmental responsibility...
, FAIA (1957, Ponce, PR) - Rigau, Jorge, FAIA (1953, Arecibo, PR)
- Sanz, Carlos, FAIA
- Toro, Osvaldo, FAIA (1914–1995)
- Vargas, Benjamín, FAIA
List of Recipients of the Henry Klumb Award
- 1985 Jesús E. Amaral FAIA, Gabriel Ferrer Amador y Francisco Javier Blanco
- 1986 Osvaldo Toro FAIA y Miguel Ferrer FAIA
- 1987 Raúl Reichard
- 1989 Horacio Díaz FAIA y Jorge del Río FAIA
- 1990 Thomas Marvel FAIA
- 1991 William Biscombe
- 1992 Efraín Pérez Chanis y Segundo Cardona FAIA
- 1993 Jaime Torres Gaztambide
- 1994 Otto O. Reyes Casanova
- 2001 Edwin Quiles
- 2003 Grupo Nuevarquitectura, Omar Rancier, y Emilio Brea
- 2005 Luis Flores FAIA
- 2006 Jorge Rigau FAIA
- 2010 Fernando Abruña FAIA