Luis Gutiérrez Soto

Luis Gutiérrez Soto (1900–1977) was a Spanish architect. He worked primarily in Madrid.

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]

References
Citations
  1. Baldellou 1973, p. 7.
  2. Baldellou 1973, p. 13.
  3. Pascual, Alfredo (10 September 2019). "El arquitecto que se hinchó a meter goles con el Madrid y después construyó media ciudad". El Confidencial.
  4. Fanjul, Sergio C. (1 November 2016). "El Madrid de Franco". El País.
  5. "Esquela". ABC. Madrid: 80. 3 February 1978.
  6. Martiarena, Asier (21 March 2019). "Los otros 'inquilinos ilustres' del cementerio del Pardo". La Vanguardia.
Bibliography
  • Baldellou, Miguel Ángel (1973). Luis Gutiérrez Soto (PDF). Madrid: Servicio de Publicaciones del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Secretaría General Técnica.
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