Alberto Cruz Montt

• Name — Alberto Cruz Montt • Born — 1879 • Birthplace — Valparaíso • Died — August 1955 • Place of death — Santiago

Alberto Cruz Montt was son of Ramón Cruz Moreno and Eloísa Montt Montt. He was educated at the École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris.

He married Beatriz Larraín Bravo, the sister of the also architect Ricardo Larraín Bravo, who was his partner in various architectural works, like the Palacio Íñiguez, currently housing the Confitería Torres. He was professor of History of Architecture at the Universidad de Chile and at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, between 1952 and 1955.

• Illustration — Palacio Irarrázabal (Santiago, 1906) • Illustration — Castillo Wulff (Viña del Mar, 1906) • Illustration — Castillo de las Majadas de Pirque (1907) • Illustration — Palacio Astoreca (Santiago, 1910) • Illustration — Castillo Ross (Viña del Mar, 1910–1912) • Illustration — Palacio Ariztía (Santiago, 1917) • Illustration — Palacio Eguiguren (Santiago, 1918) • Illustration — Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Las Mercedes (Papudo) (Papudo, 1918) • Illustration — Palacio Íñiguez (1908) • Illustration — Palacio Versailles, former headquarters for the Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura (Santiago de Chile) (1918) • Illustration — Edificio sede del Colegio de Enfermeras de Chile (1925) • Illustration — Edificio Ariztía, the first skyscraper in Santiago (1928) • Illustration — Edificio sede del Banco Central de Chile (1928) • Illustration — Edificio del Club de la Unión (1917-1925) • Illustration — St. James Cathedral, Valparaíso (1910-1950)