Antonio Palacios Ramilo

Antonio Palacios Ramilo studied at Technical University of Madrid and Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. Training under Ricardo Velázquez Bosco is recorded. The recorded working language is Spanish. Works named in the authority record are José Abascal 51, Madrid, Hotel NH Paseo del Prado, Casa-Palacio de Demetrio Palazuelo, Hotel Tryp Cibeles and Monastery of A Visitación das Salesas Reais, Vigo.

• Name — Antonio Palacios Ramilo • Born — 8 January 1874 • Birthplace — O Porriño, Spain • Died — 27 October 1945 • Place of death — El Plantío, Spain

Born on 8 January 1874 in O Porriño, province of Pontevedra. Palacios moved to Madrid to start his studies as Engineer; he switched to Architecture, and obtained a degree in 1903. A prolific architect, he modernized the image of Madrid with some of the most emblematic buildings of the Spanish capital. He received influence from Secessionist modernismo, but according to Óscar da Rocha Aranda, only as feature within a wider mashup of many eclectic styles, such as Neoplateresque, Neoclassicism and modern US commercial arquitecture. Palacios, who also designed the interior of some of the original Metro de Madrid stations, was the creator of the iconic rhomboidal logo of the rapid transit. He became a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1926. He died on 27 October 1945 in El Plantío, Madrid.

• Illustration — Palacio de Comunicaciones • Illustration — The Río de La Plata Bank • Illustration — Hospital de Maudes • Illustration — Círculo de Bellas Artes • Madrid • Palacio de Comunicaciones (1904) • Banco del Río de la Plata (1910) • Hospital de Maudes (1908) • Talleres del ICAI (1908) • Banco del Comercio y de la Industria (1914) • Templete del Metro de la Gran Vía (1919; dismantled and moved to Porriño after his death) • Edificios comerciales de la calle Mayor 4, Gran Vía 27 & 34 (1919 and 1921) • Círculo de Bellas Artes (1919) • Hotel Florida (1922; demolished in 1964) • Casa de Antonio Palacios, in El Plantío, Madrid (1942) • Banco Mercantil e Industrial (1945) • Galicia • Teatro Rosalía de Castro, in Vigo (1906) • Virxe da Roca, in Baiona, Pontevedra (1912) • Casa do concello do Porriño, in O Porriño (1919) • Banco de Vigo, in Vigo (1941) • Templo votivo do Mar, in Panxón, Nigrán (1932) • Mosteiro da Visitación, in Vigo (1942) • Igrexa da Vera Cruz, in O Carballiño (1943)

Antonio Palacios Ramilo is recorded as architect and urban planner.