José Grases Riera
Illustration — Portrait José Grases Riera (25 April 1850 – 12 February 1919) was a Spanish architect from Barcelona. José Grases Riera was born in Barcelona, Grases graduated from the School of Architecture in Barcelona in 1878 and moved to Madrid shortly after. Through to the turn of the century he worked on residential projects, and proposed a realignment of the entire city, the Proyecto de Gran Vía Norte-Sur, which was not adapted but influenced the subsequent urban planning in the city.
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José Grases Riera
Unknown photographer · La Ilustración Española y Americana. Año XLV nº 1 de 8 de enero de 1901, p.6 · Public domain
- Born
- 1850 · Barcelona.
- Died
- 1919 · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- architect
- Movements
- Catalan modernism
- Known for
- Consejo General del Poder Judicial building and Madrid · Banco Español de Crédito building · Longoria Palace · Teatro Lírico · Monument to King Alfonso XII
- Languages
- Spanish · Catalan
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Illustration — Portrait José Grases Riera (25 April 1850 – 12 February 1919) was a Spanish architect from Barcelona. José Grases Riera was born in Barcelona, Grases graduated from the School of Architecture in Barcelona in 1878 and moved to Madrid shortly after. Through to the turn of the century he worked on residential projects, and proposed a realignment of the entire city, the Proyecto de Gran Vía Norte-Sur, which was not adapted but influenced the subsequent urban planning in the city.
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Born at Barcelona in 1850, died in Madrid in 1919.
The recorded working language is Spanish and Catalan. Works named in the authority record are Consejo General del Poder Judicial building, Madrid, Banco Español de Crédito building, Longoria Palace, Teatro Lírico and Monument to King Alfonso XII.
La urbanización del extrarradio de Madrid. Presentación y explicación a los concejales del proyecto de que es autor el arquitecto municipal Sr. Grases. Fot. Alba.
Ramón Alba · (1910-05-25). " La urbanización del extrarradio de Madrid ". Actualidades año III (119). ISSN 1889-8556. Biblioteca Nacional de España (CC BY 4.0)
La urbanización del extrarradio de Madrid. Presentación y explicación a los concejales del proyecto de que es autor el arquitecto municipal Sr. Grases. Fot. Alba.
Ramón Alba · (1910-05-25). " La urbanización del extrarradio de Madrid ". Actualidades año III (119). ISSN 1889-8556. Biblioteca Nacional de España (CC BY 4.0) This is a retouched picture, which means that it
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- 1.Esquela. 2171-5181.
- 2.Noticias necrológicas publicado en el diario ABC el 14 de febrero de 1919 (página 27).
- 3.La Acción (Madrid) de 12-02-1919 (página 5) o La Correspondencia de España, número 22.281, de 13-02-1919 (página 8).
- 4.El arquitecto barcelonés que dibujó Madrid.
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