Manuel de las Casas
De las Casas
Also recorded as Manuel de las Casas Gómez
Manuel de las Casas
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- Name
- Manuel de las Casas
- Birth Name
- Manuel de las Casas Gómez
- Born
- 1940
- Birthplace
- Talavera de la Reina, Spain
- Died
- 8 February 2014 (aged 74)
- Place of death
- Madrid, Spain
- Awards
- Spain National Architecture Award (1999) Gold Medal of Fine Arts (Ministry of Culture) (1995) Manuel de las Casas (1940 - 8 February 2014) was a Spanish architect.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- architect
- Fields
- architecture
- Education
- Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid
- Known for
- Pontevedra Convention Centre · Pontevedra Exhibition Centre
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Manuel de las Casas (1940–2014) was a Spanish architect. Born in Talavera de la Reina, the architect died in Madrid.
Manuel de las Casas studied at Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. The architect was active in architecture.
Works include Pontevedra Convention Centre and Pontevedra Exhibition Centre. Languages used include Spanish. Manuel de las Casas received National Architecture Award of Spain.
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Biography
Biography
Manuel de las Casas studied at Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is architecture. Works named in the authority record are Pontevedra Convention Centre and Pontevedra Exhibition Centre. Distinctions recorded are National Architecture Award of Spain.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Manuel de las Casas • Birth Name — Manuel de las Casas Gómez • Born — 1940 • Birthplace — Talavera de la Reina, Spain • Died — 8 February 2014 (aged 74) • Place of death — Madrid, Spain • Significant Buildings — Pontevedra Auditorium and Convention Centre Pontevedra Exhibition Centre • Awards — Spain National Architecture Award (1999) Gold Medal of Fine Arts (Ministry of Culture) (1995) Manuel de las Casas (1940 - 8 February 2014) was a Spanish architect. • Illustration — Pontevedra Auditorium and Convention Centre. • Illustration — Pontevedra Auditorium and Exhibition Centre.
Biography
Biography
He graduated from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid in 1964 and received his doctorate from the same school in 1966, where he also taught in the Projects Department. In addition, he was appointed Chief Inspector of the Monument Restoration Service (Ministry of Culture) in 1979, first Deputy Director General of Projects and Works, then Director General of the General Directorate of Architecture and Construction (Ministry of Public Works) and Director of the Architecture Biennale in 1983.
Notable works
Notable works
• Restoration of Toledo Cathedral (Toledo, 1982) • Church and parish centre of Santa Irene (Madrid), 1984 • Castilla-La Mancha Pavilion in Seville Expo '92, (Seville, 1991) • King Alfonso Enriques Hispano-Portuguese Institute (Zamora): renovation of a Franciscan convent, 1993 • Ministry of Agriculture (Toledo), 1993 • 198 social housing units (Alcobendas) • Pontevedra Auditorium and Convention Centre (Pontevedra), 1997 • Faculty of Health Sciences (A Coruña), 1998 • Royal Foundation of Toledo (Toledo), 1998 • Pontevedra Exhibition Centre (Pontevedra), 1998 • Cultural Centre (Villaviciosa de Odón) • Sánchez-Médina House (Toledo), 2004
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Life and career
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1940
Manuel de las Casas born at Talavera de la Reina.
2014
Manuel de las Casas died on 8 February 2014.
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Talavera de la Reina.
Birth place
Madrid.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2881811: Manuel de las Casas
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- “Manuel de las Casas”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
• Urban Planning and Architecture Award (Madrid City Council 1986) • Urban Planning and Architecture Prize (Madrid City Council 1991) • I Spanish Architecture Biennial (Ministry of Public Works, 1991) • II Spanish Architecture Biennial (MOPU, 1993) • Hispano-Portuguese Institute "Rei Alfonso Henriques" (Ministry of Education and Culture and the Deputation of Zamora, 1993) • Gold Medal of Fine Arts (Ministry of Culture, 1995) • Gold Medal of the City of Toledo (Toledo City Council, 1998) • Iberoamerican Biennial of Architecture and Civil Engineering (1998) • Quality Award for Aesthetics (Community of Madrid, 1998) • VIII Edition of the COAG Architecture Award: Best New Plant Buildings (Official College of Architects of Galicia, 1998) • National Architecture Award (Spain, 1999) • Anthological Award for Contemporary Architecture for the best private housing (Castilla-La Mancha, 2006)
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Manuel de las Casas, arquitecto de referencia. El País. 9 February 2014.
- 2.Manuel de las Casas, maestro de arquitectos. La Tribuna de Toledo. 9 February 2014.
- 3.Fallece Manuel de las Casas, ilustre arquitecto talaverano. La Voz del Tajo. 23 April 2014.
- 4.La arquitectura moderna llega al Casco. La Tribuna de Talavera. 17 February 2014.
- 5.Manuel de las Casas Gómez. Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (COAM). March 2014.
- 6.Manuel de las Casas gana el concurso del gran auditorio. La Voz de Galicia. 2 November 2018.
- 7.Unsain dice que el plan Busquets debe arreglar el caos de tráfico. La Voz de Galicia. 20 December 2006.
- 8.El recinto ferial se integra en el conjunto del auditorio. La Voz de Galicia. 23 June 2018.
- 9.Fallece Manuel de las Casas, ilustre arquitecto talaverano. La Voz del Tajo. 23 April 2014.
- 10.Fallece Manuel de las Casas, arquitecto del Pazo da Cultura de Pontevedra. Diario de Pontevedra. 9 February 2014.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- M. de las Casas. Instituto Hispano-Luso Rei Alfonso Enriques, Ministerio de Fomento, General Directorate of Housing, Architecture and Urbanism, 1999 .
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