Miguel Fisac
Miguel Fisac Serna (1913–2006) was a Spanish architect, urban planner, and painter. He was a member of Opus Dei from 1935 to 1955, but later publicly criticized that organization as well as the character of its founder, Mons.
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Miguel Fisac
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- Full name
- Miguel Fisac Serna.
- Born
- 1913. · Daimiel.
- Died
- 2006. · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- architect, painter, urban planner and designer.
- Education
- Technical University of Madrid and Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.
- Known for
- iglesia de San Pedro Mártir, Villanueva de Perales town hall, Casa de la Cultura, Villanueva de Perales, iglesia de Santa Ana y Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza, headquarters of Secretaría General de Pesca del Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, Moroder Building, Edificio Vega and Madrid.
- Honours
- National Architecture Award of Spain, Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Gold Medal of Architecture (Spain), Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit and Knight Commander of the Order of Alfonso X.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Miguel Fisac Serna (1913–2006) was a Spanish architect, urban planner, and painter. He was a member of Opus Dei from 1935 to 1955, but later publicly criticized that organization as well as the character of its founder, Mons.
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Miguel Fisac studied at Technical University of Madrid and Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. The recorded working language is Spanish. Works named in the authority record are iglesia de San Pedro Mártir, Villanueva de Perales town hall, Casa de la Cultura, Villanueva de Perales, iglesia de Santa Ana y Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza, headquarters of Secretaría General de Pesca del Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente and Moroder Building. Distinctions recorded are National Architecture Award of Spain, Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Gold Medal of Architecture (Spain) and Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit.
He was born 29 September 1913 in Daimiel in Spain. His father was Joaquín Fisac, his mother Amparo Serna. He had six brothers and sisters, among them Dolores 'Lola' Fisac (1909-2005), who became one of the first female Opus Dei members. He moved to Madrid aged 17 to study architecture. He was member of Catholic organization Opus Dei from 1935 till 1955, when he left. He fled to France during the Civil War along with Opus Dei founder Josemaría Escrivá and a group of other members. He returned after the war, and graduated from ETSAM in 1942. He married Ana María Badell in 1957. He died 12 May 2006 in Madrid.
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• Centro de Estudios Hidrográficos, Madrid (1963) • Laboratorios Jorba, Madrid, known as La Pagoda (1967, demolished 1999)
Madrid Río during the Works in 2006, CEDEX building by the architect Miguel Fisac
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Daimiel.
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- 1.Copertone, Carlos. Miguel Fisac.
- 2.Meades, Jonathan. From bombs to Benidorm: how fascism disfigured the face of Spain. 26 August 2019.
- 3.Architects of Madrid: Miguel Fisac.
- 4.Miguel Fisac Serna (1913 - 2006).
- 5.Cronología.
- 6.Yolanda Cagigas Ocejo, Fisac Serna, María Dolores. Biblioteca Virtual Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Opus Dei (PDF)
- 7.Fundación Fisac, Biografía: Una decada germinal.
- 8.Edificio del Centro de Estudios hidrográficos.
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