Rafael Guastavino
Rafael Guastavino was a Spanish general contractor, inventor and architect (1842–1908). He was born at Valencia and died at Asheville.
Also recorded as Rafael Guastavino y Moreno; Rafael Guastavino i Moreno.
Rafael Guastavino in brief
- Born
- 1842
- Died
- 1908
- Known for
- general contractor, inventor and architect
- Place of birth
- Valencia
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Rafael Guastavino y Moreno and Rafael Guastavino i Moreno. His recorded languages were Spanish and English. His recorded confession was Catholicism.
One child is recorded: Rafael Guastavino Roig.
Work and production
Works recorded as notable number 8: Casa Orlandai, Escola Industrial, Teatre La Massa, Grand Central Terminal, American Museum of Natural History, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, National Museum of Natural History and Casa Víctor Blajot.
Catalogued works
18 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1852 to 1912.
American Museum of Natural History, dated 1869. Mount Sinai Hospital, dated 1852. City Hall. Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville, dated 1905. St. Mary Catholic Church, dated 1912. Escola Industrial, dated 1868. Casa Buxeda. Casa Orlandai, dated 1870. Casa Ramon Mumbrú. Lecture written for the Congress of Architects. Cohesive construction, its past, its present, its future? Spanish and Spanish-Mexican domes and architecture of 16th and 17th century. Prologomenos on the function of masonry in modern architectural structures. Essay on the theory and history of cohesive construction. Escritos sobre la construcción cohesiva y su función en la arquitectura. Essay on the Theory and History of Cohesive Construction: Applied Especially .. Essay on the theory and history of cohesive construction, applied especially to the timbrel vault. Lecture written for the congress of architects in connection with the Columbian Exposition on cohesive construction, its past, its present, its future.
Literature
9 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Guastavino (y Moreno), Rafael, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Rafael Guastavino, más allá de la bóveda tabicada, Congreso Internacional el Modernismo en el Arco Mediterráneo. Arquitectura, arte, cultura y sociedad. CIMAM 2016. El arquitecto Rafael Guastavino (1842-1908): obra en cuatro actos, Ars Longa. Cuadernos de arte, 2018. Aproximación al higienismo en la arquitectura de Rafael Guastavino, Ars Longa. Cuadernos de arte, 2021. Guastavino, Carlos, Oxford Music Online, 2001. ¿Y si Gaudí hubiera ido a Nueva York? Una ficción constructiva, Informes de la Construccion, 2005. Los Guastavino y la bóveda tabicada en Norteamérica, Informes de la Construccion, 2005. Reseñas de libros y tesis doctorales, Revista de Expresión Gráfica en la Edificación, 2024. “The very land of romance”: Original Compositions on Spain and the Spanish in The Southern Literary Messenger (1834-1864), European Journal of American Studies, 2023.
Digitised editions and texts
2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Essay on the Theory and History of Cohesive Construction: Applied Especially ... (1892) — Internet Archive. Rafael Guastavino 2006. Escritos sobre la construcción cohesiva y su función en la arquitectura (2006) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1842Rafael Guastavino born at Valencia.
- 1852Mount Sinai Hospital.
- 1868Escola Industrial.
- 1869American Museum of Natural History.
- 1892Essay on the Theory and History of Cohesive Construction: Applied Especially ... digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1905Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville.
- 1908Rafael Guastavino died at Asheville.
- 1912St. Mary Catholic Church.
- 2006Rafael Guastavino 2006. Escritos sobre la construcción cohesiva y su función en la arquitectura digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Aproximación al higienismo en la arquitectura de Rafael Guastavino, Ars Longa. Cuadernos de arte, 2021
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
El arquitecto Rafael Guastavino (1842-1908): obra en cuatro actos, Ars Longa. Cuadernos de arte, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Guastavino (y Moreno), Rafael, Oxford Art Online, 2003
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
- 5.
Open Library author record for Rafael Guastavino (Internet Archive), 9 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 6.
Rafael Guastavino, más allá de la bóveda tabicada, Congreso Internacional el Modernismo en el Arco Mediterráneo. Arquitectura, arte, cultura y sociedad. CIMAM 2016
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 4 articles naming Rafael Guastavino.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Rafael Guastavino as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 9.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q363895: Rafael Guastavino
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 10.
“Rafael Guastavino”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
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