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Alejandro de la Sota Martínez (October 20, 1913 - 14 February, 1996) was a Spanish
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Alejandro de la Sota Martínez (October 20, 1913 - 14 February, 1996) was a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
. He was born in Pontevedra
Pontevedra

Pontevedra is a city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the Pontevedra and Pontevedra of Pontevedra, in Galicia ....
 in Galicia. He graduated from the university in Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
 in 1941 and, from 1956 to 1972 was a professor there.

From his graduation, Sota lived in Madrid, although maintained links with his native Galicia. He was a promoter of industrialisation of construction in the 1960s; his Maravillas gymnasium of 1961 was the first steel framed building in Madrid. The buildings of Sota combine geometric rigor with constructive sincerity and a structural boldness of form that still surprises today.

Sota received the National Prize of Architecture and the Gold medal of the Council of Architects.

Works

  • Gobierno Civil (Tarragona
    Tarragona

    Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia and east of Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the Spanish Tarragona and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragon?s....
    ) (1956-1963)
  • Talleres Aeronáuticos TABSA (Madrid) (1957-1958)
  • Maravillas College Gynamsium (Madrid) (1961)
  • Block of Houses (Salamanca
    Salamanca

    Salamanca is a city in western Spain, the capital of the province of Salamanca , which belongs to the autonomous community of Castile and Leon ....
    ) (1963)
  • Colegio Mayor César Carlos (Madrid) (1967)
  • Residencia de Verano Infantil (Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid) (1957-1959)
  • Central Lechera CLESA (Madrid) (1963)
  • Viviendas en calle del Prior (Salamanca) (1962-1963)
  • Edificio Industrial CENIM (Madrid) (1965-1967)
  • Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra
    Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra

    Pavill?n Municipal de Deportes is an arena in Pontevedra, Spain. It is primarily used for team handball and is the home arena of SD Teucro. The arena holds 3,500 people. It was designed by Alejandro de la Sota in 1966....
     (1966)
  • Colegio Residencia Caja de Ahorros Provincial (Ourense
    Ourense

    Ourense is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Ourense in Galicia . Its population of 107.186 accounts for 30% of the population of the province....
    ) (1966-1967)
  • Classrooms and Seminaries of the University (Sevilla) (1972)
  • Computer center of the Post Office (Madrid) (1973-1976)
  • Banco Pastor (Pontevedra) (1974)
  • Post Office and Telecommunications Building (León) (1980-1983)
  • Edificio Caja Postal de Ahorros (Madrid) (1986-1989)
  • University Library (Santiago de Compostela
    Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous communities of Spain of Galicia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in the north west of Spain in the A Coru?a , it was the "European City of Culture" for the year 2000....
    ) (1990)
  • Court buildings (Zaragoza
    Zaragoza

    Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English language, is the capital city of the Zaragoza and of the Autonomous communities of Spain and former Kingdom of Aragon of Aragon, Spain....
    ) (1991-1993)
  • Rediseño y Rehabilitación del Edificio del Cabildo Insular (Las Palmas) (1994)