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Alejandro de la Sota Martínez ( October 20 , 1913 - 14 February , 1996 ) was a Spanish Architect . He was born in Pontevedra in Galicia . He graduated from the university in Madrid 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.



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  • Gobierno Civil ( Tarragona ) (1956-1963)

  • Talleres Aeronáuticos TABSA (Madrid) (1957-1958)

  • Maravillas College Gynamsium (Madrid) (1961)

  • Block of Houses ( Salamanca ) (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)

  • Pabellón Polideportivo (Pontevedra) (1966)

  • Colegio Residencia Caja de Ahorros Provincial ( Ourense ) (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 ) (1990)

  • Court buildings ( Zaragoza ) (1991-1993)

  • Rediseño y Rehabilitación del Edificio del Cabildo Insular ( Las Palmas ) (1994)