The Salamanca architect Antonio Fernandez Alba He died this Tuesday at 96 years. Fernández Alba is one of the most outstanding figures of Spanish architecture of the second half of the 20th century and a Gold Medalist from the city of … Salamanca, among other important distinctions.
Among his works are the Campus of the Jaime I University of Castellón, the amphitheater of the Park of Nations in Madrid and the CSIC Biological Research Center, also in Madrid. In addition, projects such as the Nuestra Señora Santa María and Monfort Schools in Madrid are due to him; the Monastery of Rollo, the convent of the Discalced Carmelites and the Colegio Mayor Hernán Cortés (all of them in Salamanca); the Municipal Mortuary of the M-30 in Madrid and the School of Architecture of Valladolid, among others.
Architect since 1957 for the Higher Technical School of Madriddegree of doctor in 1963 and professor of Elements of Composition since 1970, Fernández Alba, who in 1989 entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, is also the author of a wide literary production with almost thirty works related to the urbanism, space and the theory of art and architecture.
Fernandez Albain one of his visits to the University of Salamanca, criticized the way in which modern cities have been built, “following the laws of the market and not those that govern the ethics and rationality of human coexistence.”
However, he acknowledged that after the economic crisis of 2011we began with a new model, “with growth towards well-being that is consistent with the man who lives in the city and with the environment in which he carries out his activity.”
Fernández Alba throughout his career has always had very present your hometownespecially “with its walls and with a literary river, the Tormes”, as he recalled in the ‘Memories of the Juan March Foundation’ meetings.
It has important recognitions for his professional career. To highlight the Castilla y León Prize for the Arts (1988), the Gold Medal for Architecture (2002), the Salamanca Gold Medal (2002), the National Architecture Prize for professional career (2003) and the Medal of Honor from the Menéndez Pelayo International University (2004).
