Alberto Prebisch
Alberto Prebisch (born February 1, 1899 in Tucumán , † October 13, 1970 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine architect and politician. From June 26, 1962 to October 12, 1963 he was mayor of the capital Buenos Aires .
Life
Alberto Prebisch was born in Tucumán as the son of German settlers. The economist Raúl Prebisch is his brother. He studied architecture at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and graduated in 1921. His first important design was the central market in Tucumán from 1924. The obelisk and the Teatro Gran Rex in Buenos Aires as well as the Gran Rex cinema in Rosario also come from Prebisch . He has also designed private houses, apartment and office buildings and shops.
In 1955 he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at his former university. After an interlude as interim mayor of Buenos Aires, he was again dean in 1968. In 1970 Prebisch was appointed director of the National Academy of Fine Arts and died just months later, at the age of 71, in Buenos Aires.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hernán M. Giralt |
Mayor of Buenos Aires 1962–1963 |
Francisco Rabanal |
Works
The Buenos Aires Obelisk (1937)
Gran Rex Theater, Buenos Aires (1937)
Gran Rex Cinema, Rosario (1945)
Victoria Theater, Salta (1945)
Web links
literature
- Ernesto Katzenstein, Argentine Architecture of the Thirties , J. Decorative & Propaganda Arts, Argentine Theme Issue, 1992.
- Mimi Bohm, Buenos Aires Art Deco y Racionalismo , Ediciones Xavier Verstraeten, Buenos Aires, 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prebisch, Alberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian architect and mayor of Buenos Aires |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tucuman |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1970 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |