Alfredo Massüe

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Mirador Massue (ca.1920)

Alfredo Massüe (born September 19, 1860 in Paris , France, † December 17, 1923 in Barcelona , Spain) was a French-Catalan architect .

In terms of style, Massüe was initially associated with Beaux Arts architecture and, since the turn of the century, increasingly turned to Art Nouveau . Between 1889 and 1914 he worked mainly in Buenos Aires . There he created the Palacio Costaguta opposite the Plaza Lavalle and the Edificio Molinuevo at the intersection of Avenida Corrientes and Calle Pasco. The Mirador Massue is considered to be his most important work . His buildings in Montevideo include the Palacio Uriarte de Heber and the Casa del Fauno .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Reencuentro con la arquitectura del siglo XX", page 60 (Spanish), accessed on November 7, 2015
  2. ^ "Alfredo Massüe: Eclecticismo y Art Nouveau en el Río de la Plata", p. 80 (Spanish), accessed on November 7, 2015
  3. ↑ Buenos Aires, una periferia de ultramar (Spanish) on artnouveau.eu, accessed on November 7, 2015 (PDF)
  4. ↑ Se hizo la luz en la vieja fábrica (Spanish), accessed on November 7, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Massüe, Alfredo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French-Catalan architect
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1923
Place of death Barcelona , Spain