César Portela
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César Portela Fernández-Jardón (born April 18, 1937 in Pontevedra ) is a Spanish architect .
Career
Portela studied architecture at the School of Architecture in Madrid and Barcelona . In 1966 he obtained his license to practice architecture and in 1968 his doctorate . He has taught as visiting professor at universities around the world, including the School of Architecture in Pamplona and universities in Nancy , Caracas , Lisbon and Weimar . He worked in various architecture workshops and seminars. Among other things, he led the working group from 1974 in Santiago de Compostela together with Aldo Rossi ; He also took part in the international architecture workshops in Naples , Belfort and Caracas as well as in the 4th Architecture Biennale in Santander . More recently, he participated in the Seminario sobre Cultura y Naturaleza: Arquitectura y Paisaje , which the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo organized on the island of San Simón in the Ría de Vigo . Together with Óscar Tenreiro , he led the architecture seminar at the University of Weimar.
Most recently he worked at the Chair of Architecture Projects at the Technical University in A Coruña .
Awards
César Portela has won a number of international prizes and awards, including the Premio Nacional de Arquitectura de España for the bus station in Cordoba .
Selected Works
- Casa del Hombre in A Coruña, 1995, together with Arata Isozaki
- Lighthouse on the Punta Nariga , 1995
- Fisterra Cemetery , 2002
- Museo del Mar de Galicia in Vigo , 2002, together with Aldo Rossi
- Cordoba bus station, 1999
- Museo Verbum - Casa de las Palabras, Vigo, 2003
- Congress Center in A Coruña, 2003, together with Ricardo Bofill
- Centro Social Caixanova in Pontevedra
- Congress Center in Vigo , 2011
- Teatro Cine Fraga in Vigo, under reconstruction
- Airport expansion in Vigo, under construction
Remarks
- ↑ Seminar on Culture and Nature: Architecture and Landscape
- ↑ Excuela Técnica Superior ETS
- ↑ a b Palacio de Congresos
Web links
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SURNAME | Portela, César |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Portela Fernández-Jardón, César (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pontevedra |