Eladio Dieste

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Eladio Dieste

Eladio Dieste (born December 1, 1917 or December 10, 1917 in Artigas , † July 19, 2000 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan architect and civil engineer .

biography

“Cristo Obrero” church in Atlántida

Dieste completed his studies from 1933 to 1943 at the Faculty of Engineering at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo, from which he graduated with the title Ingeniero (engineer). He then taught there until 1965 as a professor of technical mechanics and from 1953 to 1973 for bridge and large-scale structures. From 1971 to 1973 he directed the Civil Engineering Studio at the Faculty of Engineering in Montevideo. He was a corresponding member of the Academia de Ciencias de la República Argentina and the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes de Argentina as well as a member of the Academia Nacional de Ingeniería Uruguay (ANIU).

He had twelve children with his wife, Elizabeth Friedheim . Other sources attribute only eleven children to him.

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Dieste designed many public, industrial, commercial, and religious buildings in Uruguay. One of his most famous projects is the “Cristo Obrero” church in Atlántida , built in 1958 . But the Maldonado TV tower , the water tower in Salto and the Church of San Juan de Ávila in Alcalá de Henares (Spain) also stand out for their architectural quality. Dieste often worked with reinforced brick masonry . He held several patents on construction processes, gave lectures in various European countries and worked as a consultant on various projects, for example the Salto Grande dam and the bridges for the state railway company AFE in Montevideo.

"Gate of Wisdom",
(popularly: "The Seagull")
memorial for Dieste in Salto

honors and awards

Dieste was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Universidad de la República . He was also honorary professor of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Montevideo and also honorary professor of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina. He was appointed professor for several universities in Latin America by UNESCO .

For his work he has received numerous awards, including 1990 with the price of the complete works at the Biennale in Quito , the " Gabriela Mistral " Prize of the Organization of American States , 1991 with the America Award for the complete works and in 1999 with the " Vitrubio “Prize for Architecture.

Web links

Commons : Eladio Dieste  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ a b Eladio Dieste 1917-2000 (Spanish), publication by the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture on the occasion of the Día del Patrimonio 2006, accessed on July 12, 2017 (PDF; 1.4 MB)
  2. ↑ PERIMETRAL ING. ELADIO DIESTE  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from parlamento.gub.uy, accessed August 24, 2017@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / legislativo.parlamento.gub.uy  
  3. ↑ Gonzalo Larrambebere: An obituary for Eladio Dieste. In: Mauerwerk , 2001, No. 5, pp. 180-183. doi : 10.1002 / dama.200100490 . Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  4. ^ Text accompanying the documentary Dieste [Uruguay] . In: pym.de
  5. ↑ Eladio Dieste 1917-2000 (Spanish), publication by the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture on the occasion of the Día del Patrimonio 2006, accessed on July 12, 2017 (PDF; 1.4 MB)
  6. ^ Eladio Dieste. In: arch INFORM .
personal data
SURNAME Dieste, Eladio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan architect and civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1917 or December 10, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Artigas , Uruguay
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 2000
Place of death Montevideo , Uruguay