Francisco Keil do Amaral
Francisco Caetano Keil Coelho do Amaral (born April 28, 1910 in Lisbon , Portugal ; † February 19, 1975 ibid), mostly just Francisco Keil do Amaral , was a Portuguese architect and photographer.
He was the grandson of Alfredo Keil , composer of the Portuguese national anthem . After studying at the Lisbon Art School, he was the house architect for the Lisbon city administration and designed numerous public buildings in the 1940s and 1950s. Particularly noteworthy are the Lisbon subway stations designed together with his wife, the painter Maria Keil (married in 1933), as well as the parks of Campo Grande , Monsanto and Parque Eduardo VII . He also designed the airport buildings in Lisbon and Luanda ( Angola ).
For his work as an architect, Keil do Amaral received the gold medal at the 1937 World Exhibition in Paris, for which he designed the Portuguese pavilion. He wrote some works on architectural theory.
Works (architecture)
- Lisbon Airport (1938-40)
- Parque Eduardo VII (1945)
- Numerous Lisbon subway stations (1957-59)
- Swimming pool in the Campo Grande Park (1960)
- Substations in Setúbal , Coina , Almada , Palmela , Barreiro , Sobreda and São Francisco (1948–65)
- Luanda Airport
- Parque Florestal de Monsanto
- Original FIL exhibition building (1957)
Fonts
- A Arquitectura ea Vida , 1942
- A Moderna Arquitectura Holandesa , 1943
- O Problema da Habitação , 1945
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Keil do Amaral, Francisco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wedge Coelho do Amaral, Francisco Caetano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon , Portugal |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th February 1975 |
| Place of death | Lisbon , Portugal |