Jorge Herrán
Jorge Herrán (born February 5, 1897 in Uruguay , † September 5, 1969 ) was a Uruguayan architect and politician.
Herrán studied at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo, where he successfully graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in 1921. Five years later he married Josefina Puig Larravide, with whom he had a son and three daughters. From March 20, 1935 to March 1942, he was Uruguayan Minister of Construction. From January 1944 to October 1946 he worked at the Instituto Nacional de Viviendas Económicas .
His most important works in the Montevideo area are:
- The Dirección de Aduanas y Capitanía General de Puertos (1923) in the port of Montevideo. It is a building comparable to the Helsinki train station created by Eliel Saarinen . This has been classified as a national historical monument since 1975.
- The Edificio Mac Lean (1930) in calle Solís No. 1531–1533
- The seat of the Yacht Club Uruguayo (1934–1939) in the port of Buceo . This building, designed in collaboration with Luis Crespi , is a remarkable example of the nautical variant of Art Déco architecture.
- The Edificio Posadas Belgrano , which is now the seat of the Banco Comercial .
Individual evidence
- ↑ PROGRAMA DE MODERNIZACION DE LA DIRECCION NACIONAL DE ADUANAS - INFORMACION GENERAL DE OBRAS EN PROCESO DE PROYECTACION Y EJECUCION A ABRIL 2011 - Autoría del Proyecto original - Otras realizaciones ( Memento from March 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on servicios.gubuanas.aduanas. uy, accessed on February 26, 2014 (PDF)
- ↑ Grandes obras nacionales. Reconociendo a nuestra Arquitectura. ( Memento of January 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Sociedad de Arquitectos del Uruguay.
- ^ Maravillas montevideanas
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herrán, Jorge |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan architect and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 1969 |