alejandro de la sota

Alejandro de la Sota (1913-1996) is regarded as one of the great masters of Spanish 20th century architecture. He was appointed as architect at the National Colonization Institute, Directorate-General of the Postal Service, Aviaco and Iberia. He was a Senior Lecturer for 16 years at the Madrid School of Architecture, and gave addresses and classes at many architecture schools in Spain and abroad, most notably in Architectural Association London, Technische Universität München and Harvard University.

The Maravillas Gymnasium (1961) and the Civil Government Delegation in Tarragona (1957), perhaps his most emblematic buildings, are two of the most representative works of modern Spanish architecture which still continue to astonish architects, historians and critics from around the world.

Awards

1963 National Architecture Prize. Fine Arts Competition.
1973 National Architecture Prize. Directorate-General of Fine Arts.
National Fine Arts Prize. Directorate-General of Fine Arts.
1974 National Architecture Prize for the Classroom and Seminar Building at Seville University.
1975 National Fine Arts Competition Prizes: Architecture, for the Classroom and Seminar Building at Seville University. Prize for the best building constructed in Seville: the Classroom and Seminar Building at Seville University.
1984 Gold Medal of Merit in Telecommunication.
1985 City of Pontevedra Prize.
1986 Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts.
1988 Gold Medal for Architecture. Higher Council of Colleges of Architects
1988 Pinat Prize.
1993 Antonio Camuñas Foundation Prize.
1996 Gold Medal for Architecture. Catalonia College of Architects.
2008 Pazo de Prata INEF Galicia.
2009 International Award Architecture in Stone, Verona 2009, XI Edition: “Ad memoriam” for the Civil Government Delegation, Tarragona.