Chilean architect, university teacher
Alberto Cruz Montt (1879 – 1955), was a Chilean architect and professor who was an exponent of the Neoclassical style.
Early life
Alberto Cruz Montt was son of Ramón Cruz Moreno and Eloísa Montt Montt. He was educated at the École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris.
Marriage
He married Beatriz Larraín Bravo, the sister of the also architect Ricardo Larraín Bravo, who was his partner in various architectural works, like the Palacio Íñiguez, currently housing the Confitería Torres.[1]
He was professor of History of Architecture at the Universidad de Chile and at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, between 1952 and 1955.[2][3]
Works
Gallery
Palacio Irarrázabal (Santiago, 1906)
Castillo de las Majadas de Pirque (1907)
Palacio Astoreca (Santiago, 1910)
Castillo Ross (Viña del Mar, 1910–1912)
Palacio Ariztía (Santiago, 1917)
Palacio Eguiguren (Santiago, 1918)
Palacio Íñiguez (1908)
Palacio Versailles, former headquarters for the
Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura (Santiago de Chile) (1918)
Edificio sede del Colegio de Enfermeras de Chile (1925)
Edificio Ariztía, the first skyscraper in Santiago (1928)
References
- ^ "Clásico y transversal: libro recupera la obra arquitectónica de Ricardo Larraín Bravo". La Tercera. 26 December 2010. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Alberto Cruz Montt y Ricardo Larraín". www.memoriachilena.cl. 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Santiago por conocer". santiagoporconocer.cl. March 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.