Flora Manteola
Flora Manteola | |
---|---|
Born | Flora Manteola August 12, 1936 Cordoba, Argentina |
Occupation(s) | Architect, academic |
Notable work | Prourban Building, Banco Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires |
Flora Manteola (born August 12, 1936) is an Argentine architect. She is known for her works that focus on the reuse of buildings and educational projects.[1] Manteola also teaches at the University of Buenos Aires.
Biography
[edit]Manteola was born in 1936 in Cordoba, Argentina. She obtained her architecture degree at the University of Buenos Aires in 1962.[2] Before finishing college, Manteola already founded an architectural studio called MSGSSS (Estudio Manteola, Sánchez Gómez, Santos, Solsona, Salaberry) together with fellow students that included Javier Sanchez Gomez.[2] This studio would later complete various projects, which are noted for the emphasis on experimental and investigative design.[2]
Works
[edit]Some of the architectural projects she was involved in include the Prourban building. It is a free-perimeter, cylindrical structure that became a landmark in Buenos Aires, where it is known as “El Rulero”.[3] She was also one of the designers of the ATC Argentina Televisora Color, a building that explored the link between technology and landscape with the urban public space.[4] She also led the team that designed Evoque Olazabal, a building noted for its curved shape.[5] Her work on the Banco Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires is considered part the projects that represent the new generation of architectural design in Argentina.[6]
Manteola is a tenured professor at the University of Buenos Aires and teaches Project Knowledge and Practice of the Common Basic Cycle of UBA.[7] She also serves as the coordinator of the university’s Department of Design Disciplines.[8]
Manteola was the Premio Konex for Architecture in 1992 for her works covering the 1982-1986 period.[1] She was the first woman to receive the award.[1] She was also the first woman to be awarded the Premio a la Trayectoria de la Sociedad Central de Architectos.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Flora Alicia Manteola | Fundación Konex". www.fundacionkonex.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ a b c "Manteola, Flora | ModernaBuenosAires". ModernaBuenosAires.org. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ "Architecture Classics: Prourban Building / MSGSSV". ArchDaily. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ "22 Architecture Classics to Celebrate the Day of the Architect in Argentina". ArchDaily. 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ "Evoque Olazabal". Architect. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ^ Sabugo, Mario; Campodonico, Raul Horacio; Bartrons, Horacio Caride; versace, Ileana; Moreno, Beatriz Garcia; Giunta, Rodolfo; Salomón, Maximiliano; Sorda, Gabriela; Zimmerman, Johanna (2021). Metaforas en pugna (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: CP67. p. 188. ISBN 978-987-3607-58-5.
- ^ "» Flora Manteola participó del Ciclo Diálogos" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ Wilkes, Joseph A.; Packard, Robert T. (1988). Encyclopedia of Architecture, Tabler, William B. to Zoos. Madison, Wisconsin: Wiley. p. 350. ISBN 978-0-471-63243-6.