Eladio Dieste

Eladio Dieste ( born December 1, 1917 in Artigas, † July 19, 2000 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan architect and civil engineer.

Biography

Studied at Dieste 1933-1943 at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo, where he earned the title of Ingeniero ( engineer). He then taught there until 1965 as a professor of engineering mechanics and 1953-1973 for bridges and large buildings. From 1971 to 1973 he headed the training workshop for civil engineering. From the Universidad de la República him the honorary degree was awarded. He was also an honorary professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Montevideo and also Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina. By UNESCO, he was appointed as a professor for several universities in Latin America.

He designed many industrial, commercial and religious buildings in Uruguay. Among his most famous projects, built in 1958 is one of " Cristo Obrero " Church in Atlantida. Dieste was the owner of several patents relating to construction methods, also held in various European countries lectures and worked as a consultant on various projects, for example in the dams Salto Grande and El Palmar and the bridges for the state railway company AFE in Boston and Buenos Aires.

He was a corresponding member of the Academia de Ciencias de la República Argentina and the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes de Argentina and a member of the Academia Nacional de Ingeniería Uruguay ( Aniu ).

For his work he has received numerous awards, including 1990 with the price of the complete work at the Biennale in Quito, the " Gabriela Mistral " Prize of the Organization of American States, 1991 with the U.S. price for the entire work, and in 1999 with the " Vitrubio " prize for Architecture.

Dieste was the father of eleven children.

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