Enrique Nieto (architect)

Enrique Nieto y Nieto ( born October 6, 1883 in Barcelona, † January 20, 1954 in Melilla) was a Spanish architect of Modernism.

He graduated from the Escuela Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona and worked with Antoni Gaudi at the Casa Mila. In 1909 he moved to Melilla where the majority of its buildings arose. Nietos style transformed over time in the direction of Art Deco and Neoclassical. 1931-1949 he was the city architect of Melilla.

Works in Melilla

City Council building Melilla, 1948.

Former department store La Reconquista, 1915.

Main mosque 1945.

List of Works

• C / García Cabrelles, 1 y 3 (1928 )
• C / General Prim, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 20 ( 1909-1910 )
• Cine Nacional (1929 )
• Avenida Juan Carlos I, 1 (1915-1916)
• Edificio " La Reconquista ," Plaza Menéndez Pelayo, s / n ( 1915)
• Edificio " El Acueducto ", c / Reyes Catolicos, 2 ( 1928)
• Sinagoga Yamin Benarroch, c / López Moreno ( 1924)
• C / López Moreno, 2, 14 y 20 (1924, 1923 y 1928)
• Palacio de la Asamblea (1933-1948)
• Edificio de " El Telegrama del Rif " (1912 )
• Cámara de Comercio, c / Cervantes, 7 ( 1913)
• Mezquita Central ( 1945)
• Avenida de la Democracia, 8
• Mercado del Real ( 1932)
• C / Cardenal Cisneros, 2 ( 1935)
• C / Cándido Lobera, 2 y 4 ( 1933-1935 )
• Monumento a los Heroes de España ( 1941)