The exterior of the Marravillas College Gymnasium

The interior of the Marravillas College Gymnasium

Alejandro de la Sota Martínez (October 20, 1913 - 14 February 1996) was a Spanish architect. He was born in Pontevedra in Galicia. He graduated from the university in Madrid in 1941 and, from 1956 to 1972 was a professor there. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Kingdom of Spain or Spain (Spanish and Galician: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... Pontevedra is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Pontevedra in Galicia. ... There are two well-known places called Galicia: Galicia in Western Europe, an Atlantic Ocean region in Spain. ... Coat of arms The Plaza de España square Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. ...

From his graduation, Sota lived in Madrid, although maintained links with his native Galicia. He was a promoter of industrialisation of construction in the 1960s; his Maravillas gymnasium of 1961 was the first steel framed building in Madrid. The buildings of Sota combine geometric rigor with constructive sincerity and a structural boldness of form that still surprises today. Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i. ...

Sota received the National Prize of Architecture and the Gold medal of the Council of Architects.

Works

• Gobierno Civil (Tarragona) (1956-1963)
• Talleres Aeronáuticos TABSA (Madrid) (1957-1958)
• Maravillas College Gynamsium (Madrid) (1961)
• Block of Houses (Salamanca) (1963)
• Colegio Mayor César Carlos (Madrid) (1967)
• Residencia de Verano Infantil (Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid) (1957-1959)
• Central Lechera CLESA (Madrid) (1963)
• Viviendas en calle del Prior (Salamanca) (1962-1963)
• Edificio Industrial CENIM (Madrid) (1965-1967)
• Pabellón Polideportivo (Pontevedra) (1966)
• Colegio Residencia Caja de Ahorros Provincial (Ourense) (1966-1967)
• Classrooms and Seminaries of the University (Sevilla) (1972)
• Computer center of the Post Office (Madrid) (1973-1976)
• Banco Pastor (Pontevedra) (1974)
• Post Office and Telecommunications Building (León) (1980-1983)
• Edificio Caja Postal de Ahorros (Madrid) (1986-1989)
• University Library (Santiago de Compostela) (1990)
• Court buildings (Zaragoza) (1991-1993)
• Rediseño y Rehabilitación del Edificio del Cabildo Insular (Las Palmas) (1994)