Alberto Cruz Montt Explained

Alberto Cruz Montt
Birth Date:1879
Birth Place:Valparaíso
Death Date:August 1955
Death Place:Santiago
Nationality:Chilean

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 26 December 2010. Clásico y transversal: libro recupera la obra arquitectónica de Ricardo Larraín Bravo. dead. 17 May 2016. La Tercera. 29 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101229074339/http://diario.latercera.com/2010/12/26/01/contenido/cultura-entretencion/30-54314-9-clasico-y-transversal-libro-recupera-la-obra-arquitectonica-de-ricardo-larrain.shtml.
  2. Web site: 2015. Alberto Cruz Montt y Ricardo Larraín. 17 May 2016. www.memoriachilena.cl.
  3. Web site: March 2016. Santiago por conocer. 17 May 2016. santiagoporconocer.cl.