Walter Weberhofer | |
Birth Date: | 24 March 1923 |
Birth Place: | San Jerónimo de Tunán, Junín, Peru |
Death Place: | Lima, Peru |
Occupation: | Architect |
Years Active: | 1946–1983 |
Walter Weberhofer Quintana (San Jerónimo de Tunán; — Lima;) was a Peruvian architect of the 20th century.
Weberhofer was born on March 24, 1923, to parents Oswaldo Weberhofer Pilts and Dolores Quintana Gurt. His father, born in 1886 in the Austro-Hungarian town of Liezen, was a park ranger in nearby Graz. He emigrated to Argentina in 1912 and, after living in Asunción, left for Peru in 1921 to work on a bridge in the Mantaro River, marrying his wife the following year.[1]
He studied at the Alfonso Ugarte School during his youth.[1] He later studied architecture from 1947 to 1951 at the National School of Engineering. Prior to his studies, he worked as a structural draftsman at the Ministry of Public Works and in the office of architect Enrique Seoane Ros. Later he carried out his professional internships in Brazil.[2]
From 1957 to 1965, he began his partnership with the architect Remigio Collantes with whom he developed several structures, mainly houses in Santa María del Mar.[2]