Max Borges Jr.
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| Max Borges, Jr. | |
| Born | 1916 Cuba |
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Max Borges, Jr. (born Max Borges-Recio in Cuba in 1916) is a famous Cuban architect living in the United States.
Max Borges Jr. is the most original and unique of a series of excellent cuban modernist cuban architects of the 1950s. His style was highly influenced by his work with Spanish structural engineer Felix Candela who practiced in Mexico and was a world class specialist in lightweight concrete parabolic structures. Borges invited Candela to work with him in Cuba, and they both developed extraordinary projects. His best known work is the Tropicana Club of 1951, for which he later designed expansions. Other unique buildings like the 1943 Apartment Building of Max Borges-del Junco at Jovellar St. and the Club Nautico place Borges among one of few modern architects of the Americas with a unique recognizable original style.
[edit] Family
He is son of architect, Max Borges-del Junco, a well known cuban architect. His brother is architect Enrique Borges-Recio with whom he authored many works as partner. He married Mignon Olmo-Garrido (March 18, 1923 - May 6, 2007) on February 5, 1944 at San Juan de Latran Catholic Church in Havana, Cuba and they have two sons, Philip M. and Max M.Borges-Olmo (also an architect), as well as five grandchildren. He has two homes, one in Falls Church, Virginia and the other in Key Biscayne, Florida.
[edit] Notable projects
- House of Santiago Claret - 1941
- House of Martin Fox - 1941
- Apartment Building of Max Borges-del Junco - 1943
- House of Paula Maza - 1946
- House of Max Borges Recio - 1948
- Medical & Surgical Center - 1948
- Tropicana Club - 1951
- Club Nautico - 1953
- Partagas Building - 1954
- Anter Building - 1954
- Nunez Bank - 1957
- House of Alberto Borges - 1957
- House of Humberto Tous - 1957
[edit] References
- The Havana Guide - Modern Architecture 1925-1965, Eduardo Luis Rodriguez (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2000) ISBN 1-56898-210-0
- La Habana, Eduardo Luis Rodriguez, Pepe Navarro(photographer), Blume 1998.
- Directorio Internacional de Familias Cubanas, Volumen XI 1996-1997 (Spanish)
- The Washington Post, May 8, 2007
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