List of Puerto Rican architects

This is a list of notable Puerto Rican architects. This list includes people, both Puerto Rican and foreign, whose work has made a significant contribution to Puerto Rican architecture, even if the person does not have an article yet, in alphabetical order by surname.

List of notable Puerto Rican architects

Abruña, Fernando, FAIA (1952, San Juan, PR)
"Fellow of the American Institute of Architects,(2005),Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award (2010).
Founder (2005) and first President (2005–07) of the US Green Building Council, Caribbean Chapter.
Important works include The Absent House, Vega Alta, PR (1999), Culebra Eco-School (2006)
Publications include FRESCO GRATIS (1980),^[1] ¡CASAS! (1988)^[2] A OJO DE BUEN CUBERO (1994).^[3] LA CASA AUSENTE (2005)^[4]

Pontón, Antonio (1953, San Juan, PR)
Important works include Centro de Bellas Artes, (Naranjito, PR), Paseo de las Artes (Caguas, PR), Plaza Arístide Moll Boscana, (Adjuntas,PR), Polideportivo, (Adjuntas,PR), Sports Complex - University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus (Rio Piedras, PR), Guillermo Angulo Coliseum, (Carolina, PR).

Amaral, Jesús Eduardo, FAIA (1927, Humacao, PR)
Founder (1966) and first Director (1966–69) of the School of Architecture-University of Puerto Rico.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1985.
Important works include Hotel Delicias, San Juan, PR (1960), Condominio Universitario, Condominio Costa Azul, Colegio Regional de Humacao.

Benítez Rexach, Félix
Important works include the Normandie Hotel^[5]

Bertoli Calderoni, Juan
Important works include Teatro La Perla, Ponce, PR (1864), Casa Serralles, Ponce, PR, Museo de la Musica Puertorriqueña, Ponce, PR.

Cardona, Segundo, FAIA (1950, San Juan, PR)^[6][7]
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1992.

Carmoega, Rafael (1894–1968)
Important works include the School of Tropical Medicine (Escuela de Medicina Tropical) San Juan, PR (1924), Mercado de las Carnes, Ponce, PR (1926), Capitolio de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (1929).

De Castro y Besosa, Pedro (1895–1936)^[8]
Important works include Castillo Serrallés, Ponce, PR (1930), Casa de España, San Juan, PR (1932), Villa Caparra, San Juan, PR (1929), Cuadrangulo UPR, San Juan, PR (1935).

Domenech, Manuel V. (Ponce, PR)
Important works include Rosaly-Batiz House, Ponce, PR (1897), Armstrong-Poventud Residence, Ponce, PR (1899), and Casa Paoli, Ponce, PR (1907 intervention).

Antonio Fiol-Silva, FAIA, AICP, LEED AP BD + C (1958- )

Antonio is a leading Principal at WRT / Wallace Roberts & Todd in Philadelphia, where that nationally recognized firm’s practice is based. His practice encompasses many high-profile projects in both in the public and the private sector, highlighting civic places, urban mixed-use redevelopment and transportation & urban infrastructure. His green planning and design work have earned him multiple design awards and recognitions, including a 2010 AIA National Urban Design Award for the US House of Representatives Office Buildings & South Capitol Area Plan in Washington, DC, and a cover feature in the US Green Building Council's GreenSource magazine.

Antonio’s projects include master plans such as the Technology Square Plan for the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Virginia State Capitol Plan, and the St. Elizabeths East HQ Plan for the Department of Homeland Security, as well as buildings such as the Downtown Transit and Visitor Center in Charlottesville, VA, and Paseo Verde - a TOD mixed-use project adjoining Temple University in Philadelphia for the Jonathan Rose Companies and Associación de Puertorriqueños en Marcha - a project targeting a double LEED for Homes and LEED ND Platinum certification.

Antonio’s work in sustainable architecture and urban design has been recognized through multiple local and national Design awards from the American Institute of Architects, Progressive Architecture Magazine and the Congress of the New Urbanism, along with publication of his work in Progressive Architecture, Architectural Review magazines and many other publications. Antonio is active in the boards of several civic and professional organizations that include: the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation, the American Institute of Architects, and the Urban Land Institute. In the later he serves on the National Advisory Board of the Rose Center for Leadership in Public Land Use. As President-Elect of AIA Philadelphia Antonio is currently curating a Sustainable Design Exhibit to coincide with GreenBuild 2013’s opening in Philadelphia. Antonio received his Master of Architecture in Urban Design degree from Harvard University in 1989 and his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University.

Frade, Ramon, (1875–1954, Cayey, PR)

Marvel, Thomas, FAIA (1935, Newburgh, NY, USA)
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1990.
Important works include Convento Las Carmelitas, Trujillo Alto, PR, Alcaldía de Bayamón, Casa Marvel I, San Juan, PR (1965), and Casa Marvel II, San Juan, PR (1976). [Crespo, Rafael. Thomas S. Marvel: Architecto/Architect. Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico, 2005]

Publications include La arquitectura de templos parroquiales de Puerto Rico (with Maria Luisa Moreno (1984)^[9] and Marvel, Thomas S., Antonin Nechodoma: Architect, 1877-1928: The Prairie School in the Caribbean (1994).^[10]

Méndez, Pedro (1902–1990)^[11]
Important works include Edificio Miami, San Juan, PR (1936), Escuela Aguayo Aldea, Caguas, PR (1939), Plaza del Mercado de Ponce, Ponce, PR.

Mignucci, Andrés, FAIA (1957, Ponce, PR).
Henry Klumb Award
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Publications include Conversations with Form: A Workbook for Students of Architecture (Routledge, 2014), Arquitectura Contemporanea en Puerto Rico 1976-1992 (1992, 2011).^[12] and [Con]textos: el Parque Muñoz Rivera y el Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico (2012).^[13]

Nechodoma, Antonin (1887, Prague - 1928, San Juan)^[14][15]
Important works include Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Ponce, PR (1907), Casa Korber, San Juan, PR (1917), Casa Roig, Humacao, PR (1921), Mansion Georgetti, San Juan, PR (1923), Banco de Nova Scotia, San Juan, PR (1924).

Pérez-Chanis, Efrain (1920–2005)
Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1992
Founder and Director of the architectural magazine URBE.^[16]
Publications include Crónicas en un Tiempo de Arte (2003).^[17]

Porrata Doria, Francisco (Ponce, PR)
Important works include Banco Credito y Ahorro Ponceño, Ponce, PR (1924), Banco de Ponce, Ponce, PR (1924), Castillo Mario Mercado, Guayanilla, PR (1930), Teatro Fox Delicias, Ponce, PR (1931).

Rigau, Jorge FAIA (1953, Arecibo, Puerto Rico)
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 2006
Founder (1995) and First Dean of The New School of Architecture-Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (1995–2006)
Publications include Puerto Rico 1900, Turn of the Century Architecture in the Hispanic Caribbean 1890-1930 (1992),^[18] and Havana (with Nancy Stout) (1994).^[19]

Vivoni Farage, Enrique (1949, San Juan, PR)
Director, Archivos de Arquitectura y Construcción Universidad de Puerto Rico (AACUPR)
Publications include Antonin Nechodoma: umbral para una nueva arquitectura caribeña (1989),^[20] Pedro Mendez Mercado en su Tiempo (1999),^[11] Pedro de Castro y Besosa: Alarife de Sueños. (1999),^[8] Klumb: An Architecture of Social Concern (2007)^[21]

Wiechers, Alfredo (1881, Ponce; 1964, Barcelona)
Important works include Casa Villaronga, Ponce, PR (1911), Casa Serrallés, Ponce, PR (1911), Casa Oppenheimer, Ponce, PR (1913).

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