Salmona, Rogelio

Salmona, Rogelio
▪ 2008

      Colombian architect

born April 28, 1929, Paris, France

died Oct. 3, 2007, Bogotá, Colom.
was regarded as one of Latin America's preeminent architects, though his structures (which evoked pre-Hispanic edifices and cities) were largely built in Bogotá. Salmona apprenticed with Swiss architect Le Corbusier in Paris before returning to his hometown, where in 1959 he co-designed the El Polo apartment building. The Park Towers apartment complex (1964–70) brought him international notice and made use of his signature red brick. Salmona, a four-time recipient (1977, 1986, 1988, and 1990) of the National Architecture Prize, was honoured for his House for Illustrious Guests (1978–82), built in Cartagena for Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez, and his Quimbaya Cultural Centre in Armenia, Colom. Another of his best-known buildings was Bogotá's Virgilio Barco Public Library (2001). Salmona was awarded the Alvar Aalto Medal in 2003.

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