The different lives of a building. The Palace of Don Antonio de Mendoza

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https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/149974

Cita bibliográfica

Trallero Sanz, AM. (2020). The different lives of a building. The Palace of Don Antonio de Mendoza. EGE Revista de Expresión Gráfica en la Edificación. 0(12):61-81. https://doi.org/10.4995/ege.2020.13385

Titulación

Resumen

[EN] The appearance of buildings is the result of a historical process that has left its imprint on them in at all its stages, particularly when this process has involved a constant change of uses, entailing continuous refurbishments and extensions. The building studied here is unusual in that it is the result of contributions by three major architects in the history of Spanish architecture: Lorenzo Vázquez, who introduced the Renaissance into Spain; Alonso de Covarrubias, one of its leading architects, and Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, perhaps the prime exponent of Spanish eclecticism. Their work, and that of others, mainly linked to the uses to which the building has been put, have created the structure as it stands today. This paper provides an overview of its history, how it has been enriched and how it has suffered irreparable losses, and examines how those changes led to the constant urban transformation of the surrounding area, in the urban fabric of the city.

Palabras clave

Proportion, Eclecticism, Lorenzo Vázquez, Alonso de Covarrubias, Ricardo Velázquez Bosco

ISSN

1888-8143

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Fuente

EGE Revista de Expresión Gráfica en la Edificación

DOI

10.4995/ege.2020.13385

Versión del editor

https://doi.org/10.4995/ege.2020.13385

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