In the history of building, Andrés de Vandelvira is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Andrés de Vandelvira as Spanish architect.
Andrés de Vandelvira was born at Alcaraz in 1509. His recorded nationality is Crown of Castile.
The Renaissance made the architect an individual with a signature, a theory and a reputation, working from drawings rather than on site.
He is recorded as architect and sculptor.
His work is associated with spanish renaissance.
Among his best-known works are Holy Chapel of the Savior, Hospital de Santiago and Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
That the work was built in Crown of Castile shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Andrés de Vandelvira died in 1575, aged 66. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Holy Chapel of the Savior
- Notable work: Hospital de Santiago
- Notable work: Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora
- Movement: Spanish Renaissance
