In the history of building, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza as Spanish architect (1918-2000).
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza was born at Cáseda in 1918. His recorded nationality is Spain. He trained at Technical University of Madrid.
Modernism rejected ornament and historical style, arguing that a building should express its structure and its function - a claim contested ever since.
He is recorded as architect.
Among his best-known works are Sanctuary of Arantzazu and Torres Blancas. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
Recognition followed: Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts.
That the work was built in Spain shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza died in 2000, aged 82. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Sanctuary of Arantzazu
- Notable work: Torres Blancas
- Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts
- Trained at Technical University of Madrid
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