In the history of building, Francisco Keil do Amaral is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Francisco Keil do Amaral as Portuguese architect and photographer (1910-1975).
Francisco Keil do Amaral was born at Lisbon in 1910. His recorded nationality is Portugal.
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 photographer, architect and painter.
Among his best-known works are Al-Shaab Stadium and Feira Internacional de Lisboa. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
Recognition followed: Valmor Prize and Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword.
That the work was built in Portugal shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Francisco Keil do Amaral died in 1975, aged 65. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Al-Shaab Stadium
- Notable work: Feira Internacional de Lisboa
- Valmor Prize
- Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
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