In the history of building, Miguel Fisac is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Miguel Fisac as Spanish architect and painter (1913-2006).
Miguel Fisac was born at Daimiel in 1913. His recorded nationality is Spain. He trained at Technical University of Madrid and Superior Technical School of Architecture 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, painter and urban planner.
Among his best-known works are iglesia de San Pedro Mártir, Villanueva de Perales town hall and Casa de la Cultura, Villanueva de Perales. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
Recognition followed: National Architecture Award of Spain, Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Gold Medal of Architecture (Spain) and Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit.
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.
Miguel Fisac died in 2006, aged 93. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: iglesia de San Pedro Mártir
- Notable work: Villanueva de Perales town hall
- Notable work: Casa de la Cultura, Villanueva de Perales
- Notable work: iglesia de Santa Ana y Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza
- National Architecture Award of Spain
- Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Gold Medal of Architecture (Spain)
- Trained at Technical University of Madrid and Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid
