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Publications include Conversations with Form: A Workbook for Students of Architecture (Routledge, 2014), Arquitectura Contemporanea en Puerto Rico 1976-1992 (1992, 2011). [7] and [Con]textos: el Parque Muñoz Rivera y el Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico (2012). [8] Nechodoma, Antonin (1887, Prague - 1928, San Juan) [9] [10]
When the Spanish first arrived in Puerto Rico, they noted that the native Taino’s architectural structures were susceptible to decay. Subsequently (among other aspects of their society), Tainos were viewed as naive and inferior, and Spanish depictions of their structures tended to give them a more Neoclassical look (which was the basis of European architecture).
The Puerto Rico Ilustrado/El Mundo Building represents the embodiment of all the architectural trends of Puerto Rico during the 1920s. As with the other high-rise buildings established at the time in the area, it closely follows the typology of the Chicago school of architecture such as the use of steel-frame buildings with terracotta cladding.
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Casa de Piedra (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) Casa del Rey; Casa Sauri; Casilla del Caminero (Mayagüez) Castillo San Cristóbal (San Juan) Castillo San Felipe del Morro; Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe; Catedral de San Felipe Apóstol (Arecibo, Puerto Rico) Cathedral of San Juan, Puerto Rico; Catedral Santiago Apóstol (Fajardo, Puerto Rico)
In 1981, the Colegio de Arquitectos de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico College of Architects) established the Henry Klumb Award, the College's highest honor (and Puerto Rico's main architecture prize). The list of recipients for the Henry Klumb Award includes architects [ 5 ] Jesús Eduardo Amaral , Segundo Cardona , Jorge Rigau , and Andrés Mignucci .
The Antiguo Casino de Puerto Rico, located at Avenida Ponce de León 1 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a Beaux Arts architecture style building dating from 1917. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.
The Edificio José de Diego (English: José de Diego Building) in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, also known as the Rectoría, is a historic building on the grounds of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. It was built in 1913.