Carlota Bustos   Bernard Bevan continues to be a mystery. He first published his book in 1938, but it has been impossible to find a portrait of him. His contacts with the British Foreign Service during World War II and his correspondence with Kim Philby (the famous s

Delfín Rodríguez   El año pasado de 2011 se cumplía el bicentenario de la muerte del arquitecto Juan de Villanueva (1739-1811), figura fundamental de la historia de la arquitectura española durante la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII y comienzos del siguiente, sin que nin

David García Montes   En octubre de 1952, un grupo de arquitectos españoles —Aburto, Bidagor, Cabrero, Chueca, Fisac y Zuazo entre otros— partieron a la Alhambra para una estancia de tres días, con la seria intención de meditar sobre las bases de una nueva arquitectura en

(1911-2004)  As if he were a devout master builder from the medieval times, the architect and historian Fernando Chueca Goitia, deceased at the age of 93, lies next to his wife in the crypt of Madrid’s Almudena Cathedral, that he himself carried

Adela García-Herrera   Fernando Chueca Goitia The Spanish Council of Architectural Associations has honoured the 83 year old architect and historian Fernando Chueca Goitia with its Gold Medal, in recognition of his “relevant contribution to the theory and history of archi