List of Puerto Ricans - Architects

Architects

  • Jesús Eduardo Amaral
    Architect, educator. First director of the School of Architecture at the University of Puerto Rico. Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
  • Henry Klumb
    German-born architect responsible for many Puerto Rico designs from 1944 to 1984. Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
  • Andrés Mignucci
    Architect, urbanist. Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
  • Antonio Miró Montilla
    "Architect, educator. First architect appointed head of a government agency, the Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, 1969 to1971. First dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, 1971 to 1978. Chancellor of the Río Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, 1978 to 1985."
  • Antonin Nechodoma
    Notable Czech architect.
  • Francisco Porrata Doria
    Designed the Ponce Cathedral, Banco de Ponce (building), and Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (building).
  • Jorge Rigau
    Architect, educator. First dean of the School of Architecture at the Polythecnic University of Puerto Rico. Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
  • Blas Silva
    Creator of the Ponce Creole architectural style. Designed, among many others, the Casa de la Masacre, Font-Ubides House, and the Subira House.
  • Toro Ferrer
    Pioneering Puerto Rican architectural firm led by Osvaldo Toro FAIA and Miguel Ferrer FAIA, both Fellows of the American Institute of Architects and responsible for such landmarks as the Caribe Hilton, the Supreme Court, the Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport and the Hotel La Concha.
  • Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti
    Early 20th-century architect from Ponce. Designed many historical buildings now listed in the National Register of Historic Places including his own home (the Wiechers-Villaronga Residence) in the Ponce Historic Zone and which today is home to the Puerto Rico Museum of Architecture.

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