Mario Girona (né Mario Miguel Girona Fernández; January 13, 1924 – August 26, 2008) was a Cuban architect and educator. He received a Cuban national award for his architecture in 1996, from the National Union of Construction Architects of Cuba. Girona taught for many years at the University of Havana.
Mario Girona | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mario Miguel Girona Fernández January 13, 1924 Manzanillo, Granma Province, Cuba |
| Died | August 26, 2008 (aged 84) Havana, La Habana Province, Cuba |
| Resting place | Colon Cemetery, Havana, Cuba |
| Education | University of Havana |
| Occupation(s) | Architect, educator |
Life and career
editMario Miguel Girona Fernández was born on January 13, 1924, in Manzanillo.[1] His older brother was painter Julio Girona (or Julio Girona Fernández; 1914–2002).[2] In his youth, he was in support of the Cuban Revolution.[3]
In 1940, Girona began his studies at the "Fernando Aguado y Rico Higher School of Trades" in Havana.[1] In 1945, he entered the faculty of architecture at the University of Havana, where he graduated in 1953.[1]
In the 1960s Girona was appointed to carry out an architectural project to design the Coppelia ice cream parlor in the Vedado district of Havana.[4][5][6] He participated in the Expo 67 in Montreal in 1967, with his design of a boutique-ice cream parlor. He also became faculty at his alma mater, the University of Havana.[3]
The National Union of Construction Architects of Cuba (Spanish: Unión Nacional de Arquitectos Constructores de Cuba; now UNAICC) awarded him the "National Prize for Life and Work" in 1996.[2][3][7]
Death and legacy
editOn August 26, 2008, Girona passed away at the age of 84 in Havana.[2][8][9] His remains were buried in the Colón Necropolis in Havana.[3]
In 2015, his work was included in the group exhibition, Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955–1980 at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.[10][11]
List of works
edit- 1957, Hotel Capri, Havana, Cuba[2]
- 1966, Coppelia, Vedado district, Havana, Cuba[12]
- 1966, "Pío Lindo" Country Restaurant, Ciénaga de Zapata, Cuba
- 1974, Hotel MarAzul, Havana, Cuba[13][14]
- 1975, Las Terrazas, Cayajabos, Habana, Cuba; coffee workers housing[2]
- 1998, Terminal 3, José Marti International Airport, Havana, Cuba[2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c Cárdenas, Eliana (2008). "Mario Girona: Una Rica Vida Profesional". Revista Científica de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (in Spanish). 29 (2–3): 77–78. ISSN 1815-5898.
- ^ a b c d e f "Fallece Mario Girona, arquitecto de la heladería Coppelia" [Mario Girona, architect of the Coppelia ice cream parlor, dies]. El Nuevo Herald (Obituary) (in Spanish). August 29, 2008. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-12-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "Sepultado Maestro de la Arquitectura Cubana". Juventud Rebelde (in Spanish). August 28, 2008. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ "Coppelia cumple 50". The Miami Herald. June 4, 2016. pp. B1, B4. Retrieved 2024-12-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Muestra de arquitectura Cubana en Nueva York". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). 2004-11-08. p. 25. Retrieved 2024-12-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cuba, Republic of". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t020510. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ "Entregará la UNAICC Premio Nacional Vida y Obra de Arquitectura 2024". Radio Progreso (in Spanish). 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ Gavin, Catherine Elizabeth (2008-10-01). "Obituary: Mario Girona, 1924-2008". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ Desdin, Manuel (August 28, 2008). "Falleció Mario Girona, arquitecto de la heladería Coppelia". Cubaen Cuentro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ "Cuban Architecture in MoMA's Latin America in Construction". Cuban Art News. March 31, 2015. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955–1980, Edited by Barry Bergdoll, Carlos Eduardo Comas, Jorge Francisco Liernur, and Patricio del Real, 2015
- ^ "The land of ad-lib-it yourself". The Toronto Star. June 7, 1966. p. 25. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2024-12-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Chaffee, Wilber A.; Prevost, Gary (1992). Cuba: A Different America. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-8476-7694-1.
- ^ Cuadra, Manuel (2019-09-15). Aspiraciones Y Espacios De Una Revolución: Arquitectura y Urbanismo en Cuba 1959–2018 (in Spanish). Kassel University Press GmbH. p. 122. ISBN 978-3-7376-5090-8.