Evelia Peralta (born 1941) is an Argentine-born Ecuadorian architect. She has published several books on contemporary architecture and the architecture of Quito. She directs an architectural magazine titled Trama and she co-founded the Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura de Quito.
Evelia Peralta | |
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| Born | 1941 |
| Nationality | Ecuador |
| Occupation(s) | architect and writer |
| Partner | Rolando Moya Tasquer |
Life
editPeralta was born in San Miguel de Tucumán in Argentina in 1941. She studied at the National University of Tucumán and graduated in 1967. She was a director of the architectural journal Trama.[1]
She moved to Ecuador and taught at the Central University of Ecuador in their Architecture faculty. In 1978 the faculty presented a “Comprehensive Workshop, an interdisciplinary proposal” in Guayaquil at the Latin American Congress of Schools and Faculties of Architecture.[2] In the same year she was one of the founders of the Architecture Biennial that takes place in Quito.[3]
In 1994 she was teaching at the Catholic University of Ecuador in Quito.[2] In 2002 she published Quito, cultural heritage of humanity.[4] In 2006 she published "Casas latinoamericanas" (Latin American Houses) which is a guide to recent homes featuring contemporary architecture.[5]
She co-authored a book, with her life partner Rolando Moya Tasquer, about the architecture of Quito, titled Quito: patrimonio cultural de la humanidad.[6] In 2014 the XX Pan-American Architecture Biennial of Quito took place attracting 2,500 people. Peralta was given a diploma and statuette as one of the founders of the Biennial.[3]
In 2024 she and her partner were still running Trama magazine.[7] She says that she feels like a native of Ecuador.[2]
References
edit- ^ Patton, Carl V. (1988). Spontaneous Shelter: International Perspectives and Prospects. Temple University Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-87722-507-2.
- ^ a b c Taipe, Esteban Calderón (2016-10-06). "EVELIA PERALTA 1941". UN DIA | UNA ARQUITECTA 2 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ a b "Reconocimiento Fundadores Bienal Panamericana". www.libroecuador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ Peralta, Evelia (2002). Quito, cultural heritage of humanity (in Spanish). Dirección General de Promoción Cultural. ISBN 978-9978-92-206-4.
- ^ Peralta, Rómulo Moya; Peralta, Evelia; Moya, Rolando (2006). Casas latinoamericanas (in Spanish). Compre este libro de Trama. ISBN 978-9978-300-39-8.
- ^ Peralta, Evelia; Tasquer, Rolando Moya (2003). Quito: patrimonio cultural de la humanidad (in Spanish). MRE Ecuador. ISBN 978-9978-300-02-2.
- ^ "Nosotros". www.trama.com.ec. Retrieved 2024-02-03.