EDIFICIO ALBO

Civil
1312
On the Way of St. James

Location

Avenida Gran Vía, esquina a Urzaiz 2

36203  Vigo - Pontevedra

Coordinates:
42º 14' 03.9" N - 8º 43' 00.9" W

Description

The building was designed by Francisco Castro Represas in 1942 but was not completed until 1949 due to the postwar shortage of iron and cement. The design is rationalist but it also features neo-baroque elements: baroque pediments, cornices, moldings, pinnacles, volutes, etc. . On the ground floor we find classicist forms such as Tuscan columns, architraves, friezes and denticulated cornices. In spite of everything, rationalist forms prevail; they dominate the chamfer´ s verticality and the horizontality of the facades. The composition is symmetrical: the chamfer is the central axis with large, horizontal openings in the two facades, and curved corners and projecting bands on the parapet and lintel to discharge water.

The Ways of St. James

Portiguese Route by coast
Arriba
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