Antonia Lehmann: Chilean Architect and National Award Recipient
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Antonia Lehmann is a prominent Chilean architect born in 1955 and a co-founder of the Santiago-based firm Izquierdo Lehmann. She is notable for being the first woman to receive Chile's National Architecture Award in 2004. Her architectural style is characterized by a balance between vernacular tradition and modernity.
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## Card: Antonia Lehmann: Chilean Architect and National Award Recipient
Antonia Lehmann is a prominent Chilean architect born in 1955 and a co-founder of the Santiago-based firm Izquierdo Lehmann. She is notable for being the first woman to receive Chile's National Architecture Award in 2004. Her architectural style is characterized by a balance between vernacular tradition and modernity.
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Chilean architect (born 1955)
Antonia Lehmann Born Antonia Lehmann Scasi-Buffa 1955 (age 70–71) Santiago , Chile Alma mater Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Occupation Architect Organization Izquierdo Lehmann Architects Notable work Cruz del Sur [ 1 ] Manantiales Building [ 2 ] Awards National Architecture Award of Chile 2004 Website https://www.izquierdolehmann.com/en/
Antonia Lehmann (born 1955) is a Chilean architect and cofounder of Izquierdo Lehmann architecture firm. In 2004, she became the first woman to receive Chile's National Architecture Award .
Career [ edit ]
Lehmann graduated as an architect from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 1982. [ 3 ] Two years later, together with Luis Izquierdo, she founded Izquierdo Lehmann, an architecture firm based in Santiago , Chile . [ 4 ]
Her work has been described as taking "a position of equidistance between vernacular tradition and imported modernity." [ 5 ]
In 2010, the President of Chile , Sebastian Piñera , appointed her as Director of the advisory board for the Chilean New Urban Policy, a position she held until 2014. Since then, she has been a member of the National Committee for Urban Development. [ 4 ]
Awards and honors [ edit ]
In 2004, Lehmann won the National Architecture Prize in Chile, becoming the first woman to ever achieve this honor. [ 4 ]
That same year, the Manantiales building became the only South American project to be featured in Tall Buildings , an exhibition curated by MoMA in New York showcasing "the newest innovations in skyscrapers". [ 6 ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Cruz del Sur Building / Izquierdo Lehmann" . ArchDaily . 3 December 2009.
^ "Manantiales Building in Las Condes, Santiago" . Arquitectura Viva .
^ "Antonia Lehmann" . Izquierdo Lehmann Architects . Retrieved 26 April 2023 .
^ a b c "#ArquitectasColegiadas – Homenaje a nuestras colegiadas Premio Nacional de Arquitectura y Premio Nacional de Urbanismo" . Colegio de Arquitectos (in Spanish). 7 March 2023.
^ Flores, Cuca. "Veinticinco años de arquitectura chilena" . Arquitectura Viva (in Spanish) . Retrieved 26 April 2023 .
^ "Tall Buildings" . MoMA . Retrieved 26 April 2023 .
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