{{Short description|Spanish architect (1920-1996)}} {{Infobox artist | birth_date = October 30, 1920 | birth_place = Madrid | death_date = December 7, 1996 (76 years old) | death_place = Madrid | resting_place = Torrelodones | alma_mater = Polytechnic University of Madrid | movement = Rationalist | awards = *{{interlanguage link|Premio Antonio Camuñas de Arquitectura|lt=Antonio Camuñas Prize for Architecture|es||gl||it}} *Gold Medal in Spanish Architecture Award *National Architecture Award of Spain | children = *Lucia Cano *Diego Cano Pintos *Gonzalo Cano Pintos *Alfonso Cano Pintos | spouse = María del Pilar Pintos Vázquez-Quirós }}
'''Julio Cano Lasso''' was a Spanish architect, considered a master of Spanish architecture, alongside his contemporaries in the Madrid Rationalist school.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Cano Lasso |url=https://www.metalocus.es/en/author/cano-lasso |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=www.metalocus.es |language=en}}</ref> He began his architectural studies in 1939, following the Spanish Civil War, and completed his studies in 1949.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-29 |title=Cano Lasso, de lo natural a lo racional |url=https://www.elespanol.com/el-cultural/arte/arquitectura/20201029/cano-lasso-natural-racional/531948967_0.html |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=El Español |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-20 |title=Julio Cano Lasso. Arquitectura Telefónica {{!}} Espacio Fundación Telefónica |url=https://espacio.fundaciontelefonica.com/evento/julio-cano-lasso-arquitectura-telefonica/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=espacio.fundaciontelefonica.com |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":0"/> In the 1960's, he was architectural advisor to the General Directorate of Urban Planning.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-09 |title="Julio Cano Lasso. Naturalezas". Tribute to the spanish architect on the centenary of his birth |url=https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/julio-cano-lasso-naturalezas-tribute-spanish-architect-centenary-his-birth |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=www.metalocus.es |language=en}}</ref> In 1987, he won the {{interlanguage link|Premio Antonio Camuñas de Arquitectura|lt=Antonio Camuñas Prize for Architecture|es||gl||it}}. Beginning in 1990, he was a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1991, he earned the "Gold Medal in Spanish Architecture Award" from the Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España.<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=ELCANO Severo Ochoa 2 Edificio de oficinas Las Rozas Madrid |url=https://www.elcanomadrid.com/architect |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=www.elcanomadrid.com |language=es}}</ref> Cano Lasso said that he was influenced largely by Willem Marinus Dudok and Frank Lloyd Wright.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-19 |title=ABC Madrid 03-03-1987 página 43 |url=https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19870303-43.html |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=abc}}</ref>
Today, his children Lucia Cano Pintos, Diego Cano Pintos, Gonzalo Cano Pintos and Alfonso Cano Pintos, are all architects. Lucia is the most prominent of the children, having won awards for architecture, and owns the architectural firm SelgasCano with her husband Jose Selgas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SelgasCano's Archinect profile |url=https://archinect.com/firms/cover/54077942/selgascano |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Archinect |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-16 |title=De tal palo, tal astilla: grandes arquitectos con padres arquitectos (muy famosos) |url=https://www.arquitecturaydiseno.es/arquitectura/padres-e-hijos-arquitectos-para-celebrar-dia-padre_3722 |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Arquitectura y Diseño |language=es}}</ref> Diego, Gonzalo, and Alfonso manage the firm Studio CanoLasso.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Estudio CanoLasso |url=https://www.metalocus.es/en/author/estudio-canolasso |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=www.metalocus.es |language=en}}</ref>
The architectural historian Antón Capitel writes of Cano:
<blockquote>"Cano, apparently a true eclectic, mixed almost from the beginning the rationalist and organic attitudes, either because he used them at the same time or because he combined them in the same work, thus approaching almost all his colleagues, even the erratic trajectory of Oiza, without resembling any of them. Without the enlightened metaphysical attitude of Sota or Cabrero, without the obsessive analytical condition or the late-youthful attitude of Oiza, or without the passionate plasticity of a Fernández Alba, or a Higueras, Cano belongs to an attitude of a much more moderate character, moderation armed with a powerful plastic sensitivity, as well as with the force of a professional skill and good sense capable of weighing and measuring the appropriateness of the subject and the place, and choosing, or mixing, accordingly, his resources. In this sense he was more modern than the others, if you will pardon the paradox —in the sense of being more contemporary now, advancing then what was later to happen— which explains his lack of real prominence in the first decades and, as I said, his stronger rise in the last decades."<ref name=":1">González Capitel, Antón (1992). «[http://oa.upm.es/4812/2/CAPITEL_CL_1992_01a.pdf Notes on the figure of Julio Cano Lasso in Spanish architecture]» . In Superior Council of the Colleges of Architects of Spain, ed. ''Julio Cano Lasso: Gold Medal of Architecture 1991'' . pp. 14-21. {{ISBN|84-604-2144-9}}</ref></blockquote>On the Centenary of Cano's birth, the Madrid Institute of Architects and the Ministry of Transport, Mobility, and Urban Agenda published "''Julio Cano Lasso. Naturalezas,"'' a collection of photographs and biographical information about Cano.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennink |first=Britt |date=2021-11-09 |title=Julio Cano Lasso. Naturalezas. {{!}} Iwan Baan |url=https://iwan.com/julio-cano-lasso-naturalezas/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=iwan.com |language=en}}</ref> thumb|301x301px|Block of flats on Basílica Street [[File:Madrid - Parque del Oeste, Monumento a José Ignacio Rivero 1.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Monument to Pepín Rivero, designed by Julio Cano Lasso, at Parque del Oeste]] thumb|304x304px|Buitrago del Lozoya satellite communications station. thumb|301x301px|Telephone Exchange in La Concepción. thumb|301x301px|Spanish Pavilion, Seville World's Fair. thumb|Houses next to the viaduct (Madrid) - Bailén street - Architects: Fernandez Moreno Barberá, Julio Cano Lasso, - Built between 1958 and 1960.|300x300px
== Projects ==
*One of Cano's first projects was the posthumous monument to José Ignacio Rivero Alonso, the famous Spanish-Cuban newspaper owner, at the Parque del Oeste.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banús |first=Antonio |date=12 March 2015 |title=Aprendiendo Con La Vista: Monumento a José Ignacio Rivero Alonso, Pepín. |url=https://fotosdeantoniobanus.blogspot.com/2015/03/monumento-jose-ignacio-rivero-alonso.html |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Aprendiendo Con La Vista}}</ref> *San Pol Theatre and Church of St. Pius X, 1955-1963, Madrid (''With Alfonso Quereizaeta Enríquez, Fernando Moreno Barberá, José María Rodríguez Cano, Juan Gómez González de la Buelga, Juan Piqueras Menéndez, Manuel Ambrós Escanellas, Rafael de la Joya Castro, and Vicente Benlloch)''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-17 |title=Teatro San Pol e Iglesia de San Pío X |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/teatro-san-pol-e-iglesia-de-san-pio-x/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> *San Antonio neighborhood or the mountain barracks, 1955-1965, Madrid<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-23 |title=Barrio de San Antonio o del cuartel de la montaña |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/buildings/barrio-de-san-antonio-o-del-cuartel-de-la-montana/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Arquitectura de Madrid |url=https://fcoam.eu/guia/F2/F2.389.htm |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=fcoam.eu}}</ref> *Cinema on Navarra Avenue, 1956, Soria<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Cine en la avenida de Navarra |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/cine-en-la-avenida-de-navarra/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> *Royal Cinema House, 1957, Soria<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Viviendas cine Rex |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/viviendas-cine-rex/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> *Gran San Blas Development, Sector G, 1958-1962, Madrid (''With Luis Gutiérrez Soto and Ramón Vázquez Molezún'')<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Gran San Blas, fase G |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/gran-san-blas-fase-g/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> *Residential building on Bailén street, 1958-1960, Madrid (With ''Fernando Moreno Barberá, Juan Gómez González de la Buelga, and Rafael de la Joya Castro)''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-17 |title=Edificio de viviendas (calle Bailén) |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/edificio-de-viviendas-bailen/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> *Houses next to the Segovia Viaduct,1958-1962, Madrid * Residential building and painter's studio for Álvarez de Sotomayor, 1958-1961, Madrid (''With Juan Gómez González de la Buelga)''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Edificio de viviendas y estudio del pintor Álvarez de Sotomayor |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/edificio-de-viviendas-y-estudio-del-pintor-alvarez-de-sotomayor/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> *Vite Polygon, 1960, Santiago de Compostela<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Polígono de Vite |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/poligono-de-vite/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> * Casa Lorente, 1963-1964, Pozuelo de Alarcón<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Casa Lorente |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/buildings/casa-lorente/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> * Julio Cano Lasso's personal home and studio, 1964-1969, Madrid<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Vivienda y estudio del arquitecto Julio Cano Lasso |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/vivienda-y-estudio-del-arquitecto-julio-cano-lasso/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> * Housing and Provincial Delegation of the MOPU, 1966-1971, Madrid<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Viviendas y Delegación Provincial del MOPU |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/viviendas-y-delegacion-provincial-del-mopu/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> *Single-family home "''El Búnker''," 1968, Torrelodones<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Vivienda unifamiliar El Búnker |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/vivienda-unifamiliar-el-bunker/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> *Housing for Príncipe Real Estate, 1969-1977 Madrid<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Viviendas para la Inmobiliaria Príncipe |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/viviendas-para-la-inmobiliaria-principe/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> * Telefónica Company buildings: ** Satellite Communications Center in Buitrago del Lozoya, 1967-1968 (''With José Antonio Ridruejo)''<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Estación de comunicaciones por satélite de la Compañía Telefónica |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/estacion-comunicaciones-por-satelite-de-la-ctne/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> ** Concepción, 1969-1974<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Central Telefónica (Madrid) |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/central-telefonica-4/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> ** Bellas Vistas ** Torrejón de Ardoz, 1970-1971<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Central Telefónica (Torrejón de Ardoz) |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/central-telefonica-2/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> * Industrial Banking Union, 1970<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Preckler |first=Ana María |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqBqhcqf9RQC&q=Cano+Lasso |title=Historia del arte universal de los siglos XIX y XX |date=2003 |publisher=Editorial Complutense |isbn=978-84-7491-706-2 |language=es}}</ref> * The Auditorio de Galicia<ref name=":0" /> * Remodeling of the Hostal Reyes Católicos, Santiago de Compostela<ref name=":0" /> * Social housing in Badajoz<ref name=":1" /> * Block of flats on Basílica Street, in Madrid<ref name=":02" /> * Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Salamanca<ref name=":02" /> * Labour University: (Main article'':'' Labour University) ** Labour University of Almería, 1975 (''With Alberto Campo Baeza, Antonio Mas-Guindal, and Miguel Martín Escanciano)''<ref name=":02" /> ** Labour University of Albacete, 1973-1975<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-23 |title=Universidad Laboral de Albacete |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/universidad-laboral-de-albacete/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> ** Labour University of Lardero, 1973 - 1974 (''With Ramón Campomanes)''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Universidad Laboral de Lardero |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/universidad-laboral-4/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> ** Labour University of Ourense, 1974-1976<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Universidad Laboral de Ourense |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/universidad-laboral-de-ourense/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> *Vocational and social training center, 1972-1973, Vitoria-Gasteiz (''With Alberto Campo Baeza)''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-21 |title=Centro de formación profesional y social |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/centro-de-formacion-profesional-social/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> *Insurance Compensation Consortium, Spanish Radio and Television Centre, 1973, Pozuelo de Alarcón (''With Ángel Ariño Jiménez)''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros, Centro de Radiotelevisión Española |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/consorcio-compenscio-seguros-centro-de-radiotelevision-espanola/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> * PPO Vocational Training Center, Burlada, 1974 (''With Alberto Campo Baeza)''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Centro de Formación Profesional PPO |url=https://docomomoiberico.com/en/edificios/centro-de-formacion-profesional-ppo/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fundación Docomomo Ibérico |language=en-US}}</ref> * College of Architects of Seville, 1977<ref name=":0" /> * College of Architects of Malaga, 1992<ref name=":0" /> * Original designer of the Spanish Pavilion for the Seville Expo '92 (dropped out due to creative differences with the organization), 1992, Seville * ''"Hallenbad''," (Building completed in 1999, after his death), A Coruña<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thompson |first=Jessica Cargill |title=40 Under 40: Young Architects for the New Millennium |date=November 1, 2000 |publisher=TASCHEN |isbn=978-3-8228-6212-4}}</ref>
== See also == * Architecture of Madrid
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