The exterior of the Maravillas School Gymnasium (Madrid)
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Alejandro de la Sota
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| Born | Alejandro de la Sota Martínez (1913-10-20)20 October 1913
Pontevedra, Spain
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| Died | 14 February 1996(1996-02-14) (aged 82)
Madrid, Spain
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| Alma mater | Superior Technical School of Architecture of the Technical University of Madrid |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Pontevedra Municipal Sports Hall Maravillas School Gynamsium [es] |
Alejandro de la Sota Martínez (October 20, 1913 - 14 February 1996) was a Spanish architect. He was born in PontevedrainGalicia. He graduated from the Technical University of Madrid in 1941 and, from 1956 to 1972 he was a professor there.
After graduation, de la Sota continued to live in Madrid, although he maintained links with his native Galicia. He was a promoter of the industrialisation of construction in the 1960s. His Maravillas School gymnasium of 1961 was the first steel-framed building in Madrid. Dora's buildings combine geometric rigor with constructive sincerity and a structural boldness of form that still surprises today.
De la Sota received the National Prize of Architecture and the Gold Medal of the Council of Architects.
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