Mario Roberto Álvarez
Argentine Architect (1913-2011)
Mario Roberto Álvarez (November 14, 1913 – November 5, 2011) was an Argentine architect.
Biography
Early life
Born Mario Roberto Álvarez Elissamburu in 1913 in the City of Buenos Aires, to Juana Elissamburu and Jerónimo Álvarez. He enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires School of Architecture in 1932, and graduated in 1936 with Gold Medal of Honours. He married Jorgelina Ortiz de Rozas, and they had two children.
His first design was in 1937, a public building for the new Medical Center (Hospital Clinic) of the private San Martín Medical Group (located in Buenos Aires, in the northwestern suburb of San Martín). In 1938, he was awarded the Ader Scholarship by his alma mater's UBA Faculty of Exact Sciences allowing Álvarez to study and work in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, during which time he gained experience collaborating on various public housing and public hospital projects.
Career
He returned to Argentina in 1939 and was named Director of Architecture for the important Buenos Aires suburb of Avellaneda, in 1942. Joining colleagues Leonardo Kopiloff and Eduardo T. Santoro, he established MRA in 1947. The firm's first major contract would be in 1954 with their design for the municipal Teatro General San Martín, the largest center for the stage in Argentina. Its success upon completion in 1960 helped secure MRA the design for the adjoining Centro Cultural General San Martín, built between 1962 and 1970.
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