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Title A name given to the resource Luís Cristino da Silva portrait Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actors, Technician, Architect, Luís Cristino da Silva Description An account of the resource Luís Cristino da Silva portrait Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PT BUILDS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mário Novais Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available PT BUILDS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-10-08 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Mário Novais Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context IA15IMG1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant c. 1946 Portugal Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Architect Person An individual. Birth Date 1896-05-21 Birthplace Lisboa Death Date 1976 Training Institution Escola de Belas Artes de Lisboa École Nationale des Beaux-Arts French Academy of Rome Occupation Architect Teacher Biographical Text Luís Cristino da Silva was born in the parish of Santa Isabel, Lisbon, on May 21, 1896. Son of Maria Antónia Augusta de Almeida Carvalhosa e Silva and João Ribeiro Cristino da Silva, professor of the Instituto Industrial and member of the " Grupo do Leão ", a group of artists responsible for the diffusion of naturalistic painting in Portugal, which included, for example, Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro. He descended from several generations of painters, gaining an early taste for art. He grew up in the neighborhood of Santo Amaro, where he became friends with Cotinelli Telmo, his neighbor. In 1907 he began studying at the Escola Industrial Marquês de Pombal and in 1910 at the Belas Artes School of Lisbon, attending the preparatory course of Civil Architecture. In 1918 he got the degree and competed for a scholarship abroad, moving to Paris in 1920. In Paris, Cristino da Silva was trained in Victor Laloux's studio while studying at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In 1923, he asked to be transferred to Rome for a year, studying and working at the French Academy, in Villa Médicis. In the capital of Italy, he carried out archaeological reconstitution studies. After returning to Paris, in 1924, Cristino da Silva finished his studies and returned to Portugal. His professional career would start with his exhibition in the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, presenting several projects carried out in Paris and having a very favourable reception. Soon, in 1925 he began designing the Cineteatro Capitólio, which would end in 1931. In this last year he worked on the entrance portico of Parque Mayer. In 1930 he worked on the extension of Avenida da Liberdade, the current Eduardo VII Park. At the end of the 1930s, between 1937 and 1938, he worked on the double staircase that linked the two garden plans of the São Bento Palace. In the 1940s several are the works of excellence. The Pavilhão de Honra e de Lisboa for the Portuguese World Exhibition of 1940, the Areeiro square, between 1941 and 1960, the branches of Caixa Geral de Depósitos of Guarda, Castelo Branco and Leiria, between 1938 and 1943, Avenida António Augusto Aguiar in 1943, and the new buildings of the University of Coimbra between 1949 and 1966. Cristino da Silva was invited by Engineer Duarte Pacheco, on behalf of the Lisbon City Hall, to elaborate some of the partial urbanization plans for the city of Lisbon. The Partial Plan for Urbanization of the Zone between Restauradores Square and D. João da Câmara Square between 1945 and 1957, the Partial Remodeling Study of Bairro Alto between 1949 and 1952 and the Building Project of the Ministério das Obras Públicas e Comunicações in Praça do Comércio and Largo do Corpo Santo between 1952 and 1958. Steel in the 1950s, he projected the monument to Duarte Pacheco in Loulé on the tenth anniversary of his death and the Marginal Zone of Belém, between 1953 and 1961. In 1933 he won the competition to teach Architecture at the Escola de Belas Artes, in Lisboa, which he taught until 1966. While being a teacher Cristino da Silva was an apologist for a model of teaching in which students studied at school and practiced in the atelier. Cristino da Silva also served as a vowel of the Conselho Superior de Obras Públicas between 1942 and 1954. His work earned him several awards. He received the Medal of Honor of the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes in 1943, the Valmor Prize and the Municipal Prize for Architecture in 1944, the National Art Prize of the Arte do Secretariado Nacional de Informação in 1961. he was also decorated several times. On March 4, 1941, he was made Commander of the Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada. On September 30, 1957, he was made Commander of the Ordem da Instrução Pública and on July 19, 1961, he was made Commander of the Ordem do Infante D. Henrique. A street in Marvila was also named after him. Luís Cristino da Silva died in 1976. Bibliography Couchinho, R. (2017). Arquitetura no Estado Novo, A Praça do Areeiro. Master Thesis. Faculdade de Arquitetura e Artes da Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa. RODOLFO, J. (1999). Luiz Cristino da Silva, O arquitecto, a obra e o seu tempo. Master Thesis. Faculdade de Arquitetura e Artes da Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa. RIBEIRO, B. (2016). Do estudo da forma e das transformações no desenho urbano, Um novo olhar sobre o Bairro Alto. Master Thesis. ISCTE, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Luís Cristino da Silva Profile Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actor, Technician, Architect, Luís Cristino da Silva Description An account of the resource Luís Cristino da Silva Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PT BUILDS Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available PT BUILDS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-07-18 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource PT BUILDS Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource TEXT Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context IA15DOC1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1896-1976, Portugal Item under construction - more information soon