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Available at: http://www.ukuma.net/wp/2017/05/08/luis-benavente/ [Accessed 8 Oct. 2019] 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 Fundação Troufa Real - UKUMA 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 IA25IMG1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 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 1902-05-02 Birthplace Lisboa Death Date 1993 Training Institution Escola de Belas Artes de Lisboa Escola de Belas Artes do Porto Occupation Architect Biographical Text Luís Benavente was born in Lisbon, on May 6, 1902. Son of Antonio Carlos das Neves Benavente and Adelaide Victorina Ferreira Marques Benavente, he married Alice Benavente. Growing up in an environment connected to construction and architecture, he followed the family's footsteps and attended the Escola de Belas Artes of Lisbon, starting studying architecture in 1925. He would finish it at the Escola de Belas Artes of Porto in 1930. Soon after his graduation he started working, for three years, in the studio of Porfírio Pardal Monteiro, with architects such as Rodrigues Lima and Veloso Reis Camelo. During his time working with a famous architect, he collaborated in the design and construction of, among others, Instituto Superior Técnico. His political career began in 1934, when he was invited by Duarte Pacheco to work as a delegate for the Ministry of Public Works. He began to be responsible for the works commissions in Coimbra, between 1934 and 1938. During this period, he made a lot of interventions in the city. With Raul Lino, he developed a plan for the remodeling of the Cidade Universitária de Coimbra in 1934. Later that year, he remodelled of the Claustro da Manga, a work that took place in 1935. He collaborated in the renovation and modernization of the Sanatório de Celas. He designed the Hospital Sobral Cid and completed the work of the Hospital dos Cavões in 1936. He was appointed to the Machado de Castro Museum's commissioning committee. Finally, he was also part of the commission responsible for the recovery of the city's upper zone. The following years were spent in Lisbon. There, he also collected a wide range of interventions. Planned the Bairro do Camarão in 1938, the same year that was responsible for the recovery of Foz Palace. He designed between 1939 and 1942 the Bairro Madre de Deus and the Mercado de Arroios, the Primary Schools for the parish of São José in 1941, completed in 1944 and 1947. He participated, together with architect Paulino Montez, in the first studies for the urbanization of the Olivais Sul area in 1943. Finally, he designed the new headquarters for the Automobile Club of Portugal at Rua Rosa Araújo. between 1947 and 1952, his own home in 1955 and the Teatro das Laranjeiras between 1973 and 1977. Also in Lisbon, as a delegate of the Ministry of Public Works, he was a member of the Commission to study the measures to be taken in case of war, with a view to the protection of cultural property. In 1952, however, he was appointed director of the National Monuments, during which he was a guide to Queen Elizabeth II of England’s visit to Portugal. Years before, in 1947, he projected the building for the Embassy of Portugal in London. The project was completed between 1953 and 1954. From 1948 to 1951, he projected a chapel dedicated to Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Rome, which was privately funded. He was a member of the respective executive committee. With regard to heritage, between 1951 and 1952, he adapted the west wing of the Palácio de Belém for the president General Craveiro Lopes. Between 1953 and 1954 he developed a project for the Igreja de Santa Engrácia, which should be adapted to the National Pantheon. He applied his technical knowledge in the areas of restoration in Seteais between 1953 and 1955. He intervened in the works of the Palácio da Berlenga in 1952, in Paço de Guimarães between 1954 and 1956, in Palácio da Vista Alegre between 1959 and 1962, in Mosteiro Flor da Rosa, with restoration work for a hotel in 1968, and in Palácio Sottomayor in Condeixa between 1973 and 1987. Between the late 1950's and early 1970's he worked for the Ultramar Ministry, performing heritage-level works on overseas missions, including churches, fortresses in São Tomé, Cape Verde, Bissau, Guinea and India. He also visited other places with Portuguese architectural heritage, such as Ghana, South Africa, Ethiopia, Hormuz, Malacca and Sacramento, guaranteeing also the surveying and protecting of the heritage of Angola, Mozambique, Macau and Timor. He was a delegate of Portugal to the international commission that drafted the Venice Charter (Carta de Veneza) – document of 1964 on the conservation and restoration of heritage following the II International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historical Monuments. The Venice Charter led to the creation of another UNESCO dependent body, the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) of which Luís Benavente was a founding partner. Luís Benavente died in 1993 at the age of 91. Bibliography (1997). Luís Benavente, Arquitecto. Lisboa: ANTT. MARIZ, V (2011). De Atenas a Veneza, O percurso do arquitecto Luís Benavente. Lisboa: Atas do Simpósio Património em Construção, Contributos para a sua preservação, Instituto de História da Arte, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, pp. 49-56. 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 Benavente Profile Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actors, Technician, Architect, Luís Benavente Description An account of the resource Luís Benavente Profile 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 2019-09-20 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 IA25DOC1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1902-1993, Portugal Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (ANTT) Instituto de História de Arte da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa Item under construction - more information soon