Alberto Prebisch

Alberto Prebisch
File:Alberto Prebisch.jpg
51 Mayor of Buenos Aires
In office June 26, 1962 – October 13, 1963
President	José María Guido
Preceded by	Hernán Giralt
Succeeded by	Francisco Rabanal
Personal details
Born	(1899-02-01)February 1, 1899 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	University of Buenos Aires
Profession	Architect, politician

Alberto Prebisch (February 1, 1899 – October 13, 1970) was a distinguished Argentine architect whose numerous works included private houses, apartment and office blocks, cinemas, shops and banks. His brother Raúl Prebisch was a well-known economist.

Prebisch was born in Tucumán, Argentina, to German settlers and studied in the School of Architecture at the University of Buenos Aires, graduating in 1921. He earned renown in 1924 with his design for the Tucumán Central Market, and among his many works, he is probably best known for the iconic Obelisk and the Rationalist Teatro Gran Rex, both in Buenos Aires, as well as for the Gran Rex Cinema in Rosario.

He was appointed Dean of the School of Architecture of the University of Buenos Aires in 1955 and, in 1962–63, served as interim Mayor of Buenos Aires. Returning to the School of Architecture as Dean in 1968, he was named Director of the National Fine Arts Academy in 1970, and died months later in that capacity at age 71.

Works

• Obelisk at night.JPG

  The Buenos Aires Obelisk (1937)

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  Gran Rex Theatre, Buenos Aires (1937)

• Cine Gran Rex.jpg

  Gran Rex Cinema, Rosario (1945)

• Teatro de Salta.jpg

  Victoria Theatre, Salta (1945)

External links

• Alberto Prebisch

References

• Ernesto Katzenstein, Argentine Architecture of the Thirties, J. Decorative & Propaganda Arts, Argentine Theme Issue, 1992.
• Mimi Bohm, Buenos Aires Art Deco y Racionalismo, Ediciones Xavier Verstraeten, Buenos Aires, 2008.