- Julio Dormal
Julio Dormal (1846-1924) was a Belgian architect. After studying in
Paris , he arrived inArgentina in 1868 where he became one of first exponents of the Beaux-Arts style of architecture.He built the Palermo Race Course and designed the layout of
Parque Tres de febrero , a park in the neighbourhood ofPalermo inBuenos Aires , completed in 1876.Construction of the Congress building, designed by the Italian architect
Vittorio Meano , began in 1898. After Meano’s murder in 1904, Dormal took the project through to its completion in 1906, respecting Meano’s original designs.In the city of
La Plata , Dormal was involved with the building of Government House, and in Buenos Aires with the final details of theTeatro Colón and with the remodeling of the oldTeatro de la Ópera .Dormal took over the building of the Palacio Pereda in Buenos Aires, begun in 1919 for the wealthy doctor and cattle rancher
Celedonio Pereda , when Pereda fell out with the original French architect, Louis Martin. Dormal died in 1924 and did not see the building through to its completion in 1936. Since 1944 the Palacio Pereda has been used as the residence of the Brazilian ambassador.References
Alberto Bellucci, José María Sert in Buenos Aires, J. Decorative & Propaganda Arts, Argentine Theme Issue, 1992.
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