Efraín Recinos

guatemala, architect, sculptor, national theatre, recinos

Born May 15, 1928

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Passed Away Oct 02, 2011 Guatemala City, Guatemala

Lifespan 83 years old

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"Architecture should rise like a jaguar from the mountain, honoring the ancient stone of our earth."

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Guatemalan polymath, architect, sculptor, and painter who designed the Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias.

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Efraín Enrique Recinos Valenzuela was a visionary architect, sculptor, and painter whose monumental public structures define the urban skyline of modern Guatemala City.

An Olympic athlete and acoustic engineer, Recinos' greatest triumph was designing the monumental Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias (Guatemala's National Theatre), shaped like a jaguar resting upon an ancient Mayan pyramid.

His dynamic, multi-layered concrete murals and kinetic sculptures at the National Mortgage Bank and National Library celebrated Guatemalan history with exuberant creative ingenuity.

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Final Resting Place

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Guatemala City General Cemetery
Guatemala City, Guatemala

                         GPS: 14.6200, -90.5300                    

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