Daniel Taboada Espiniella ( Regla , June 8, 1931 ) is a Cuban architect, restorer, university professor and researcher. He recognized for his valuable contributions to the rescue of vernacular architecture. He is an advisor to the Directorate of Patrimonial Architecture and Holder of the Gonzalo de Cárdenas Chair of Vernacular Architecture of the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana .
He has actively contributed to the training of new generations and has been awarded, among other awards, the Distinction for National Culture , the National Prize for Architecture (1998), the Annual Research Prize from the Ministry of Culture and the National Prize for Cultural Heritage. for the Work of Life in 2015.
Summary
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- 1 Biographical summary
- 1 Career path
- 2 Published works
- 3 Distinctions and recognitions
- 4 Sources
biographical synthesis
Career path
He graduated as an architect in 1955. He has been working in Conservation and Rehabilitation of Heritage Architecture since 1964.
He is founder of the National Center for Conservation, Restoration and Museology , CENCREM (1980) and professor of the UNESCO Chair for the Integral Conservation of Heritage.
In 1997 he obtained a Master’s degree in Conservation and Rehabilitation of Built Heritage.
The architect Taboada has been the rector of numerous rescue projects and cultural refunctionalization of colonial buildings.
He is an adjunct professor at the Department of History of Architecture at the University of Havana and Permanent Advisor to the Faculty of Architecture at the José Antonio Echeverría Higher Polytechnic Institute (ISPJAE). He is an advisor to the Directorate of Patrimonial Architecture and Holder of the Gonzalo de Cárdenas Chair of Vernacular Architecture of the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana and a member of the National Commission of Monuments and the Provincial Commission of Monuments of the City of Havana , from CICOP, Cuba and ICOMOS.
He has been the general designer of more than 40 heritage works restored in the Cuban capital and outside of it.
They stand out in Old Havana:
- the birthplace of José Martí,
- of Count Barreto,
- of the Countess of Reunionand
- of the Counts of Jaruco, and
- the House of Obra Pía;
- the Aldama Palace;
- the convents of Santa Claraand
- of Saint Francis of Assisi;
- the Loreto Chapel in the Havana Cathedral.
Other relevant examples have been:
- el Teatro Sauto,
- El MorrilloFort and Junco Palace , in Matanzas ; Y
- the Jagua Castleand
- the Mausoleum to the Martyrs of Cinco de Septiembre, in Cienfuegos.
published works
- “The craft of rescuing”
- “Other covers of Havana”
- “Poor art deco in the Diez de Octubre municipality. Variants of a style”
- “Chronicle in two times”
- “The Cuban colonial baroque. Its expression in the religious architecture of Havana”
Distinctions and recognitions
National Prize for Cultural Heritage 2015
- Distinction for National Culturefrom the Council of State (1983)
- Annual Research Award of the Cuban Ministry of Culture(1995)
- National Prize for Architecture, from the Union of Architects and Civil Engineers of Cuba (UNAICC) (1998)
- First Prize for Public Activity, awarded by the Pan-American Federation of Architects’ Associations (1998)
- CICOP 2005 Award, from the International Federation of Conservation Centers of Americaand Europe
- National Cultural Heritage Awardfor the Work of Life (2015) [1]
In addition, in the year 2000 he was declared a Distinguished Son by the Municipal Assembly of People’s Power of Old Havana .