birth_place practice awards nationality birth_date significant_buildings article_title name
humacao , puerto rico amaral arquitectos -lrb- 1969-1994 -rrb- y morales -lrb- 1956-1969 -rrb- , j.e. amaral fellow -rrb- , henry klumb award -lrb- 1985 -rrb- , honoris of causa doctorate , polythecnic university of puerto rico -lrb- 2000 the -rrb- american institute of architects -lrb- 1978 puerto rico 1927 condominio hotel delicias , fajardo , puerto rico , school of universitario law , interamerican university , san juan , puerto rico , . río piedras , puerto rico , jesús eduardo amaral
 jesús eduardo amaral faia
jesús eduardo amaral

jesús eduardo amaral faia -lrb- humacao , puerto rico , 1927 -rrb- is a puerto rican architect and educator .
as partner in the firm amaral y morales , he produced some of puerto rico 's most notable modern architecture primarily from 1950 to 1970 .
he is the founder and first head of the school of architecture of the university of puerto rico -lrb- 1966 -- 1969 -rrb- .
amaral was born in 1927 in humacao , puerto rico .
he studied civil engineering -lrb- 1948 -rrb- and architecture -lrb- 1951 -rrb- at cornell university in ithaca , ny .
with architect efrer morales -lrb- 1928 -- 1992 -rrb- he formed amaral y morales -lrb- 1956 -- 1969 -rrb- , one of puerto rico 's pioneering modern firms .
in 1966 he founded the school of architecture of the university of puerto rico , the island 's first architecture school .
he was both president of puerto rico 's institute of architects , as well as president of the puerto rico chapter of the american institute of architects .
he was elevated to the american institute of architects ' college of fellows in 1978 .
he was the recipient of the henry klumb award in 1985 .
in 2000 he was given a honoris causa doctorate by the polytechnic university of puerto rico .
some of his most significant buildings include the condominio universitario , condominio costa azul , the hotel delicias , and the school of law at the interamerican university in san juan , puerto rico .
in 2011 , the colegio de arquitectos y arquitectos paisajistas de puerto rico published the monographic book `` jesús eduardo amaral , arquitecto '' written by andrés mignucci faia .
