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Valladolid for his secondary education, then took a preparatory course for Agricultural Engineers in Madrid and entered the School of Architecture in 1902. In 1910 he submitted a plan for a proposed concert hall for orchestra and choral performances for his final examination, and passed with high
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Society of Friends of Art. He and Yárnoz Larrosa won a gold medal at the National Exposition of 1912, and also won the first prize for the Monument of the Cortes de Cádiz. That year López Otero won the Hans Peschl Scholarship granted each year by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts to outstanding
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Academy of History, where he lectured on modern technology in the conservation of buildings. As an architect he designed a wide variety of buildings, including private homes, vacation homes, office buildings, monuments and churches. In 1934
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Nationalist victory in the Civil War. The 39 metres (128 ft) arch was designed by Pascual Bravo and Lopez Otero. López Otero died at his home in
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on 24 February 1885. His parents were Juan López Nuñez, from Coreos, Valladolid and Amalia Otero from El Saler, Lugo. He attended the
Institute of Education of the
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212:(1888–1966). The ITCE was a non-profit organization dedicated to developing and applying technical innovations in engineering civil structures.
165:, mainly dealing architecture of 16th century missions. At the Royal Academy he was always active in defense of the Spanish artistic heritage.
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marks. He began to practice architecture with his fellow-student José Yárnoz
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López Otero was always interested in teaching, and in 1916 was appointed professor of
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168:Also in 1923 López Otero was chosen to direct the
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396:Luis Gutiérrez Soto; Modesto López Otero (1960).
335:Colegio de España in the University City of París
273:Colegio de España in the University City of París
629:Engineers and the Making of the Francoist Regime
587:(in Spanish) (12). fundación caja de arquitectos
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659:. Nova Publishers.
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