Carlos Ratil Villanueva (1900-1975), born in London, grew up and was educated in Paris, and was acquainted with the contemporary artists of the avant-garde. In 1929 he founded his own architectural office,in Caracas, where he designed and realized many large buildings, including the University Campus of Caracas, which consists of approximately 40 buildings; the Aula Magna Hall with its curved white ceiling from which large colored tiles by Alexander Calder are suspended is particularly remarkable. Villanueva’s architecture combines the radical style of Modernism with a dynamic and personal use of color and form. This book is the only monograph on the oeuvre of Venezuela’s most important architect.

Carlos Ratil Villanueva (1900-1975), born in London, grew up and was educated in Paris, and was acquainted with the contemporary artists of the avant-garde. In 1929 he founded his own architectural office,in Caracas, where he designed and realized many large buildings, including the University Campus of Caracas, which consists of approximately 40 buildings; the Aula Magna Hall with its curved white ceiling from which large colored tiles by Alexander Calder are suspended is particularly remarkable. Villanueva’s architecture combines the radical style of Modernism with a dynamic and personal use of color and form. This book is the only monograph on the oeuvre of Venezuela’s most important architect.

Carlos Raul Villanueva, Architect

Pauline Villanueva

Selected Works

Caoma House

Sotavento House

Et Silencio Redevelopment

El Paraiso Development

23 de Enero Development and Chapel of La Asuncion

University Campus of Caracas (Ciudad Universitaria)

University Hospital

Olympic Stadium

Swimming Pool Complex

Central Area

Plaza del Rectorado

Covered Plaza and Covered Walkways

Aula Magna Hall

Concert Hall

Central Library

School of Humanities

School of Architecture

School of Dentistry

School of Petroleum Engineering

Museum of Fine Arts

Venezuelan Pavilion at the Montreal Expo of 1967

Jesus Soto Museum

Complete Works

Biography and Chronology

Bibliography

Credits