Alberto Palacio
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Alberto del Palacio Elissague (1856-1939) was a Spanish engineer and architect born in Bilbao, Basque Country.
He studied architecture in Barcelona and completed his educationin Paris, studying mathematics, engineering, astronomy and medicine. He was also a student of Gustave Eiffel.
[edit] Works
Between 1890 and 1893, he worked on his most important project, the transporter bridge ("Puente Colgante") on the Nervion river, between Portugalete and Getxo (Biscay), for which he gained international recognition. It was the first bridge of this kind ever built.
All his work is characterized for the search of the functionality and the innovation, where the iron and the crystal play a noticeable role. He passed long seasons of work in Madrid where he:
- Participated in the construction of the Palace of Velázquez in the Retiro Park, together with architect Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, coordinator of the project, and the ceramicist Daniel Zuloaga (1881 and 1883).
- Participated in the construction of the Crystal Palace (inspired by the London one) in the same park, again with architect Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, coordinator of the project, and al ceramicist Daniel Zuloaga (1887).
- Designed and built the new Atocha station, in collaboration with the engineer Saint-James (1889-1892).
- Built the Osram factory (1914-1916).
