Exporting Torres Blancas. The reception of Saenz de Oiza’s work in the international architectural press

Abstract

On his 100th birth anniversary, this article considers Saenz de Oiza’s career from a historiographic perspective, focusing on the international reception of his work as documented by foreign architecture journals between the 1950s and the 1980s. This analysis identifies the key elements that define Oiza’s image in the international architectural scene, among which his Torres Blancas stand out as the work that would confirm him as one of the Spanish architects most widely covered by the international press. This text derives from a broader research project that studies the reception and dissemination of Spanish architecture in the West, tracing it through international architecture journals between 1949 and 1986.