Antonio Palacios was a famous Spanish architect, born in O Porriño, Galicia. A prolific architect, he is known for his design of the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) and Hotel Florida in Madrid, the Garcia Barbon Theatre in Vigo and many other works in those cities and places like Mondariz, Baiona or his home town O Porriño. He modernized the image of Madrid with some of the most emblematic buildings of the city. Photographer, Jesús M. Chamizo will show us the beauty of this structure through his lens.

These images, along with others, are exhibited in the hall and the 9 floors of the building Gran Via 27, where the restoration has recently be completed. A completed rehabilitation in which there have been demolitions, structural reinforcements and new distributions, giving the building new facilities and lifts. Floors and ceilings, and also the corresponding liners were placed and the original decoration of the common areas have been recovered and restoring the façades, where all the windows were replaced, including its magnificent curved viewpoints. This building represents the architectural influence of the Chicago school in the architecture of Madrid.
-Jesús M. Chamizo

Antonio Palacios performed some of the best known works of the city of Madrid. In the beginning his style followed the Viennese secessionism, evolving later into an architectural regionalism in which the Hispanic roots of Manueline and Plateresque styles were mixed, also reflecting the influences of expressionism. He was an expert in the use of stone in construction, especially in granite, a construction system on which he based his style, using stone with very different treatments.
-Jesús M. Chamizo

Many of his works have stood the test of time thanks to the architectural renovations that have allowed to change their original functions and adapt them to host the offices of private and state organizations, now being an important part of the image of the city. Most of them are between Puerta del Sol and Alcala Street, where stands the Palace of Telecommunications, built together with Joaquín Otamendi, and the building of the Círculo de Bellas Artes. The latter is a personal solution for the construction of a tall building in which each floor, with its uses and character, is reflected in the volume and exterior nature, so that the building is decreasing while increasing height, to finish in the tower of studies.
-Jesús M. Chamizo

I am passionate about architecture, and in my pictures I always try to go further. I let me be seduced by the space, I try to feel sensations, which then transmit through perspectives, angles, frames... Lines, curves, shapes and light, take us to that particular universe of architecture, through emotions. The advice for any form of artistic expression is, be yourself. In concrete work .... Architectural Photography respect and admire the work and then interpret your own look. I used a Nikon digital camera with optical angular for this project.
-Jesús M. Chamizo

About Jesús M. Chamizo

Jesus M. Chamizo , Madrid 1961, connected to the arts from an early age, studying in various schools of photography between 1977 and 1980 (when he published his first port-folio) develops research and self-taught work, until you enter in the advertising world. First as an assistant and a year and a half later setting up his own studio. Since then, his passion and concern for the image have been developed in different areas, trying to combine all of them, concepts, techniques and creativity. See more of his works on Behance or his website.