Background
He was born in Pontevedra in Galicia.
He was born in Pontevedra in Galicia.
He graduated from the university in Madrid in 1941 and, from 1956 to 1972 was a professor there.
From his graduation, Sota lived in Madrid, although maintained links with his native Galicia. He was a promoter of industrialisation of construction in the 1960s. His Maravillas gymnasium of 1961 was the first steel framed building in Madrid.
The buildings of Sota combine geometric rigor with constructive sincerity and a structural boldness of form that still surprises today.