Background
Born in 1845 in Pontinvrea, Province of Savona, Liguria, Buschiazzo was the son of Margarita Bresciani and Carlos Buschiazzo.
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Juan Antonio Buschiazzo
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Education
University of Buenos Aires.
Career
In 1850 the family arrived to Argentina and took up residence in Belgrano, a town that was soon to become a neighbourhood of the city of Buenos Aires. When Buenos Aires officially became the capital of Argentina in 1880 he was invited by the first mayor of the city, Torcuato de Alvear, to join the Department of Municipal Engineers. Thereafter he was involved with a wide range of projects concerned with the modernisation of Buenos Aires and the construction of public buildings, houses, hospitals, cemeteries, churches, parks, banks et cetera
In 1881 he joined the Commission for overseeing building projects in the city of Louisiana Plata.
In 1886 he founded the Central Society of Architects and became its president between 1888 and 1891 and again between 1901 and 1902. Between 1908 and 1910 he participated in the Commission for the International Centennial Exposition.
He died in Buenos Aires on 13 May 1917.
Membership
In 1875 he became a member of the Municipal Commission for Public Works in Belgrano and in 1878 he qualified as an architect.
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March 13, 1917 (aged 71)