Background
NOEL YRIBAS, Martín was born on August 5, 1888 in Buenos Aires. Son of Benito Noel and Maria Yribas.
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Martín NOEL YRIBAS, Argentine architect, professor, and business manitoba Grand Official of the Sun of Perú; Officier of the Légion d’Honneur, F ranee; Commander of the Order of Alfonso XII of Spain; Official of the Order of Merit of Chile; Commander of the Crown of Italy; of the Order of Merit of Ecuador.
Career
Director-eeneral of Fine Arts, 1920-1929. President of the Board of Directors of the Tolón Theatre, 1922-1928. Member of the Great? Planning Commission, Buenos Airef 1922-1928.
Delegate of the Argentine government to the Congress of Americanists, 1922, and to the Ibero-American Exposition of Seville, 1929-1930.
Professor in the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Buenos Aires, 1922 • former councilor of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, 1922. Director of the review Síntesis, 1926—1930.
Professor (by royal decree) in the University of Seville, 1929. After studying Castilian and Andalusian architecture in Spain in 1912 and traveling extensively in Chile Perú, and Bolivia in 1914, Senior
Noel returned to Buenos Aires to apply his ideas of Hispanic American architecture in a series of beautiful buildings, notably the country home of Don Carlos Reyles (the noted Uruguayan critic), the parochial church and school (Colegio) of Chillar, the restoration of the historic town hall (cabildo) of Luján, the construction of the country homes of José Eizaguirre and of Enrique Larreta, and many others
More recently Senior Noel"s work has included the Argentine Pavilion at the Exposition of Seville, the building of the Argentine Embassy at Lima, and of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at Buenos Aires. Political Activity: Since 1914 Senior
Noel has been an active member of the Radical Party (Unión Cívica Radical), serving as secretary of the Board of Directors of the national committee, 1931-1933.
Membership
Junta de Historia y Numismática Americana. Instituto de Historia of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of Buenos Aires. Unión Íbero-Americana (ex-president of the Buenos Aires branch).
Jockey Club.
Círculo de Armas. Yacht and Rowing Clubs. Amigos del Arte; Sociedad Estimulo de Bellas Artes (ex-president).
Corresponding member of the leading historical and fine arts societies of Chile, Perú, Ecuador and Spain.
Connections
Married Elena Necol. Children: Maria Lucia and Martin Benito. Edtccated: École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, degree of architect, 1910. Ecole de Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1910-1912.
University of Buenos Aires, degree of’archil tect, 1927.
Awards
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Grand Official of the Sun of Perú. Officier of the Légion d’Honneur, F ranee. Commander of the Order of Alfonso XII of Spain.tempSpaceOfficial of the Order of Merit of Chile. Commander of the Crown of Italy. Of the Order of Merit of Ecuador.Grand Official of the Sun of Perú. Officier of the Légion d’Honneur, F ranee. Commander of the Order of Alfonso XII of Spain.tempSpaceOfficial of the Order of Merit of Chile.
Commander of the Crown of Italy. Of the Order of Merit of Ecuador.