Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza

Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza (12 October 1918 – 18 July 2000) was a Spanish architect and influential practitioner of the modernist movement in Spain.

Biography Born in Cáseda, Navarre, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza went to school in Seville and studied architecture in Madrid. After a study trip to the United States, in 1949, he returned to Madrid where he started teaching at the School of Architecture, later becoming its director.

Among the numerous awards he received in Spain were the National Architecture Award (1946 and 1954),

He died of cancer in Madrid in 2000. Other notable projects include the Arantzazu Basilica in Oñati, the Torre Triana administrative building in Seville, the Spanish Embassy in Brussels, the Public University of Navarra in Pamplona, the remodelling of an old palace in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, into the Atlantic Center of Modern Art, and the Banco de Bilbao Tower in Madrid.