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ARQUITECTOS
Cañas Arquitectos was established in 1974 as firm dedicated to designing Contemporary Architectural projects. It is a small practice which we deliberately have kept small to be able to give our clients a personal treatment and to dedicate all the time needed to develop their projects. We never take more projects at a time than those that can be handled personally by Victor Cañas. We believe that a good project is one that results from a close architect-client relationship and a good understanding and knowledge of the building site and its context. We strongly feel this is the only way we can fully understand his needs and translate them into a highly site specific architecture. We are environmentally conscious and pay special attention to creating comfort with passive ways of responding to our unique climatic conditions, this also minimizes energy consumption due to artificial climatization equipment. Our architectural staff and a highly professional team of associate engineers guarantee not only a high end quality design, but a thorough inspection of the constriction process to make sure that our designs are executed to our high standards.
Vi c t o r C a ñ a s H o n FA I A Victor Cañas, was trained as architect at the Universidad I b e r o a m e r i c a n a , M e x i c o C i t y, g r a d u a t i n g i n 1 9 7 3 . A f t e r g r a d u a t i n g , he was granted a British Council Scholarship to do a postgraduate d i p l o m a i n U r b a n P l a n n i n g a t t h e D P U , L o n d o n U n i v e r s i t y. M r. C a ñ a s i s c o - f o u n d i n g p r o f e s s o r o f t h e M a s t e r s D e g r e e P r o g r a m on Tropical Architecture at the Universidad de Cost Rica, where he teaches Architectural Design Studios since 1989. As visiting professor he has taught in universities in Mexico, Colombia, Japan, Thailand and Spain and has lectured profusely at local and international architectural congresses and seminars. He has won among other awards for his designs,three times the Costa Rican Architecture Biennale, the Gold Medal at the First Central American and Caribbean Architecture Triennial, as well as several Honorable Mentions and p r i z e s i n E c u a d o r , C u r a ç a o a n d l o c a l l y. His work has been published in specialized journals,magazines and books in the USA, Europe and Latin America. He served on the Costa Rican Diplomatic Corp Diplomatic Corp as Minister Counselor and Consul General in London, and at the Director’s Board of the Costa Rican National Theatre and the Costa Rican National Museum. In 2007, Victor Cañas was raised to Honorary Fellow of the American Institute o f A r c h i t e c t s a s a r e c o g n i t i o n o f h i s a c h i e v e m e n t s i n h i s a r c h i t e c t u r a l c a r e e r.
Andrés Cañas Andrés graduated from Ve r i t a s University in 2004 and has Product Design studies at Instituo Te c n o l ó g i c o d e C o s t a R i c a . He is chief designer at CA with extremely keen eye for architectural details. In 2005 he won first prize at the Véritas Furniture Bienal. Andrés is also an artist and has done several collective and one man shows in local art galleries and museums. He has been given the privilege of having one of his sculptures installed in the interior gardens of our Casa Presidencial. He is also in charge of the design of the Avenue of Heroes’ monument commemorating the Soldiers of the National Campaign of 1856-57.
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Ricardo Chaves Ricardo joined Cañas Arquitectos in 1997 while still studying at the University of Costa Rica where he graduated with Honors in 2003, he i s c h i e f d e s i g n e r, and d e s i g n c o o r d i n a t o r. Ricardo recently won the Architectural Competition promoted by the Colegio de Arquitectos de Costa Rica for the design of their own recreational facilities and social club and has been awarded scholarship at the A v e i r o U n i v e r s i t y, P o r t u g a l , w h e r e he will be starting a Masters Degree i n C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t n e x t y e a r. H e i s also an artistic photographer, and his photographs have been acquired by art collectors.
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F o t o c r e d i t s : Paúl Aragon, Oscar A b arc a, V i c t or C añas : Hol m e s Jord i Mi r al l e s , V i c t or C añas : R on R on Se r gi o Puc c i , V i c t or C añas : Eos Jord i Mi ral l e s , V i c t or C añas : Por t as N ovas Pri nted wi t h E. A . t one r s us i ng e -p r i nt e r s d e s i g n e d b y C a ñ a s A r q u i t e c t o s