Arturo Dulzaides
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Arturo Dulzaides (born Manuel Arturo Dulzaides Gutierrez) is an influential structural engineer and architect in Miami, Florida. He specializes in Spanish Revival architecture.
[edit] Life
Arturo Dulzaides was born January 6, 1953 in Havana, Cuba to Manolo Dulzaides and Maria Luisa Gutierrez. He and his family left Cuba in 1967 as political refugees fleeing the Castro regime. In 1972, he earned an associate's degree in architecture from Miami-Dade Community College.
[edit] Career
Arturo Dulzaides began his career in the offices of Spolter & Frechtel. He went on to work for several architectural and engineering firms of renown in Houston, Texas and Miami, Florida, including Smith & Carter; Wolfberg, Alvarez and Partners; and Pistorino & Alam Consulting Engineers, where he is currently employed.
Some of Dulzaides's works include the Mexico pavilion at EPCOT Center, Miami's Bakery Center (now the Sunset Place shopping complex), and the Miami-Dade County Jail. He has also built breathtaking Spanish Revival-style homes all over south Florida.
