María Margarita Egaña Fernández, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

María Margarita Egaña Fernández

Cuban architect

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1921

Place of Birth: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Date of Death: 17-Aug-1975

Profession: architect

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

María Margarita Egaña Fernández (14 December 1921 – 17 August 1975) was a Cuban architect who flourished in the 1950s.
Her work is characterized by the trend of the era to fuse traditional Cuban architectural styles with modern functionality.
Typically she designed single-family housing for middle- to upper-class clients.
She was among the first generation of women to freely be able to practice their craft and is remembered as a pioneer of Modern Architecture in Cuba.