Martín Domínguez Esteban

[1] At the beginning of the 20th century, there were not many students of architecture, some of Martín Domínguez's classmates and personalities deserve to stand out for they would be important in his development and career later, such as José María Arrillaga, Fernando Salvador Carreras, Fernando de la Cuadra, Eduardo Figueroa, Eduardo Laforet Altolaguirre, Emiliano Castro Bonel, José Luis Durán de Cottes and Alfonso Jimeno, Felix Candela, Fernando Chueca Goitia, Manuel Múñoz Monasterio or Manuel Rodríguez Suárez.

[3] In 1924 he was involved in the intellectual and artistic panorama of Madrid and started working with Secundino Zuazo, collaborating with his partner and friend the architect Carlos Arniches.

[4] In 1928 he participated, along with Carlos Arniches in the architectural design competition organized by the National Tourism Board for the construction of various roadside lodges, they eventually built 12 of them; this association continued until his exile from Spain in 1936.

He also worked on the Project for a hotel in Córdoba, 1928, and the complex of buildings for Primary and Secondary Education at the School Institute, as well as its auditorium and library, 1926 / 1930–1935.

The Access and Special Technical Office of Madrid announced a tender to build another one in the term of the Zarzuela (Quinta de el Pardo).

The following year, both architects dined with Pierre Jeanneret, cousin and close collaborator of Le Corbusier, and the painter Fernand Léger.

This was highlighted by technical, progressive and scientific concerns, where culture and tradition had a relevant and special role to play in modernity far from personal impositions or academic norms.

As of 1965, Martín Domínguez was a member of The American Institute of Architects (AIA), his career was recognized through a monograph exhibition held at Cornell University in 1962 at the Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art.

On October 19 a funeral was celebrated in his honor at Cornell University where he spent the last ten years of his life teaching architecture.

In March 2015, the Department of Architecture of Cornell University organized an exhibition dedicated to his life, work, and teaching career.

Vivienda multifamiliar para el INAV Gómez Sampera y Domínguez, architects; Ysrael Seinuk, structural engineer. La Habana, 1959
Hipódromo de la Zarzuela. Domínguez y Torroja
Edificio Libertad (project model) Gómez Sampera y Domínguez, arquitectos Ysrael Seinuk, engineer La Habana, 1959
Edificio Libertad (project model) Gómez Sampera y Domínguez, architects; Ysrael Seinuk, engineer, La Habana, 1959
Ministry of Communications Building under construction, 1951–1954, Avenida Rancho Boyeros, La Habana.