Rafael Esguerra
Rafael Esguerra García was the principal architect and co-founder of Colombian architecture firm Esguerra Saenz Urdaneta Samper in 1946. He graduated in 1945 from the National Colombian University in Architecture an Civil Engineering. In ESUS he was in charge of the Structural department. He was also in the Board of subsidiary companies of ESUS such as Estruco & Cia. Ltda, a company specialized in concrete structures and civil engineering established in 1953. He partnered with engineer Doménico Parma and created the firm Ingeniería Mecánica Colombiana in 1963 to design and produce heavy machinery for building processes, structural cabling and . His work includes Avianca headquarters Tower in 1968, the Centro Urbano Antonio Nariño in 1952, and notably the Concrete dome of the Periodicals Archive Hall of the Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango. He was also involved in the design and construction of the Banco Central Hipotecario building and the Ciudadela Colsubsidio. He founded the Aeroclub de Colombia and logged 15,000 hours of flight.Works
