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anonymous_architecture is a platform for architectural research, documentation, and critical writing exploring Caribbean modernism, spatial ideas, and historic preservation by José Lorenzo-Torres, architect and educator.

Chapel of St. Ignatius, Steven Holl – watercolor by José Lorenzo-Torres

I’m a Senior Project Architect and Associate at Perkins&Will’s Seattle studio, with a background spanning design practice, historic preservation, and sixteen years of teaching at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico’s School of Architecture.

Current research focuses on the work of Henry Klumb and other modernist architects working in the Caribbean, preservation theory, and the role of drawing and documentation as tools for understanding architecture.


SELECTED WRITINGS

FEATURED WORK
Preservation, institutional, and urban design projects from Puerto Rico.
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RESEARCH & WRITING
Essays on architectural history, spatial analysis, and preservation methodology.
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ARCHITECTURAL DOCUMENTATION
Watercolors and analytical sketches exploring spatial ideas through drawing.
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This site documents personal research and is not affiliated with my current employer.