Cristian Sarria Molina (or Cristian Sarria) was a Colombian architect. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB), Medellín, Colombia, in 1966. According to the Student Register, he later joined the Architectural Association (AA), London, in 1970-71, where he enrolled in the postgraduate Department of Development and Tropical Studies. Sarria joined Mario Novella’s course and was awarded a Diploma in Urban Development Planning. Before joining the AA, Sarria likely designed the cinema ‘Teatro Embajador’, now Cine Colombia Embajador, in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1969. However, little is known about his later career. The AA Membership List from 1979 suggests that he was based in Medellin, Colombia, at the time. Sarria passed away in November 2015.

Sources

• Architectural Association Student Register 1945-1972, AA Archives
• Architectural Association, Membership List, 1979, AA Archives
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• Giraldo Echeverri, Beatriz Elena, Daniel Tobón Castro, Juliana Restrepo Jaramillo, and Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, eds. Facultad de Arquitectura Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, 75 años: Medellín 1942-2017. Primera edición. Medellín, Colombia: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, 2017. https://repository.upb.edu.co/bitstream/handle/20.500.11912/3670/Facultad-Arquitectura-UPB-75-digital.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
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• Montaño Bello, Alfredo, Ricardo Rojas Farías, and Esteban Solarte Pinta. La arquitectura del teatro: tipologías de teatros en el centro de Bogotá. 1. ed. Bogotá: Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, 2011.

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