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Diego de Riaño

Spanish architect

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Renaissance architecture

  • James Paine and Robert Adam: Kedleston Hall
    In Western architecture: Plateresque

    …Sevilla (Seville) (begun 1527) by Diego de Riaño, with Lombard paneled pilasters on the ground floor and half columns completely covered with relief sculpture on the second floor. Also in the Lombard manner are the numerous medallions spotted over the wall under the windows or between the pilasters.

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