Eduardo Strauch

Eduardo Strauch Urioste was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1947. In 1968, at 21 years old, he opened an architectural studio with his best friend from childhood, Marcelo Pérez. He has worked as an architect and painter, and for many years he has given lectures about his experience surviving 72 days following a plane crash in the Andes Mountains. He is married to Laura Braga, and they have five children. They live in Montevideo.