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Antonio Palacios Ramilo (8 January 1874 – 27 October 1945) was a Spanish architect. Distinguished by the monumental eclecticism he left as imprint in many of his projects, he helped define the architectural identity of Madrid in the first half of the 20th century.
A prolific architect, he modernized the image of Madrid with some of the most emblematic buildings of the Spanish capital. He received influence from Secessionist modernismo, but according to Óscar da Rocha Aranda, only as feature within a wider mashup of many eclectic styles, such as Neoplateresque, Neoclassicism and modern US commercial arquitecture.Óscar da Rocha Aranda (2026). 9788400088897, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. . ISBN 9788400088897
Palacios, who also designed the interior of some of the original Madrid Metro stations, was the creator of the iconic rhomboidal logo of the rapid transit.
He became a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1926.
He died on 27 October 1945 in El Plantío, Madrid.
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