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| Ricardo Bofill was born in Barcelona in 1939. | |||
| He studied at the School of Architecture in ], ]. In 1963 he founded a group formed by ], engineers, sociologists and ], creating the basis for what today is the ‘Taller de Arquitectura’, international team with over 40 years experience in urban design, architecture, parks and gardens designs, and interior design. | He studied at the School of Architecture in ], ]. In 1963 he founded a group formed by ], engineers, sociologists and ], creating the basis for what today is the ‘Taller de Arquitectura’, international team with over 40 years experience in urban design, architecture, parks and gardens designs, and interior design. | ||
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| File:ricardo_bofill_walden.jpg|Walden7 | |||
| File:ricardo_bofill_catedral.jpg|Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura | |||
| File:ricardo_bofill_cartier.jpg|Cartier Headquarters | |||
| File:ricardo_bofill_miguel_delibes.jpg|Miguel Delibes Cultural Center | |||
| File:ricardo_bofill_arsenal.jpg|The Arsenal | |||
| File:ricardo_bofill_shiseido.jpg|Shiseido Building | |||
| File:ricardo_bofill_abraxas.jpg|Spaces of Abraxas | |||
| File:ricardo_bofill_wwd.jpg|West Wacker Drive | |||
| File:ricardo_bofill_muralla2.jpg|La Muralla Roja | |||
| File:ricardo_bofill_paribas.jpg|Bank Paribas | |||
| File:ricardo_bofill_corsoII.jpg|CorsoII | |||
| File:ricardo_bofill_belvedere.jpg|Belvedere Saint Christophe | |||
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Ricardo Bofill (born in Barcelona (Spain), December 5, 1939) is a Catalan postmodernist architect.
He studied at the School of Architecture in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1963 he founded a group formed by architects, engineers, sociologists and philosophers, creating the basis for what today is the ‘Taller de Arquitectura’, international team with over 40 years experience in urban design, architecture, parks and gardens designs, and interior design.
Partial list of Bofill projects
- Vela Hotel, (Barcelona Port), 2008
- JP Morgan Headquarters (Chicago), 2003
- Cartier Head office (Paris), 2003
- Shiseido Building (Tokyo), 2001
- Miguel Delibes Cultural Center (Valladolid, Spain), 2001
- Corso, Prague (Czech Republic), 2000
- Weidert Residential Complex (Luxembourg), 1999
- Casablanca Twin Center (Morocco), 1999
- Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (Barcelona), 1997
- Madrid Congress Center, 1993
- Barcelona Airport T2 (Barcelona), 1988-91
- Shepherd School of Music (Houston), 1988
- Turia’s Gardens, Valencia (Spain), 1988
- Château Lafite Rothschild (Pauillac, France), 1986
- Les Colonnes Belvedere Saint Christophe Housing Complex (Paris), 1986
- Les Temples du Lac, Paris, 1986
- The Golden Number Plaza, Montpellier (France), 1984
- The Spaces of Abraxas, (Paris), 1982
- Antigone (Montpellier, France), 1978-2000
- The Meritxell Shrine, (Andorra), 1974
- Walden 7, Sant Just Desvern (Barcelona), 1974
- Muralla Roja (Calp, Spain), 1973
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- Walden7 Walden7
- Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura
- Cartier Headquarters Cartier Headquarters
- Miguel Delibes Cultural Center Miguel Delibes Cultural Center
- The Arsenal The Arsenal
- Shiseido Building Shiseido Building
- Spaces of Abraxas Spaces of Abraxas
- West Wacker Drive West Wacker Drive
- La Muralla Roja La Muralla Roja
- Bank Paribas Bank Paribas
- CorsoII CorsoII
- Belvedere Saint Christophe Belvedere Saint Christophe
See also
External links
- Ricardo Bofill's Website
- Barcelona Architecture Chronology of Catalan architecture and biographies of Catalan architects, from the gothic master builders to contemporary architecture, including Ricard Bofill