Ricardo Bofill

Ricardo Bofill

Ricardo Bofill (born December 5, 1939) is a Spanish architect born in Spain of Jewish descent.

Ricardo Bofill was born in Barcelona in 1939.

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, interior design, etc.

Many projects built around the world demonstrate his capacity to act in harmony with the different local cultures, combined with a global knowledge.

Partial list of Bofill's projects

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Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

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Vela Hotel

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New Terminal of Barcelona Airport

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New Satélite Building (Barcelona Airport)

• Vela Hotel, (Barcelona port),2008
• JP Morgan Headquarters (Chicago),2003
• Cartier Head office (Paris), 2003
• Shiseido Building (Tokio), 2001
• Miguel Delibes Cultural Center (Valladolid), 2001
• Corso, Prague (Czech Republic), 2000
• Weidert Residential Complex (Luxembourg),1999
• Casablanca Twin Center (Morocco),1999
• Catalonia’s National Theatre (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 (Pauillac, Burdeaux, 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, París (France), 1982
• Antigone (Montpellier, France)1978-2000
• The Meritxell Shrine, Andorra, 1974
• Walden 7, Sant Just Desvern (Barcelona), 1974
• Muralla Roja (Calpe),1973

See also

• Lazona Kawasaki Plaza
• Barcelona Airport
• Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
• 77 West Wacker Drive
• The Spiral Astana
• Casablanca Twin Center
• Antigone District
• Bofills båge
• Our Lady of Meritxell
• Spanish architecture
• Architecture of Chicago
• Montpellier
• Photos of 131 S. Dearborn, Chicago

Picture Gallery

• 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

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

Bibliography

• "The city of the Architect". Galaxia Gutemberg / Círculo de Lectores. 1998, Barcelona
• "City squares of the world". Maria Teresa Feraboli.2007
• "Memory-Future". Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, Barcelona, 1993
• "Swift, Architecture & Technologie". Jean-Louis André/Patrick Genard, Taller Design Editeur, Paris, 1991
• "Espaces d'une vie". Ricardo Bofill, Jean-Louis André.Odile Jacob, Paris, 1989
• "Spazi di una vita ( Spaces of a lifetime )". Ricardo Bofill, Jean-Louis André. Venezia, Il Cardo Editori, 1996.
• "The Architecture of the cities". Ricardo Bofill, Nicolas Véron. Paris, Odile Jacob, 1995.
• "Ricardo Bofill Obras y Proyectos/Works and Projects". Bartomeu Cruells. Barcelona, Gustavo Gili, 1992.
• "Space and Life". Ricardo Bofill, Jean-Louis André. Barcelona, Tusquets, 1990.
• "Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura: Buildings and Projects 1960-1985".Warren A. James, Rizzoli International, New York, 1988
• "Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura: Global Architecture". Architects nº 4. Rizzoli International, New York, 1985
• "Ricardo Bofill, The Spaces of Abraxas, The Palace, The Theatre, The Arch". Annabelle D'Huart, Editions L'Equerre, Paris, 1981
• "Ricardo Bofill. Projets Français 1978-1981. La Cité: Histoire et Téchnologie". Editions L'Equerre, Paris, 1981
• "Ricardo Bofill". Annabelle D'Huart. Paris, Editions du Moniteur, 1989.
• "Drawing the City, Industry and Classicism". Annabelle D'Huart. Ricardo Bofill. Barcelona, Gustavo Gili, 1984.
• "Taller de Arquitectura.Poems". José Agustín Goytisolo. poemas. Barcelona, Blume, 1976.
• "Hacia una Formalización de la Ciudad en el Espacio". Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. Barcelona, Blume, 1968.