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Biography of Ricardo BofillName: Ricardo BofillBirth Date: December 5, 1939 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Barcelona, Spain Nationality: Spanish Gender: Male Occupations: architect Ricardo Bofill The post-modern Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill (born 1939) fused the Classical syntax of architecture with modern building technology to create large scale housing projects recalling the grandeur of Louis XIV.The son of a Venetian mother and a Catalan father, Ricardo Bofill was born on December 5, 1939, in Barcelona, Spain. He studied architecture at the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura in Barcelona (1955-1956) and at the Architecture University of Geneva, Switzerland (1957-1960). In 1960 he founded the Taller de Arquitectura (Architecture workshop), based in Barcelona. The taller has an interdisciplinary approach to architecture and includes not only architects but designers, a mathematician, a musician, a poet, and a philosopher. Bofill became a highly romantic figure who generated the creative and intellectual drive for the team. His romantic spirit was captured in the renovated cement factory in Barcelona (1973-1975), which was the main office and studio of the firm. Other offices were located in Paris and New …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Bofill was exiled to Miami in 1988, after spending 14 years in Cuba as a political prisoner. He became a commentator on Miami radio station WQBA, but was fired in 1990 after voicing his support of Cuban dissident Gustavo Arcos, who had led Bofill's Cuban Committee for Human Rights. Further Reading The most complete book on Bofill and his taller is Ricardo Bofill/Taller de Arquitectura: Buildings and Projects 1960-1985, introduction by Ricardo Bofill, postscript by Warren A. James (1988), which also includes an extensive interview with Bofill. An earlier book is Ricardo Bofill/Taller de Arquitectura , introduction by Christian Norberg-Schulz (1985). A book which places Bofill in the context of post-modern classicism is Modern Classicism by Robert A. M. Stern with Raymond W. Gastil (1989). Charles Jenck's Architecture Today (1988) provides a background to this period. Also see "Venice-on-the-Hudson" in New York magazine (June 1987), "Classical Music" in Architectural Record (March 1992) and "Ricardo Bofill" in Architectural Digest (April 1988). |