Ricardo Bofill : visions of architecture / txt
edited by Robert Klanten, Maria-Elisabeth Niebius, and Valentina Marinai ; written by Tom Morris and Anna Southgate.
- 299 p. : ill.; photo.; col. 34 cm. book
Text and illustrations on leaf tipped in.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Essays: The explicable phenomenon of Ricardo Bofill / Oscar Tusquets Blanca -- Towards a manifesto on freedom / Douglas Murphy -- The last dreamers of modernity / Nacho Alegre -- Dreams and manifestos: an architectural vision / Tom Morris -- Projects : Bach 28 apartment building, Barcelona -- Bach 4 apartment building, Barcelona -- Nicaragua apartment building, Barcelona -- Kafka's Castle, Barcelona -- Gaudi District, Reus, Spain -- Xanadù, Alicante, Spain -- Meritxell Sanctuary, Andorra -- 77 West Wacker Drive, Chicago -- Arsenal Auditorium, Metz, France -- Les Arcades & Les Temples du Lac, St.Quentin-en-Yvelines, France -- Les Colonnes de Saint-Christophe, Cergy-Pointoise, France -- Les Espaces d'Abraxas, Marne-la-Vallée, France -- Terminal 1, Barcelona Airport -- Shiseido Ginza, Tokyo -- National Theater of Catalonia, Barcelona -- Antigone District, Montpellier, France -- La Muralla Roja, Alicante, Spain -- Walden 7, Sant Just Desvern, Spain -- Casa de Verano, Mont-Ras, Spain -- La Fábrica, Sant Just Desvern, Spain -- Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco -- Madrid Congress Center, Madrid -- Camp Nou, Barcelona.
"Poetic spaces, surreal structures and dramatic visions. The extraordinary career of Ricardo Bofill is collected in this monograph, which reveals his inspiring approach to architecture, and to life. Ricardo Bofill is one of the 20th century's most unique architects and radical visionaries. His visions for urban and communal life challenged preconceived notions of shared space and proposed alternative styles of living. This monograph explores his revolutionary approach by profiling his greatest projects like La Fábrica, Walden 7, La Muralla Roja or Abraxas."