Ricardo Bofill stands on the roof of his office in Barcelona, Spain, with one of his buildings, the Walden 7 apartment complex, in the background. Photo: julio donoso/Sygma via Getty Images Ricardo ...
In Albania, Bofill Taller de Arquitectura—known for the Muralla Roja—signs off on a large residential complex that tries to ...
Freedom is incompatible with love. A lover is always a slave. – Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) French writer and intellectual. Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others. ...
La Muralla Roja, completed in 1973, is both a full apartment complex and tourist attraction on the Spanish coast. The Brutalist construction approach is seemingly at odds with the ample color.
Design and interior-focused magazine Apartamento has released its new book La Fábrica, which takes a look at Ricardo Bofill’s most famous creation. The new book comes on the heels of Apartamento’s ...
Ricardo Bofill, a Spanish architect behind some of the world’s most startling buildings, died Jan. 14 at a hospital in Barcelona. He was 82. The cause was COVID-19, his son Pablo said. Among Bofill’s ...
Simply dubbed the Cement Factory, the complex hosts Bofill’s architectural offices, archives, a model laboratory, exhibition space, his personal apartment, guest rooms, and extensive gardens. The ...
Who among us hasn’t come across some ancient castle fallen into disrepair and haven’t dreamt of turning it into a home? A home that looks dilapidated on the outside, covered in ivy clinging to turrets ...
Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, designer of dystopian monumental buildings, died on Friday, his assistant told Reuters. He was 82. MADRID, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, ...
His structures were so bold, they were the backdrops for TV shows and films, including “Westworld” and a “Hunger Games” movie. But they were also socially aware. By Fred A. Bernstein Ricardo Bofill, a ...