«A nomad. I'm still a nomad.»
Ricardo Bofill
Ricardo Bofill
Born in 1939 in the city of Barcelona, Bofill leaves behind a wide and varied architectural production, as well as numerous ongoing projects. From its innovative collective housing complexes of its early years, such as the well-known Walden 7 and the Red Wall, to infrastructures such as Barcelona Airport, through the corporate headquarters of Shiseido Ginza in Tokyo and that of Cartier in Paris, and more projects current as Mohammed VI University with branches in Ben Guerir and Rabat.
Ricardo Bofill has stood out for having a critical position in the dominant thought in architecture. A positioning from which a huge work has emerged –around a thousand works in forty countries– with a highly varied formalization in its stylistic expression, always trying to be rooted in the place, with a strong component of innovation and risk.
Ricardo Bofill founded the Architecture Workshop in 1963 with a multidisciplinary team formed not only by architects, but also by other professionals and artists such as the literary critic Salvador Clotas, the poet José Agustín Goytisolo or the economist Julia Romea. A transversal spirit that has been transferred to his two sons, Ricardo Emilio and Pablo, who have been in charge of the office for a few years now, leading a plural team of more than one hundred professionals from thirty different nationalities who are currently developing numerous projects.
Ricardo Bofill has stood out for having a critical position in the dominant thought in architecture. A positioning from which a huge work has emerged –around a thousand works in forty countries– with a highly varied formalization in its stylistic expression, always trying to be rooted in the place, with a strong component of innovation and risk.
Ricardo Bofill founded the Architecture Workshop in 1963 with a multidisciplinary team formed not only by architects, but also by other professionals and artists such as the literary critic Salvador Clotas, the poet José Agustín Goytisolo or the economist Julia Romea. A transversal spirit that has been transferred to his two sons, Ricardo Emilio and Pablo, who have been in charge of the office for a few years now, leading a plural team of more than one hundred professionals from thirty different nationalities who are currently developing numerous projects.
To say goodbye to Ricardo Bofill Levi, on January 26 and 27 an act will be held in which friends, relatives and admirers of his architecture will be able to come to the emblematic headquarters of the studio to pay tribute to the architect.
