Ricardo Bofill
Ricardo Bofill: Visions of Architecture
Edited by Gestalten wtih Ricardo Bofill
Gestalten, May 2019
Hardcover | 9-3/4 x 13 inches | 300 pages | English | ISBN: 978-3899559408 | $69.00
Publisher Description:
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. Spectacular new photography by Salva López, texts by experts like Nacho Alegre and Douglas Murphy as well as by Bofill himself are complemented with sketches and floor plans. Bofill?s fantastic creations satisfy a longing for originality, personality and progressive ideals.dDAB Commentary: Instagram saved Ricardo Bofill. The Catalan architect, known (to me, at least) for some oversize and aesthetically questionable Postmodernist projects in Europe and the United States in the 1980s and 90s, has gained a newfound appreciation this decade when many of his projects have been captured by fresh eyes and posted to social media. The projects I've seen shared numerous times are housing projects from the 1960s and 70s: Kafka's Castle, Walden 7, La Muralla Roja, and Xanadú, which graces the cover of Gestalten's handsome new monograph on Bofill. (I use the word handsome a lot on this blog, but this really is one ...
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