Marta vilallonga ricardo bofill biography
Marta de Villlonga (born 1960 in Barcelona) is a Spanish designer from Catalonia....
Ricardo Emilio Bofill was born in 1965.
Ricardo Bofill
Spanish architect (–)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bofill and the second or maternal family name is Leví.
Ricardo Bofill Leví (Catalan:[riˈkaɾðubuˈfiʎləˈβi]; 5 December – 14 January ) was a Spanish architect from Barcelona, Spain.
He founded Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura in and developed it into a leading international architectural and urban design practice. According to architectural historian Andrew Ayers, his creations rank "among the most impressive buildings of the 20th century."[1]
Early life and education
Born in late , just after the end of the Spanish Civil War, Ricardo Bofill grew up in a well-to-do family with deep Catalan and Barcelonese roots.
His grandfather Josep Maria Bofill i Pichot&#;[ca] () had been involved in prominent local institutions such as the Institute for Catalan Studies, the Catalan Institute of Natural History&#;[ca], and the Royal Academy of Sc