Three Generations of Architects and New Hope for Earth with Ricardo Emilio Bofill

Three Generations of Architects and New Hope for Earth with Ricardo Emilio Bofill

Author: Anylab Experimental Studio May 18, 2020 Duration: 27:31

This episode's guest is Ricardo Emilio Bofill Maggiora Vergano. Ricardo joined Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura in 1991 after graduating from Harvard University, and he is currently President of his family's Barcelona-based architecture practice, which is three generations in the making. 

RBTA is an architecture, planning and interior design studio founded in 1963 by Ricardo Emilio Bofill's father legendary architect Ricardo Bofill one of the defining voices of postmodernism. 

This interview was recorded in La Fábrica, the 3,100 sqm former cement factory which discovered in 1973 and has repurposed as studio, office and residence in Barcelona.

Enjoy our conversation.


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