Ricardo Bofill: Visions of Architecture brings the full force of Bofill's postmodern monumentalism back into print, gathering his most radical built works — from the labyrinthine Walden 7 to the theatrical Abraxas housing complex — into a single authoritative monograph.
About This Book
Few architects of the twentieth century worked at the intersection of utopian ambition and mass housing quite like Ricardo Bofill. This new edition of his definitive monograph draws on spectacular new photography by Salva López to re-examine projects that remain genuinely difficult to categorise — too theatrical for the modernists, too serious for the postmodernists. Texts by Nacho Alegre and Douglas Murphy, alongside writing by Bofill himself, frame the work within its intellectual and cultural context. Sketches and floor plans ground the visual spectacle in architectural reality. For anyone grappling with the history of postmodern architecture or the politics of housing design, this is an essential primary document.
Key Features
- 300 pages of new photography by Salva López alongside sketches and floor plans
- Texts by Nacho Alegre, Douglas Murphy, and Ricardo Bofill
- Notable projects including La Fábrica, Walden 7, La Muralla Roja, and Abraxas
- Published by Gestalten
What You'll Discover
- How Bofill transformed a derelict cement factory, La Fábrica, into his personal studio and residence — a built manifesto in its own right
- The structural and symbolic logic behind Walden 7's interlocking cellular towers, one of postmodernism's most radical social housing experiments
- The theatrical classicism of Abraxas and how Bofill deployed historical architectural language at housing-block scale
- The relationship between Bofill's hand-drawn sketches and the built outcomes, revealing the gap and tension between vision and realisation
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 300
- Dimensions: 245 x 330 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783967042023
- Publisher: Gestalten
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and designers with an interest in postmodern urbanism, housing history, and the work of Ricardo Bofill; students of twentieth-century architectural theory; collectors of large-format architectural monographs.