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Centre de Congrès Rabat / Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

Valentina Díaz — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000

As a relatively young institution, the Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique solidified its identity with the architecture of its second campus in Rabat. Phase one of the masterplan opened in the autumn of 2024 and includes a conference centre hosting events of all different types, capacities, and participants, e.g. faculty lectures, industry conferences, and public performances. Beyond the provision of these facilities, the brief wanted the building to contribute to the overall character of the university and the quality of life on its campus.

AD Classics: Walden 7 / Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

Ramzi Naja — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 04:00:00 +0000

Walden 7 is a project implementing some of Ricardo Bofill's earliest ambitions and addressing most of the problems of modern city life. It is located on the same lot as Taller de Arquitectura, based in the refurbished ruins of an old cement factory. The housing structure benefits from Bofill's earlier research and the idea of providing public spaces and gardens for residents to enjoy an enhanced quality of living.

AD Classics: Kafka's Castle / Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

Luke Fiederer — Tue, 09 May 2017 04:00:00 +0000

Standing on a rise overlooking the Spanish Mediterranean coast, there is an odd structure which could easily be mistaken for an vast pile of forgotten blocks. Kafka's Castle, built in 1968, was one of the earlier projects completed by Ricardo Bofill, a Spanish Postmodern architect known for apartment buildings as monumental as they were thought-provoking. While his later work indulged in Postmodern historicism, the modular and mathematically-derived Kafka's Castle was an unabashed break from any local or global tradition – as much the case now as it was in the 1960s.

Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique / Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

Valentina Villa — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 04:00:00 +0000

Benguerir is only seventy kilometres from Marrakesh. Fes and Meknes aren’t far away either, cities whose winding medinas are among the most beautiful in the world. And can we ignore the white avenues of Casablanca, shaped by the art deco movement? The gardens of Rabat? The oases of the Draa Valley? The ksour and the earthen palaces south of the Atlas? No; it’s impossible to build on Moroccan soil as you would on the Chinese steppe or in the Las Vegas desert.

Ricardo Bofill Makes US Condominium Debut with 3900 Alton in Miami Beach

Eric Oh — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 08:00:00 +0000

Framed by Florida's picturesque Biscayne Bay, 3900 Alton Road will be architect Ricardo Bofill’s first condominium project in the United States. With 78 residences in a variety of sizes, and amenities including pools, electric vehicle charging stations and artwork by Fernando Mastrangelo and Loris Cecchini, the elegant new tower will be an “urban oasis” in Miami Beach.

W Barcelona Hotel / Ricardo Bofill

Jonathan Alarcón — Fri, 29 May 2015 20:00:00 +0000

W Barcelona Hotel, located on the new entrance of Barcelona’s Port appears as a modern icon rising above the Mediterranean sea, and is the landmark of this new area to be developed with high-end retail, office and entertainment venues. A sail shaped building on a 10 hectares land claimed from the sea, is included in an ambitious urban renovation plan of Barcelona coastline. W Barcelona Hotel is a five star-hotel with 480 rooms, 67 suites, a roof top bar, large spa, indoor and outdoor pool, several food and beverage concepts and a retail store.

AD Classics: Maritxell Sanctuary / Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

Nico Saieh — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Andorra, a small principality located in th Pyrenees, has only recently become renown as a commercial tourist attraction after centuries of pastoral sleepiness, facing a population explosion and economic boom few other such countries can hope to equalize both for the good and the bad.

AD Classics: La Muralla Roja / Ricardo Bofill

Ramzi Naja — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:00:00 +0000

La Muralla Roja, Spanish for 'The Red Wall,' is a housing project located within the La Manzanera development in Spain's Calpe. The building makes clear references to the popular architecture of the Arab Mediterranean Area, a result of the architects' inspiration by the Mediterranean tradition of the casbah. The striking colors that cover the outer and inner facades are selected to either contrast with nature or complement its purity.

AD Classics: Xanadú / Ricardo Bofill

Ramzi Naja — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

One of many large experiments in housing conducted by Taller de Arquitectura, Xanadú is an experimental prototype that reflects on the team's theory of a garden city in space. Built as part of the La Manzanera development, which also houses the nearby La Muralla Roja , the project contains 18 apartments intended to be summer homes.

The Factory / Ricardo Bofill

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:00:00 +0000

In 1973 Ricardo Bofill found a disused cement factory, an industrial complex from the turn of the century consisting of over 30 silos, subterranean galleries and huge machine rooms, and he decided to transform it into the head office of Taller de Arquitectura. Remodelling work lasted two years. The factory, abandoned and partially in ruins, was a compendium of surrealist elements: stairs that climbed up to nowhere, mighty reinforced concrete structures that sustained nothing, pieces of iron hanging in the air, huge empty spaces filled nonetheless with magic.

Cultural Center Miguel Delibes / Ricardo Bofill

Sebastian Jordana — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:43:51 +0000

The Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes houses the seat of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y Leon, the Professional Music Conservatory, a 500-seat chamber music room, a 1700-seat auditorium, the Symphony Orchestra hall, class rooms and rehearsing rooms for the Drama High School, the Professional Dance School and the Experimental Theatre. The facility also includes a library and an exhibition hall.