Òscar Tusquets Explained
Oscar Tusquets Blanca, (born 14 June 1941 in Barcelona) is a Spanish architect.
Biography
Tusquets was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His old sister(1936.08.30-2012.07.23) is the novelist Esther Tusquets.
He studied at the German School of Barcelona, at the Escola de la Llotja, and at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, where he graduated in 1965. He worked in the studio of Federico Correa and Alfons Milà i Sagnier, and in 1964 he established Studio PER, with Josep Bonet i Bertran, Cristian Cirici i Alomar and Lluís Clotet i Ballús,[1] with whom he collaborated until 1984. His concept of design is a creative task inserted within the corresponding cultural framework.
Together with Beatriz de Moura, in 1968 he established Tusquets Editores.
Selected works
- Architecture:
- Urbanism:
- Del Liceu al Seminari, 1980-81
- Convent dels Àngels area, 1983
- Avinguda de la Catedral, 1986
- Olympic Village, 1988-92
- Furniture:
- Books:
- Más que discutible (1994)
- Todo es comparable (1998)
- Dios lo ve (2000)
- Dalí y otros amigos (2003)
- Contra la desnudez (2007)
Honors
Notes and References
- Book: Design of the 20th Century. Charlotte. Fiell. Peter. Fiell. Taschen. Köln. 25th anniversary. 2005. 697. 9783822840788. 809539744.
- Web site: Navarro. A. R. Montero / N.. 2018-07-15. Dos auditorios: un edificio en Gran Canaria, una escultura en Tenerife. 2021-05-17. La Provincia - Diario de Las Palmas. es.
- Josep M. Carandell, Ricard Pla, and Pere Vivas, The Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona: Triangle Postals SL, (2006).
- Web site: 15 June 2023. 26 April 2012. es. Óscar Tusquets diseña en rattan la silla Fontal para Expormim. Interioresminimalistas.com.
- Web site: 15 June 2023. 22 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161022222715/http://www.idi.mineco.gob.es/stfls/MICINN/Innovacion/FICHEROS/Premios_Nacionales_Diseno_Web_Externa/Premios_Nacionales_de_Diseno_1988.pdf. es. Premios Nacionales de Diseño 1988. Idi.mineco.gob.es. 1988.
- DECRET 399/1987, de 3 de desembre, de concessió de les Creus de Sant Jordi de la Generalitat de Catalunya