Roser Amadó Explained

Roser Amadó
Birth Name:Roser Amadó i Cercós
Birth Date:22 January 1944
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Alma Mater:Higher Technical School of Architecture, Barcelona
Significant Projects:La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou
Practice:B01 Arquitectes

Roser Amadó i Cercós (22 January 1944 – 12 September 2023) was a Spanish architect.

Biography

Roser Amadó i Cercós studied at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona, with Lluís Domènech i Girbau.[1]

Amadó was responsible for the conversion of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies (1986–1990) and the new headquarters of the Archive of the Crown of Aragon (1990–1993). They were also the project managers of the historic center of Lleida (1981–1984), consisting of the Palace of Justice, the elevator Canyeret, the Cervantes school and Marius Torres park.[2]

In 1992, for the Olympic Games in Barcelona, she designed the La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou, the Eurocity 1 office building (1989–1992).

Amado's other works include residential building Street Rec Comtal 20, Barcelona (1982–1985), the headquarters of Air Products SA (1990–1994), the storage vessel Honda in Santa Perpetua de Mogoda (1992–1993), a block of 240 homes in the Machinist (1999–2000), the Chic & Basic Hotel in Amsterdam (2006–2007), the House traffic lights and the police headquarters in El Prat de Llobregat (2006–2009) and Nuria Espert Theatre in Sant Andreu de la Barca (2004–2010).[3]

In 2001, she founded the firm B01 Arquitectes with Lluís Domènech, Ramon Domènech, Carles Cortadas, Sander Laudy and Laura Pérez.

Amadó died on 12 September 2023, at the age of 79.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roser Amadó i Cercós enciclopèdia.cat. www.enciclopedia.cat. 15 October 2015.
  2. Web site: Roser Amadó. 24 June 2015. Spanish. EPdLP.
  3. Web site: Roser Amadó 1944. un día una arquitecta. 15 October 2015. Florencia. Marciani. 23 July 2015 .
  4. https://www.europapress.es/catalunya/noticia-muere-arquitecta-catalana-roser-amado-79-anos-20230913143944.html Muere la arquitecta catalana Roser Amadó a los 79 años