Ricardo Emilio Bofill

Ricardo Emilio Bofill (born 1965 in Barcelona), full Spanish name Ricardo Emilio Bofill Maggiora Vergano, also known as Ricardo Bofill Jr., is a Spanish architect, author and film director from Catalonia. As of late January 2022, he is co-head of the architecture and design firm Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura (RBTA), jointly with his half-brother Pablo Bofill.[1]

Biography

Ricardo Emilio Bofill is the son of architect Ricardo Bofill, who founded RBTA in 1963, and of Italian actress Serena Vergano. He went to school at St. Peter's School, then at Escola Ausiàs March, both in Barcelona. He studied architecture at Rice University School of Architecture in Houston, then at Harvard Graduate School of Design, and real estate development at Columbia University.[2] In September 1993 he married socialite Chabeli Iglesias; they separated in early 1995.[3] From 1995 to early 2004 he was in a relationship with Mexican singer Paulina Rubio.[4]

He joined RBTA in the late 1990s[5] and has participated in the design of projects in China, India, and Russia.[6]

Works

Fiction

  • Perséfone (in Spanish), Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, 1995
  • Bajo mi piel (in Spanish), Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, 1998

Film

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Fred A. Bernstein (19 January 2022). "Ricardo Bofill, Architect of Otherworldly Buildings, Dies at 82". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. ^ María Asunción Guardia (26 September 1995). "Bofill jr. narra un ascenso del infierno" (PDF). La Vanguardia.
  3. ^ "Big Weddings, Discreet Separations: A History of Relationships in the Iglesias-Preysler Family". The Limited Times. 12 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Paulina y Bofill rompen su relación" (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. 17 February 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Un arquitecto que dirigió películas y publicó novelas". El Universal. 5 July 2016.
  6. ^ Cristian Segura (13 April 2019). ""Qui dimonis és Ricardo Bofill?"". El País.