In memoriam — those we lost in 2022
Each year, the industry loses a host of leading figures whose careers as practitioners, educators, theorists, and writers have brought architecture and design to the place it occupies today. Annual remembrances are a valuable means of examining the luminaries and thought leaders who gifted us with award-winning architecture, groundbreaking intellectual dialogue, and social achievements. This year’s list was no exception. Below is a summary of the prominent figures we said goodbye to in 2022. Ricardo Bofill (1939–2022) Ricardo Bofill Known for the optimism and complexity of his detail-oriented designs, Bofill’s work was shaped early on by the changing political landscape of his native country before evolving in scale, materials usage, and vernacular inspiration by the dawn of the new Millennium that would bare some of his best-received buildings. Walden 7, La Fábrica, La Muralla Roja, and his 1997 design for the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya were among the projects that cemented his...
Each year, the industry loses a host of leading figures whose careers as practitioners, educators, theorists, and writers have brought architecture and design to the place it occupies today. Annual remembrances are a valuable means of examining the luminaries and thought leaders who gifted us with award-winning architecture, groundbreaking intellectual dialogue, and social achievements. This year’s list was no exception.
Below is a summary of the prominent figures we said goodbye to in 2022.
Ricardo Bofill (1939–2022)
Known for the optimism and complexity of his detail-oriented designs, Bofill’s work was shaped early on by the changing political landscape of his native country before evolving in scale, materials usage, and vernacular inspiration by the dawn of the new Millennium that would bare some of his best-received buildings. Walden 7, La Fábrica, La Muralla Roja, and his 1997 design for the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya were among the projects that cemented his...
