Ignasi de Solà-Morales
Ignasi de Solà-Morales Rubió (Barcelona 1942 - Amsterdam 2001) was an architect, historian and philosopher from Catalonia, Spain. He was professor of composition at the Barcelona School of Architecture, and also taught at the universities of Princeton, Columbia, Turin, and Cambridge. Among his most notable architectural works are the reconstruction of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion, and the reconstruction and expansion of the Liceu Theatre in Barcelona.
Also recorded as Ignasi de Sola-Morales · I de Solà Morales · Ignasi Solà- Morales Rubió · Ignasi Solà-Morales
Ignasi de Solà-Morales
- Born
- 1942 · Barcelona.
- Died
- 2001 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- architect · professor · architectural historian · architectural theoretician · philosopher
- Education
- University of Barcelona
- Honours
- National Cultural Heritage Award · Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise · Narcís Monturiol Medal
- Languages
- Catalan · Spanish
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Ignasi de Solà-Morales Rubió (Barcelona 1942 - Amsterdam 2001) was an architect, historian and philosopher from Catalonia, Spain. He was professor of composition at the Barcelona School of Architecture, and also taught at the universities of Princeton, Columbia, Turin, and Cambridge. Among his most notable architectural works are the reconstruction of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion, and the reconstruction and expansion of the Liceu Theatre in Barcelona.
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Solà-Morales coined the term "terrain vague", applied to “free, available, unengaged” parts of the city that are, as urban scholar Stefano Bloch puts it, "left over as underutilized remnants of capitalist development."
Ignasi de Solà-Morales studied at University of Barcelona. The recorded working language is Catalan and Spanish. Employment is recorded with Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Positions recorded include Academician of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Distinctions recorded are National Cultural Heritage Award, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise and Narcís Monturiol Medal.
• 1975: Rubió i Bellver y la fortuna del Gaudinismo • 1976: L'arquitectura del expresionismo • 1976: Centenari de l'Escola d'Arquitectura de Barcelona. Un assaig d'interpretació • 1980: Eclecticismo y vanguardia • 1983: Gaudí • 1984: Arquitectura teatral en España • 1985: L'Exposició Internacional de Barcelona 1914-1929 • 1986: Arquitectura Minimale a Barcelona • 1986: Contemporary Spanish Architecture • 1986: Arquitectura balneària a Catalunya • 1996: Diferencias: topografía de l'arquitectura contemporánea
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- 1993 Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Christian Cirici and Fernando Ramos, The Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe, 2020
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2020
- 1993 Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Christian Cirici und Fernando Ramos, Mies van der Rohe Barcelona-Pavillon, 2020
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2020
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1993 Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Christian Cirici and Fernando Ramos, The Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe, 2020Crossref registry
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1993 Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Christian Cirici und Fernando Ramos, Mies van der Rohe Barcelona-Pavillon, 2020Crossref registry
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