RCR Arquitectes Complete Works

Description

Shunning the spotlight by choice, from their outlying studio of Olot, the laureates of this year’s Pritzker Prize have worked together for thirty years developing an architecture that is radical in its language yet anchored to its context and committed to nature. On the occasion of the concession of this prestigious award, Arquitectura Viva presents ‘RCR arquitectes. Complete Works 1988-2017’. The book includes 40 of the studio’s most important works, including suggestive and personal ones like Pedra Tosca Park, Horizonte House, and the Bell-lloc Winery, all in Catalonia, and also completions outside Spain, like the Soulages Museum and La Cuisine Centre in France, or the Hofheide Crematorium and Walse Krook Media Library in Belgium.

CONTENTS
Journey with Roots

• Luis Fernández-Galiano,RCR, Romanticism Confronts Rigor
• Richard Ingersoll, Children of Vulcan
• Carlos Jiménez, Magicians of Nature
• William J.R. Curtis, Dark Matter
• Josep Maria Montaner, From Olot to the World

Landscapes of Abstraction

• Athletics Stadium and Pavilions, 1991-2011, Olot (Spain)
• Access Pavilion to Fageda d’en Jordà, 1993-1994, Olot (Spain)
• Mirador House, 1994-1999, Olot (Spain)
• Cultural Center, 1994-1999, Riudaura (Spain)
• Bathing Pavilion, 1995-1998, Olot (Spain)
• Vilartagues High School, 1995-1999, Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Spain)
• Law School, 1995-1999, Girona (Spain)
• House for a Blacksmith and a Hairdresser, 1996-2000, La Canya (Spain)
• Pedra Tosca Park, 1998-2004, Les Preses (Spain)
• La Arboleda Park, 1998-2005, Begur (Spain)
• Horizonte House, 2000-2007, La Vall de Bianya (Spain)
• M-Lidia House, 2000-2002, Montagut (Spain)
• Els Colors Nursery, 2001-2004, Manlleu (Spain)
• Indoor Swimming Pool, 2001-2006, Manlleu (Spain)
• Pavilion on a Pond, 2001-2009, Llagostera (Spain)
• Les Cols Restaurant, 2001-2002, Olot (Spain)
• Pond in La Vila de Trincheria, 2002-2003, La Vall de Bianya (Spain)
• House for a Carpenter, 2002-2007, Olot (Spain)
• Pavilions in Les Cols Restaurant, 2002-2005, Olot (Spain)
• Library and Center for the Elderly, 2002-2007, Barcelona (Spain)
• Bell-lloc Winery, 2003-2007, Palamós (Spain)
• Covered Plaza and Footbridge, 2003-2011, Ripoll (Spain)
• Barberí Space, 2004-2008, Olot (Spain)
• House for an Architect, 2005, Ghent (Belgium)
• El Petit Comte Nursery, 2005-2010, Besalú (Spain)
• Hofheide Crematorium, 2006-2014, Holsbeek (Belgium)
• Les Cols Restaurant Marquee, 2007-2011, Olot (Spain)
• Soulages Museum, 2008-2014, Rodez (France)
• Entremuros House, 2009-2012, Olot (Spain)
• La Cuisine Art Center, 2009-2014, Nègrepelisse (France)
• Malecaze House, 2009-2015, Vieille-Toulouse (France)
• School Complex, 2010-2014, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (France)
• Waalse Krook Media Library, 2010-2017, Ghent (Belgium)
• Museum of Lorraine, 2012, Nancy (France)
• ‘Le Triangle des Écluses’ Mixed-use Complex, 2012, Bordeaux (France)
• Gallery, Atelier and House, 2012-2016, Bordeaux (France)
• ‘L’Ilot Plaza’ Mixed-use Building, 2013-, Bordeaux (France)
• Bois Fleuri Hotel, 2013-, Bordeaux (France)
• Soulages House, 2013-, Rodez (France)
• ‘GAB’ Mixed-use Building, 2014-, Bordeaux (France)

240 pages, ills colour & bw / 24 x 30 cm / English, Spanish