Joan Busquets i Grau (born 26 July 1946 in

El Prat de Llobregat El Prat de Llobregat (), commonly known as El Prat , is a municipality of Spain located in the ''comarca'' of Baix Llobregat in Catalonia. The Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport largely lies within the municipal limits. It is part of ...

) is a Spanish

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, and educator. Busquets is the Martin Bucksbaum Professor in Practice of Urban Planning and Design at the

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. He is founder of the architecture firm, BAU Barcelona. Busquets was awarded the 2011

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, an annual award for exceptional contributions to

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an culture and society, "...in appreciation of his impressive and multifaceted oeuvre in the field of city planning."

Career

Born in

, a suburb of

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

, Busquets graduated from the

Polytechnic University of Catalonia The Technical University of Catalonia ( ca, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, , es, link=no, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña; UPC), currently referred to as BarcelonaTech, is the largest engineering university in Catalonia, Spai ...

in 1969. He was Professor of Town Planning at the

from 1979 until 2002. Since 2002, he is the first Martin Bucksbaum Professor in Practice of Urban Planning and Design at the

. He was a visiting professor at Harvard from 1989-1993 and in 1997. Busquets headed the Planning Department of the Municipality of Barcelona from 1983 to 1989 and during the preparations for the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

there.

Awards

(2011) * Old seal of City of Trento, 2008 * The Catedra Lluis Barragán, TECM. Guadalajara Mexico, 2007 * ICSS Price for building the Chiado in Lisbon, 2001 * Premio Gubbio, European Prize, 2000 * National Award 1996 for the redevelopment plan for Toledo, 1996 * Spanish National Planning Award for a masterplan for Lerida, 1985 * Spanish National Planning Award for urban design for Sant Josep, Barcelona, 1981

Works

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City Center, Toulouse,

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(2012-2017) *

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Masterplan, A Coruña,

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(2008) * Helmond City Center, Helmond, Netherlands (2005) * Grotiusplaats,

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(1992–2005) * Forum Viseu,

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(2003–2005) *

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Community Center, Nesselande, Netherlands (2002) * Maquinista Housing Complex,

, Spain (1998-2002)

Bibliography

*''Barcelona: Evolución urbanística de una ciudad compacta'', 1992, *''Barcelona'', 1994, *''La urbanización marginal'', 1999, *''Ciutat Vella de Barcelona: Un passat amb futur'', 2004,

References

External links

BAU Barcelona official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Busquets i Grau, Joan 1946 births Living people People from El Prat de Llobregat Polytechnic University of Catalonia alumni Architects from Catalonia Urban planners from Catalonia Academic staff of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia Harvard Graduate School of Design faculty Members of the Académie d'architecture