Barcelona
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) is a
Spanish
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architect.
Biography
Tusquets was born in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of 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 c ...
,
Catalonia
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, Spain. His old sister（1936.08.30-2012.07.23） is the novelist Esther Tusquets.
He studied at the
German School of Barcelona
The German School of Barcelona (, , ) is a German international school in Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain, in the Barcelona metropolitan area.Escola de la Llotja, and at the
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
The Polytechnic University of Catalonia (, , ; UPC), currently referred to as BarcelonaTech, is the largest polytechnic university in Catalonia, Spain.
UPC's objectives are based on internationalization, as it is one of Europe's techni ...
, where he graduated in 1965. He worked in the studio of Federico Correa and Alfons Milà i Sagnier, and in 1964 he established Studio PER, with Josep Bonet i Bertran, Cristian Cirici i Alomar and LluÃs Clotet i Ballús, with whom he collaborated until 1984. His concept of design is a creative task inserted within the corresponding cultural framework.
Together with Beatriz de Moura, in 1968 he established Tusquets Editores.
Selected works
;Architecture:
* Alfredo Kraus Auditorium, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1993-1997
* Restoration and extension of the
Palau de la Música Catalana
Palau de la Música Catalana (, ) is a concert hall in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed in the Catalan ''modernisme, modernista'' style by the architect LluÃs Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for Orfeó Català , a ...
, Barcelona, 1982 and 1989 (with Carles DÃaz)
;Urbanism:
* Del Liceu al Seminari, 1980-81
* Convent dels Àngels area, 1983
* Avinguda de la Catedral, 1986
*
Olympic Village
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, 1988-92
;Furniture:
* rattan chairs
;Books:
* ''Más que discutible'' (1994)
* ''Todo es comparable'' (1998)
* ''Dios lo ve'' (2000)
* ''Dalà y otros amigos'' (2003)
* ''Contra la desnudez'' (2007)
Creu de Sant Jordi
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DECRET 399/1987, de 3 de desembre, de concessió de les Creus de Sant Jordi de la
Generalitat de Catalunya
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