Rafael Moneo Manuel de Solà-Morales   Spain   In the year 1986, the architects Rafael Moneo and Manuel de Solà-Morales won an invitational competition for a complex urban program on a wide trapezoidal site located between Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Déu i Mata, on the one hand, and Numància and

Rafael Moneo Manuel de Solà-Morales   Spain   The ‘Diagonal Block’ - between Diagonal, Deu i Mata, Numancia and Entenza avenues - is a vacant lot within the city that remains true, on one hand, to the Cerdá Plan and its idea of continuity and closed edifications, and on the other hand, to that o

José María Ezquiaga   This book on urban planning, despite its seductive erudition and lucid reasoning, does not lead to a solid conclusion in the way that texts by Rose or Glaeser do. Sometimes it sounds more like the inspired uncertainty of the most recent Sennett or th

1939 - 2012 As author of Barcelona’s seafront transformation – through the refurbishment of the Moll de la Fusta – as well as of the Illa Diagonal, in collaboration with Rafael Moneo, Manuel de Solà-Morales i Rubió had a key influence 

Joan Busquets   Siempre desde el compromiso ético y el rigor profesional, el recientemente fallecido Manuel de Solà-Morales concebía la ciudad como una trama compleja y viva en la que interactúan arquitectura, urbanismo, paisaje y territorio.

(1910-2003) Father of two architect sons, Manuel and Ignasi de Solà-Morales i Rubiò – the latter prematurely deceased in 2001 –, the architect Manuel de Solà-Morales de Rosellò was born in Olot, Gerona, in 1910, and died on 18 December in Barcelona,

Marta García Carbonero   Viviendas en Gerona y Alcoy The modest architecture of social housing is 1999’s resounding winner of the Fomento de las Artes Decorativas Awards. An apartment block by Arcadi Pla in Gerona and a residential development by Manuel de Solà-Morales in th

Luis Fernández-Galiano   The end of a millenium rightly calls for panic. But this will be denied us, for lack of time. To decently enjoy the millenarian terror, it is important to inhabit the planet with a calm and vegetal rhythm that nurtures uncertainties, projects anxieti

Barcelona  2021  
Acantilado   - 320 Pages