Ignasi de Solà-Morales Rubió (

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 ...

1942 -

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2001) was an architect, historian and philosopher from

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...

, Spain.Mies van der Rohe Foundation: ''Dialogues with Ignasi de Solà-Morales''
, retrieved 29 April 2011 He was professor of composition at the Barcelona School of Architecture, and also taught at the universities of Princeton, Columbia, Turin, and Cambridge.Andalusia Center for Contemporary Art: ''Attributos Urbanos: Glossary''
retrieved 29 April 2011 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

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Theatre in Barcelona. Ignasi de Solà-Morales has coined the term "terrain vague", applied to abandoned, obsolete and unproductive areas, with no clear definitions and limits.

Publications

*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''

References

Architects from Catalonia Urban theorists 1942 births 2001 deaths {{Catalonia-architect-stub