Jordi Bonet i Armengol practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Jordi Bonet i Armengol as Catalan architect (1925–2022).
Jordi Bonet i Armengol was born at Barcelona in 1925. His recorded nationality is Spain.
Post-war architecture built at state scale: housing, new towns and civic megastructures, with results that are still being judged.
He is recorded as architect.
Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
Recognition followed: Saint George's Cross, Barcelona Medal of Honor, City of Barcelona Award and Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise.
That the work was built in Spain shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Jordi Bonet i Armengol died in 2022, aged 97. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Saint George's Cross
- Barcelona Medal of Honor
- City of Barcelona Award
