Òscar Tusquets is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists Òscar Tusquets as Spanish architect and author (born 1941).
Òscar Tusquets was born at Barcelona in 1941. His recorded nationality is Spain. He trained at Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona and Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
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, painter and designer.
Among his best-known works are Torre Copisa and Hotel Barcelona Princess. Of all the arts, architecture is the one whose failures are hardest to remove.
Recognition followed: Saint George's Cross, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.
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.
Achievements
- Notable work: Torre Copisa
- Notable work: Hotel Barcelona Princess
- Saint George's Cross
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
- Trained at Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona and Polytechnic University of Catalonia
