Oscar Tusquets Blanca, (born 14 June 1941 in Barcelona) is a Spanish architect.
Biography
Tusquets was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His sister is the novelist Esther Tusquets.
He studied at the German School of Barcelona, at the Escola de la Llotja, and at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 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 Lluís 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, Barcelona, 1982 and 1989 (with Carles Díaz)
Urbanism
Del Liceu al Seminari, 1980-81
Convent dels Àngels area, 1983
Avinguda de la Catedral, 1986
Olympic Village, 1988-92
Furniture
rattan chairs
Books
Más que discutible (1994) Todo es comparable (1998) Dios lo ve (2000) Dalí y otros amigos (2003) Contra la desnudez (2007)
Honors
1988: Premio Nacional de Diseño (with Enric Satué) 1987: Creu de Sant Jordi