Full Description
This book investigates a particular
kind of architecture that thrived in the 1950s in Cadaqués, a small
Spanish fishing village on the Costa Brava. It explores a number of
holiday houses built between the mid-1950s and 1960s by a group of
architects who shared bonds of friendship and architectural affinities,
as well as connections with the international Modern movement (including
José Antonio Coderch, Lluís Clotet, Federico Correa, Alfonso Milá,
Oscar Tusquets, and Manuel Valls). Observations on the common threads
that link eight case studies are enriched by a photographic essay by
David Grandorge and by detailed architectural drawings on a number of
significant projects of the time. An interview with the authors Stephen
Bates (Sergison Bates architects, London) and Fernando Villavecchia
(Liebman Villavecchia Arquitectos, Barcelona) provides a background to
their shared fascination with Cadaqués. A timeline contextualises the
projects against the backdrop of historical events and the milestone in
the lives of the clients and architects who made the village a unique
locus in the history of architecture.
Text in English and German (German in an inserted booklet).
